Weekly Quick Hits (BioHealth Capital Region) – Week of May 29, 2023 By Sarah EllinwoodJune 2, 2023 Funding, Awards and Collaborations BCWorld Healthcare and ReGelTec Enter Exclusive Distribution Agreement for [….]
Weekly Quick Hits (BioHealth Capital Region) – Week of May 15, 2023
Published on :Weekly Quick Hits (BioHealth Capital Region) – Week of May 15, 2023 By Alex Keown and Sarah EllinwoodMay 19, 2023 Funding, Awards and Collaborations PQE Group US Earns 2023 Great [….]
Weekly Quick Hits (BioHealth Capital Region) – Week of May 8, 2023
Published on :Weekly Quick Hits (BioHealth Capital Region) – Week of May 8, 2023 By Sarah EllinwoodMay 12, 2023 Funding, Awards and Collaborations Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (MSCRF) Announces Over $14 [….]
Weekly Quick Hits (BioHealth Capital Region) – Week of April 24, 2023
Published on :Weekly Quick Hits (BioHealth Capital Region) – Week of April 24, 2023 By Sarah Ellinwood, Alex Keown, and Mark TerryApril 28, 2023 Funding, Awards and Collaborations Quest Diagnostics Acquires Haystack [….]
Weekly Quick Hits (BioHealth Capital Region) – Week of April 17, 2023
Published on :Weekly Quick Hits (BioHealth Capital Region) – Week of April 17, 2023 By Sarah Ellinwood, Alex Keown, and Mark TerryApril 21, 2023 Funding, Awards and Collaborations OpGen Enters Into Distribution [….]
5 Questions With Daphne Knudsen, UMD PhD Candidate & BioBuzz Steering Committee Member
Published on :Daphne Knudsen is a late-stage PhD student at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her work in Dr. Antony Jose’s lab focuses on understanding RNA interference (RNAi), the process by which double-stranded RNA can cause sequence-specific silencing, and understanding what makes an effective RNAi target.
BioBuzz Announces New Bioprocessing & Manufacturing Steering Committee to Guide Regional Programming and Workforce Initiatives
Published on :BioBuzz Media, a community and events platform that connects innovation economies and advances careers in life science ecosystems, today announced the formation of the Bioprocessing & Manufacturing Steering Committee. The role of the committee will be to identify and prioritize the important topics, challenges and opportunities for industry professionals and job seekers within the field to guide BioBuzz programming and workforce initiatives.
Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Announces Over $4 Million in Awards to Accelerate Cures
Published on :The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission announced it will grant $4,165,325 in award funding to innovative research that will strengthen and advance stem cell treatments and technologies in Maryland.
How Do We Actually Meet the Needs of the Evolving Life Science Workforce?
Published on :A recent panel discussion at Bisnow’s May Mid-Atlantic Life Sciences & Biotech event further emphasized the point that we’ve been hearing time and time again – we need to do more to support and adequately prepare the workforce to fill not only the current life science positions but future needs as well.
Bringing Health Care’s Vision of Tomorrow Into Focus | UMIACS
Published on :With $5 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and technology titans including Google, Microsoft and Meta (formerly known as Facebook), a trio of academic institutions are collaborating with industry and the federal government to develop, test and certify XR technologies in medicine and health care.These medical examples of extended reality (XR)—the umbrella term used for technology based in virtual and augmented reality or other immersive media—are already being prototyped or tested in clinical trials. But its widespread use in hospitals and other health care settings is currently hampered by technical challenges and sparse regulatory guidelines.
Now, with $5 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and technology titans including Google, Microsoft and Meta (formerly known as Facebook), a trio of academic institutions are collaborating with industry and the federal government to develop, test and certify XR technologies in medicine and health care.
The new Center for Medical Innovations in Extended Reality, known as MIXR, joins University of Maryland computer scientists and engineers with physicians and clinicians at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and the University of Michigan to improve medical training, patient management and health care outcomes across all areas of…