The 2019 Technology Showcase will highlight technologies being developed at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR) to encourage startup company formation, technology licensing and collaborations. Event overview: • Half-day event (noon start) • Opportunity for regional companies and biotech stakeholders to hear from NCI and FNLCR inventors about [….]
Local Entrepreneur Brings Swedish Company AcouSort to BioHealth Capital Region February 26, 2019 For every AstraZeneca, there are hundreds of small biotech startups and scores of life science innovators that are critical to growing the BioHealth Capital Region. For every new biotech flush with investment cash, scores of smart, entrepreneur-scientists with great ideas and technology [….]
BioFactura CEO Dr. Darryl Sampey Shares his Entrepreneurial Journey at Frederick’s StartupGrind Event February 26, 2019 Dr. Darryl Sampey has been through the grind as CEO of Frederick’s BioFactura, a thriving biotech company that’s a key part of the BioHealth Capital Region’s second largest biotech hub. On a rainy, cold February night at FITCI, Sampey [….]
Start the New Year off right with Startup Grind Frederick! Join us for an interesting and motivational Fireside Chat featuring Darryl Sampey, PhD. and Co-Founder, CEO & President of BioFactura, a leader in biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing. Darryl will share with us his unique journey from eight years as lead singer in a Rock & [….]
FastForward U Homewood During this workshop you will learn the initial steps you should take when starting a new venture (whether it’s a nonprofit, small business, a tech startup). Topics to be covered: idea formation; customer validation; finding a team; and tips for getting started. Attending this workshop will make you eligible to apply for [….]
Presented by the Maryland Tech Council, Bio+Tech18 reflects the changing landscape where life science and technology converge by bringing together more than 400 professionals in both fields so that they may meet and forge new partnerships that will lead to great new discoveries. In its third year, the Bio+Tech18 Conference will continue to bring together [….]
Come join us at FastForward U’s brand new student space for the first Hopkins Pitch Night of the semester! Hopkins Pitch Night is a monthly event that brings together students interested in entrepreneurship and innovation to hear pitches from three promising student startups, make new connections, and build community within the Hopkins entrepreneurship ecosystem. All [….]
Christy Wyskiel, Head of all Things Entrepreneurship at Johns Hopkins University Featured on NextGen Ventures Podcast Just four years after joining Johns Hopkins University as a Senior Advisor to the President, Christy Wyskiel is showing how to transform the worlds leading research university into a world leader in commercialization as well. In this short time she [….]
InConversation with Janice Riley, Manager of the TIC In recent years there has been a surge of interest in biotech entrepreneurship, with many scientists wanting to take their innovative ideas and develop them into new products and technologies. And what better place to start a business than the up-and-coming BioHealth Capital Region! Entrepreneurship comes with [….]
Amita Shukla spoke this past January at Women in Bio – Capital Region on “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mind: Leading Change that Changes the World”. Amita Shukla is a thought leader, innovator, and entrepreneur focused on creating transformative innovations for human health, well-being and potential. She is the founder and CEO of Vitamita and the author of Enduring Edge: Transforming How We [….]
