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Brandon Contino arrived at the University of Pittsburgh already planning to be an innovator. He enrolled as an undergraduate in the Swanson School of Engineering, intending to explore neural engineering …
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Stephen Badylak no longer scrambles to write research grant proposals or hire and mentor new graduate students and postdocs for his academic lab. But his newly minted professor emeritus status …
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When renowned Pitt researchers William (Bill) Klunk and Chester (Chet) Mathis reunited on a recent Zoom call, fishing was the first order of business. “So last night, Bill, I landed …
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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has selected three University of Pittsburgh professors among 83 academic inventors for the 2022 class of NAI Senior Members. They are: Antonio D’Amore, Research …
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Mark Adkins, Chief Executive Officer of Lean Med – a Pittsburgh-based startup – will share his inspirational startup journey. You’ll learn how an idea from a Pitt medical student turned …
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Pancreatic cancer. Just hearing those words produces a chilling feeling of dread. It is among the most deadly and difficult to treat cancers, in part because it forms dense tumors …
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University of Pittsburgh Faculty Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has selected three University of Pittsburgh professors among 61 academic inventors …
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Stephen Popielarski, PhD, had been a mentor for Phase I Ventures, a Philadelphia-based startup accelerator that matches university startups with experienced entrepreneurs when he was asked to review a batch …
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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 …
