TEDCO Spotlight: Longeviti and MF Fire
Chad Gordon, Longeviti; Barbara Slusher, Johns Hopkins University;
Jennifer Hammaker, TEDCO; Jesse Christopher, Longeviti
The Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) has awarded $22 million to more than 200 commercialization projects to include 46 start-up companies since its inception in late 2012. Awards were given across a variety of industries, including therapeutic, software, medical devices and engineering.
"MII is the leading program in Maryland that supports the transition of technology from the academic research laboratory through product development to commercialization in a start-up company," says John Wasilisin, President and COO. "The program has been a game changer for innovators at Maryland's research universities to take the next step in becoming entrepreneurs."
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Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) aims
to accelerate cures through innovative basic, translational, and clinical applications of human stem cell research. The MSCRF program has, to date, supported over 375 research projects totaling over $130 million
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Dr. Chulan Kwon
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across various universities and companies in Maryland and spanning a wide range of disease areas.
The program brings together scientists in academic and industrial settings to innovate and push the boundaries of human stem cell-based disease modeling and cellular therapies and Dr. Chulan Kwon's work is one such example of these initiatives.
Dr. Kwon, Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, and colleagues from JHU demonstrate that immature human cardiac cells made in a dish, can be turned into mature adult heart muscle cells in a month, when placed into rat hearts.
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What's Happening @ TEDCO?
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MERL provides a list of entrepreneurs who are available to mentor or provide leadership to early stage companies. MERL can be used by innovators who need an entrepreneur to commercialize their technology or by university and federal laboratory technology transfer professionals who want to identify management for a start-up opportunity being developed at their institution. The next MERL Office Hours is February 24, 2017 from 9-11 a.m. at TEDCO in Columbia; RSVP to Dr. Linda Saffer at
[email protected]
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Upcoming Events
Featured Event: 2017 Military Medicine Partnership Conference and Expo
Dates: Pre-conference Seminar, March 6 and Conference March 7-8, 2017
Location: Turf Valley Hotel and Conference Center, 2700 Turf Valley Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042
The Department of Defense (DoD) medical community provides world-class medical knowledge, countermeasures, and technologies to protect and sustain our service men and women throughout their military careers. This event is an opportunity for science and industry representatives to learn more about the DoD Research, Development, Test & Evaluation missions, programs and gap areas and better understand the complexities of military medicine in the environment within which the military operates. Ronald W. Kaese, TEDCO Director of Federal Programs will be interviewed as part of the "Regional Resources for Business" panel on March 7.
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Additional Upcoming Events
SAVE THE DATE: Annual ICE Awards, May 25 at the Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology; program that recognizes outstanding businesses and individuals from TEDCO's diverse portfolio of more than 300 seed and early-stage companies
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