Pitt Innovators in the News Archives

Cultivating Industry-Academia Partnerships

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

The Pitt Office of Industry and Economic Partnerships was featured in Tech Transfer Central for its efforts to implement a more targeted marketing strategy focused on high-value opportunities. Read More

Pitt Startup BlueSphere Bio Receives $45 million Investment

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Mike Yeomans

BlueSphere licensed technology from the lab of Mark Shlomchik, chair of the Department of Immunology at the Pitt Medical School, aimed at developing personalized T-cell therapies for cancer and other …

Forge Biologics to Begin Clinical Trial for Gene Therapy

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Mike Yeomans

Forge Biologics, a Columbus, Ohio-based gene therapy manufacturing and development company, is set to begin Phase I and 2 clinical trials of a gene therapy to treat Krabbe Disease, a …

LifeX Labs to Debut Wet Lab Space for Partner Companies

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Mike Yeomans

LifeX Labs has leased 5,000 square feet in the Chocolate Factory complex in Lawrenceville to begin offering wet lab space that will be able to accommodate up to 20 startups.

CTSI Seeks Proposals for COVID-19 Pilot Grants

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Mike Yeomans

Center for Medical Innovation Awards $47,500 to Three Projects

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt Life Science Accelerator Receives $750,000 Federal Grant

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt Spinout Partners with Baseball & Softball Teams on Research Project

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Mike Yeomans

Product Design and Prototype Center Opens at Swanson School of Engineering

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Mike Yeomans

HiberSense Wins $10K in AUTM Venture Challenge

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Karen Woolstrum

Media Release HiberSense Wins $10K in AUTM Venture Challenge AUSTIN, Texas – February 14, 2019 — HiberSense, Inc., a start-up from the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, has won the $10,000 top prize in AUTM’s Pitch and Play business plan competition at the Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. New company creation and development […]

Center for Medical Innovation Awards $105,000 to 5 Research Groups

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Mike Yeomans

University of Pittsburgh Announces Patents Issued in January 2019

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Mike Yeomans

February 11, 2019 The University of Pittsburgh announced that Pitt innovators were issued 17 U.S. patents in January 2019. Featured Patent: U.S. 10,167,519 “Fusion Gene Associated with Progressive Prostate Cancer” Jianhua Luo, professor in the Department of Pathology, and colleagues have developed methods and compositions for determining whether a person having prostate cancer is at […]