Past Events
| Apr. 30th, 2019 | Nathaniel Hafer, Ph.D. Director of Operations, UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Peter Dunn Assistant Chief Development Officer, Business & Community Development Division, Executive Office of Economic Development at City of Worcester Location |
From Idea to IPO: Local resources for entrepreneurship and translational research in bioscience |
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Mar. 26th, 2019 |
Christian Grant, Ph.D. Scientific Director, Biomere |
From Idea to IPO: |
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Feb. 27th, 2019 |
Gopi Shanker, Ph.D. Director, Psychiatry at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) |
From Idea to IPO. Preventing Migraines: The story of how Aimovig came to be |
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Feb. 13th, 2019 |
Linda Plano, Ph.D. Professional Pitch Coach, Plano & Simple |
From Idea to IPO. Mini-workshop: Perfect Pitch for Life Sciences Innovators |
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Nov. 7th 2018 |
Kevin MacDonald, Ph.D. Patent Agent, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Daniel Young, Ph.D., J.D. Shareholder, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. |
From Idea to IPO. Intellectual Property (Patent) Protection for Gene Therapies | |
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Sep. 25th 2018 |
Jim Glasheen, Ph.D. Executive Vice Chancellor, Innovation and Business Development, UMass Chan |
From Idea to IPO Innovation to Impact: Bridging the gap |
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June, 6th 2018 |
Phillip D. Zamore, Ph.D.
Chair, RNA Therapeutics Institute Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gretchen Stone Cook Professor of Biomedical Sciences Co-founder, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Co-founder, Voyager Therapeutics |
Start-ups at UMass: The Value of Model Organisms for Human Therapies | |
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Mar. 28th, 2018 |
Paul Thompson, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Chemical Biology, UMass Chan Co-founder, Padlock Therapeutics |
Start ups at UMass: Picking the Padlock | |
| Feb. 14, 2018 | Guangping Gao, Ph.D.
Founder, Voyager Therapeutics Professor, Microbiology and Physiology Systems, UMass Chan Director, Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan |
Start ups at UMass | |
| Dec.6, 2017 |
Carina Clingman, Ph.D. Principal, Recruitomics Biotalent Consulting Account Manager, Sci. bio Recruiting |
Recruitomics: The study of scientific recruiting for improved horseback riding | |
| Nov.15, 2017 | Michael Green,M.D.,PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, UMass Chan Co-Founder, Fulcrum Therapeutics |
Discussion with Dr. Michael Green |
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| Oct.25, 2017 |
Beth McCormick, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, UMass Chan Co-Founder, Member of Board of Directors, Bacainn Biotherapeutics |
Bacainn Biotherapeutics: from Benchside to Scientific Founder |
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| Sep.25, 2017 |
Jeffrey Arnold President and CEO at Arnold Strategies, LLC; Angel Investor at Boston Harbor Angels and Mass Med Angels Imran Nasrullah Director, BD&L, Strategic Partnering ; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Karen Utgoff Market-oriented business strategist ; Karen Lauter Utgoff Consulting |
Shark Tank Sub ----Three UMass researchers will pitch their ideas to the judge panel | |
| Jun.16,2017 |
Melissa Kelley, Ph.D. Seniro R&D Leader, GE Healthcare Dharmacon |
Multiparametric high-content screen for identification of cell cycle regulators using an arrayed synthetic crRNA: tracrRNA library | |
| May.24, 2017 |
Satinder Rawat, Ph.D, MBA Licensing officer, Office of Technology Management, UMass Med Regino Mercado-Lubo, MD Postdoctoral Fellow, McCormick Lab, UMass Med |
Ideas to Intellectual Property and Beyond | |
| Apr. 26, 2017 |
Wendy E. Rieder, Esq. Managing Member, TriUnity Law Group LLC |
Capturing Value, Taking Inventions from the University Bench to Your First Company | |
| Sep. 28, 2016 |
Timothy A. Riley, Ph.D. Associate Vice Chancellor, Innovation and Business Development |
Matching Your Business Model to Your Funding Source | |
| Sep. 21, 2016 |
Robert Hindes, M.D. Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder, TREK Therapeutics, PBC |
Pre-seminar Career Development Talk | |
| June 16, 2016 |
Raj Kalkeri, Ph.D. Project Leader, In Vitro Antiviral Drug Development, |
Pre-seminar Career Development Talk |
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| June 8, 2016 |
Yael Schwartz, Ph.D. President and CEO, Or-Genix Therapeutics, Inc. |
Should I Get on the Boat or Stay on the Dock? | |
| May 5, 2016 |
Richard Wobbe, Ph.D Pharma experience includes Scriptgen, Anadys Pharmaceuticals, ArQule, XTL Biopharmaceuticals |
Pre-seminar Career Development Talk |
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| Mar. 31, 2016 |
Ann Kwong, Ph.D CEO and Founder, TREK Therapeutics and InnovaTID Pharmaceuticals |
Selecting the Unmet Medical Need to Address: |
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| Feb. 3, 2016 |
Nathaniel Hafer, Ph.D. Margaret Koziel, M.D. |
The Roles of the UMCCTS and M2D2 |
Center for Clinical and Translational Science M2D2 |
| Dec. 2, 2015 |
Sunny Tam, PhD Jon Weaver |
Biotech Education and Startup in the Metro-West Area | |
| Oct. 14, 2015 |
Brendan M. O’Leary |
Shark Tank --- Pitch Your Ideas to the Investors | |
| Sep. 30, 2015 |
Jeffery Arnold |
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: How Investors Pick Pharma Startups | |
| Sep. 16, 2015 |
Brendan M. O’Leary, PhD Executive Vice Chancellor, |
Innovation at UMass Chan: Current Progress and Future Plans | http://www.umassmed.edu/ibd/ |
| Jun. 22, 2015 |
Linda S. Plano, PhD Plano & Simple |
Business as a Second Language | http://www.planoandsimple.com/ |
| Jun. 10, 2015 |
Bonnie Fendrock CEO, Cyta Therapeutics |
Cyta Therapeutics --- The Future of Nanomedicine |
https://www.cyta.com.cy/corporate-information/en |
| May 28, 2015 |
Alain Chandonnet, PhD CEO, Handyem |
Handyem --- same day cytometry | http://www.handyem.com/ |
| May 21, 2015 |
Jed Chatterton, PhD |
Senior Consultant/Project Employee |
http://www.navigantresearch.com |
| Apr. 29, 2015 |
Art Krieg, PhD CEO, Checkmate Pharmaceuticals |
From Ideas to IPO: Turning Great Science into a Great Company | http://checkmatepharma.com/ |
| Apr. 15, 2015 |
Linda S. Plano, PhD Plano & Simple |
Perfect Pitch for Life Sciences | http://www.planoandsimple.com/ |
| Mar. 19, 2015 |
Richard M Soll, PhD |
Senior VP, Integrated Discovery Service Unit, WuXi AppTec | http://www.wuxiapptec.com/com_mngmnt.html |
| Mar. 11, 2015 |
Anita Ballesteros, PhD Licensing Officer, OTM, UMass Chan |
So You Think You Have an Invention? Now What? The Invention Disclosure - A Workshop | http://www.umassmed.edu/otm/ |
| Feb. 25, 2015 |
Brendan M. O'Leary, PhD Executive Vice Chancellor, Innovation and Business Development, UMass Chan |
Getting Investors Interested in Your Research | http://www.umassmed.edu/chancellor/senior-leadership/organization-chart/brendan-m-oleary-phd/ |
| Dec. 17, 2014 |
Chris Macomber, MD, MBA General Surgery, UMass Memorial Hospital |
Guerrilla Entrepreneurship: Tips, Tactics and Survival Skills | |
| Dec. 3, 2014 |
Connie Johnson, PhD Associate Director, Development Office |
Seed money for pilot projects | http://www.umassmed.edu/development/ |
| Nov. 19, 2014 |
Shan Lu, MD, PhD Department of Medicine |
Scientific Research vs. Product Development | http://profiles.umassmed.edu/profiles/display/129819 |
| Nov. 5, 2014 |
Anita L. Ballesteros, PhD Office of Technology Management, UMass Chan |
Technology Transfer: Commercializing Academic Research | https://www.umassmed.edu/ibd-otm/About_Us/meet-our-team/ |
| Oct. 22, 2014 |
Michael Czech, PhD Chair/Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine |
Many tiers in Biotech | https://profiles.umassmed.edu/Profiles/display/131829 |
| Oct. 15, 2014 |
Jerry O’Connor O’Connor Law Office |
10 Common Mistakes to Avoid when Starting a Company | http://www.gpoconnorlaw.com/ |
| Sept. 10, 2014 |
Neil Aronin, MD Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan |
A Perspective of Discovery and Intellectual Property | http://www.umassmed.edu/aronin/ |
| Aug. 6, 2014 |
Natalie S. Rudolph, PhD Rudolph Biomedical Consulting |
SMall Business Innovation Research Program: Government-Funded R&D for Fun & Profit! | http://rudolphbiomed.com/about-us/ |
| Jun. 18, 2014 |
Tod Woolf, PhD Founder and President of IPIFINI |
Silencing, Editing and Expressing mRNA for Therapeutic Applications | http://www.ipifini.com |
| May 14, 2014 |
Kevin O'Sullivan President and CEO, Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (MBI) |
The Commercialization of Science... Journey from Business Incubation to Success | http://massbiomed.org/company/our-team |
| Apr. 30, 2014 |
Jay Kugler DeYoung, JD, MS Fish & Richardson, P.C. |
Patent Basics for the Basic Researcher | http://www.fr.com/jay-kugler-deyoung/ |
| Apr. 16, 2014 |
Juswinder Singh, PhD Founder and former CSO, Avila Therapeutics, Inc. |
The Avila Story: How to build and sell a biotech with no previous experience | http://www.avilatx.com/ |
| Apr. 2, 2014 |
Anastasia Khvorova, PhD Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan |
How to start a company out of graduate school: the story of Dharmacon |
http://dharmacon.gelifesciences.com/about-dharmacon/ http://profiles.umassmed.edu/Profiles/display/132412 |
| Mar. 31, 2016 |