Translation of Nano & Bio Research: Highlights of the 13th Annual Nano-Bio Symposium

from 2019 Nano-Bio Report

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Translation of Nano & Bio Research: Highlights of the 13 th Annual Nano-Bio Symposium

INBT’s efforts to strategically expand the institute’s translation initiatives were the focus of the 2019 Nano-Bio Symposium, “Translation of Nano & Bio Research”, held in early May.

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 industry and academia accelerate new technology, and how to start a company.

The event featured seven guest speakers and panelists, including keynote speaker Darlene Solomon (Agilent Technologies); Philip G. Vanek (GE Healthcare); Michael Tsapatsis (Johns Hopkins University/INBT); Jordan Green (Johns Hopkins University/INBT); Christy Wyskiel (Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures); Neil Cohen (Emerald Development Managers); and Sashank Reddy (Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures). 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.

“When it was founded 13 years ago, the INBT was structured to span not just university divisions, but also to completely obliterate disciplinary silos. And since its founding, the INBT has continued to push the university to break new ground, and has proved, over and over again, the value of collaboration,” said Ed Schlesinger, Benjamin T. Rome Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering.

Tom and Lois Fekete Undergraduate Award Marion Pang

Nikon Instruments Sponsored Award Winners 1 st place Jackson DeStefano

2nd place Josh DiGiacomo

Best Poster Overall 1 st place Chrissy O’Keefe