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Stories and articles featuring PCI, our partners, and Penn-affiliated spinout companies
PCI Celebration of Innovation Recognizes Accomplishments of Penn’s Innovation Community
PCI’s ninth annual Celebration of Innovation took place at the Jordan Medical Education Center on December 4th.
Penn I-Corps Teams Attend Celebration of Innovation to Showcase Their Technology
The following Penn I-Corps teams showcased their technology on posters during the celebration.
PCI Participates in Life Sciences Future
Life Sciences Future took place in September, and offered a valuable opportunity for representatives from academia and the biotechnology, MedTech and pharmaceutical industries to connect.
PCI Hosts Mandela Fellow David Jeng of The Gambia
During his time at PCI, David worked on a wide range of projects and hopes to eventually establish an innovation hub in Africa that will address intellectual property issues for Africans.
Innovators Ignite: A Penn & Yale Showcase Features Emerging Technology
PCI and Yale Ventures hosted an event on September 17th entitled Innovators Ignite: A Penn & Yale Showcase, where aspiring and diverse academic entrepreneurs presented technologies.
Penn Leaders Speak at Philly Builds Bio+ Symposium for Life Sciences Innovation & Development
PCI had a strong presence at the Philly Builds Bio+ 3rd Annual Symposium on October 1st, 2024.
University City: Laboratory of the World
University City was recently highlighted in City Journal for its role as a rapidly growing global life sciences center.
NIH Awards $6.9 Million to a Team of Scientists at Penn and UC San Diego to Advance Potential Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment
The team discovered that a new compound, CNDR-51997, was effective in restoring brain health in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.
Penn Medicine’s Ben Black Shortlisted for Life Sciences Breakthrough of the Year Award from Falling Walls For his Research on Synthetic Human Chromosomes
Ben Black was one the Winners in the Life Sciences category for Breakthrough of the Year Award from Falling Walls.
Penn Engineering’s Jacob Gardner Leverages AI to accelerate scientific research across disciplines
In an interview with Penn Today, Gardner explained his vision for creating AI-powered tools.