Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative Support Advances in LGBTQIA+ Health Startups
The goal of the partnership is to support founders and entrepreneurs with in-depth LGBTQ+ health knowledge and research expertise.
Equimeter Wins $10,000 2023 Penn Y-Prize
The Equimeter team consisted of undergraduates Ujjayi Pamidigantam (Vagelos LSM), Parthiv Patel (Vagelos LSM), and Advait T. (Vagelos LSM)
Nia Therapeutics and Peroxitech Raise Venture Funding
Two Penn spinout companies have recently brought in major investments to help further advance their technologies.
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Koo and Steager's magnetic, scalable, tether-free robotic devices can be used for diagnostics via retrieval and sampling of biofilms associated with infectious diseases.
PCI Fellows’ Meeting
The PCI Fellows had a lovely potluck at Tomas’s house in January. They shared their latest news, brought great food to share, and even had piano performances by Max and Dora.
Penn Scientists New Research Shows That a CAR-T gel Treatment May Be Able to Kill Residual Cancer Cells Left Over from Surgery
In the study, Penn scientists added CAR-T cells to a gel designed to prevent bleeding after surgery and applied it to the surgical wounds of mice after they had hard-to-treat tumors resected.
PCI Highlights mRNA Innovation at JPM
On January 9th, 2023 PCI was proud to present a star-studded program entitled “The Future of mRNA Technology” at Wharton San Francisco during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.
Microrobotics for Precision Biofilm Diagnostics and Treatment
Koo and Steager's magnetic, scalable, tether-free robotic devices can be used for diagnostics via retrieval and sampling of biofilms associated with infectious diseases as well as the assessment of bi
Three Penn Spinouts Made Philadelphia Business Journal’s PHLInno List of Top Philadelphia Startups to Watch in 2023
Exciting news for three innovative Penn spinouts.
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman named to the National Inventors Hall of Fame
Karikó and Weissman were named to the National Inventors Hall of Fame for their mRNA research which made covid-19 vaccines possible.