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September 2025 Bio/Medtech I-Corps Workshop
Penn I-Corps invites faculty, staff, postdocs, and students working on life science innovations to apply to the Special Bio/Medtech I-Corps Customer Discovery Workshop.
PCI’s Philly Tech Week Panel Featured in Technical.ly
PCI, Pennovation Works and Philadelphia Alliance for Capital & Technologies (PACT) hosted the “Innovate & Inspire: Research Panel & Pitch Competition” in May.
Penn Medicine’s David Fajgenbaum’s Story Inspiring a Hollywood Movie
Fajgenbaum discovered a treatment for Castleman Disease using an existing drug.
Penn Cell Therapy Pioneer Bruce Levine Co-Wrote Song with Country Artist Mags McCarthy Celebrating Cancer Treatment Breakthroughs
Levine co-wrote the inspirational song "Ring that Bell" with country artist Mags McCarthy.
Carl June Weighs in on FDA’s Cell and Gene Therapy Round Table
Carl June, MD, is the Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy at Penn Medicine .
PCI’s Managing Director Ben Dibling, PhD, Named a RealLIST Connector of 2025
The annual list features 20 individuals who collaborate with the tech community to foster inclusivity in Philadelphia
Penn Engineering’s Cherie Kagan Featured in Business Insider for Precision Agriculture Technology
Cherie Kagan, PhD, is the Stephen J. Angello Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering in Penn Engineering.
Promising Inhibitor Combination for Hard-to-treat Leukemia Subtypes Discovered
M. Andrés Blanco, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences, was one of the researchers on this team.
Penn Engineering’s Liang Feng Conducts Promising Research on Nonlinear Neural Networks to Train AI on Lightspeed
This breakthrough could dramatically speed up AI training.
New Tools for Treating Advanced Retinal Degenerations Developed by Penn Vet Researchers
Researchers at Penn Vet have developed four novel DNA promoters.