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Translation of Nano & Bio Research: Highlights of the 13th Annual Nano-Bio Symposium INBT’s efforts to strategically expand the in-
stitute’s translation initiatives were the focus of the 2019 Nano-Bio Symposium, “Translation of Nano & Bio Research”, held in early May.
More than 75 participants presented posters, and more than 200 people attended the event. Agilent Technologies, Gallagher, GE, Metropolitan Acoustics, Millipore Sigma, Nikon Instruments, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Tom and Lois Fekete were among those sponsoring the event and poster awards.
The topics discussed at this year’s symposium—the institute’s 13th—included how to successfully transfer academic research to the marketplace, how the collaboration of indus“When it was founded 13 years ago, the INBT try and academia accelerate new technology, was structured to span not just university diand how to start a company. visions, but also to completely obliterate disThe event featured seven guest speakers and ciplinary silos. And since its founding, the panelists, including keynote speaker Dar- INBT has continued to push the university to lene Solomon (Agilent Technologies); Philip break new ground, and has proved, over and G. Vanek (GE Healthcare); Michael Tsapat- over again, the value of collaboration,” said Ed sis (Johns Hopkins University/INBT); Jordan Schlesinger, Benjamin T. Rome Dean of the Green (Johns Hopkins University/INBT); Whiting School of Engineering. Christy Wyskiel (Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures); Neil Cohen (Emerald Development Managers); and Sashank Reddy (Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures).
Best Poster Overall Tom and Lois Fekete Undergraduate Award
1st place Chrissy O’Keefe
Marion Pang
2nd place Emily Wisniewski
Nikon Instruments Sponsored Award Winners
3rd place Yuan Rui
1st place Jackson DeStefano 2nd place Josh DiGiacomo 3rd place Caleb Anderson
