Interius Biotherapeutics announced that the first study participant has been dosed in INVISE, its first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial of INT2104, a first-in-class gene therapy that delivers a CAR transgene to generate effector CAR-T and CAR-NK cells in vivo for the targeting of CD20-positive B cells for the treatment of B-cell malignancies.
Pennovation Works was proud to be a sponsor of the 1682 Conference being held at the Five Below headquarters in October.
And we're excited to announce that Pennovation Center member, Tejas Agarwal, Founder and CEO of Sahay AI, won the Venture Awards pitch competition that was held during the event. Congratulations Tejas and team!
The Philly Builds Bio+ 3rd Annual “Bridging the Gap to Commercialization” Symposium took place in October at the Crystal Tea Room. It was a day filled with over 50 panelists discussing innovations in Philadelphia's life sciences sector.
According to new data from PitchBook, the University of Pennsylvania has ranked among the top schools in the world for producing future founders.
Out of those founders, the university has produced 596 female founders who have raised a combined $12.2 billion.
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced an $18 million funding allocation to Infini Fluidics, Penn’s schools of engineering and medicine, Drexel University, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus (RUM) to develop the NSF AIRFoundry.
NSF AIRFoundry is one of five newly created BioFoundries, each of which will have a different focus. Bringing together researchers from InfiniFluidics and other institutions, they will work closely to improve the design and manufacture of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs).
Congratulations to Interius BioTherapeutics who recently announced they raised $67 million in funding. This Series B round will support clinical development of the company's lead gene therapy candidate.
Read more about their funding.
Penn Engineering and Pennovation Center member, The Autoware Foundation, were featured in an article showcasing their F1TENTH project, a competition where students are graded on the design, assembly, and programming of self-driving cars that compete against each other in races. Read more in the article from Penn Today.
Tejas Agarwal Founder of Sahay AI created a robotic device, LARR-E, that attaches to the back of a train car and uses sensors to capture data and information on the infrastructure of the train tracks. LARR-E can effectively take the place of visual railway inspections, using technology to capture more accurate and detailed data than the human eye and aggregating it in real time on a web dashboard.
Congratulations to Dr. Cindy Otto, Executive Director of Penn Vet Working Dog Center, for winning the 2024 Special Award from The Kennel Club!
A faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine since 1991, Dr. Otto's research interests are focused in advancing the health and welfare of working dogs. Her efforts include pioneering research in the health, genetics, and behavior of detection dogs and establishing the Penn Vet Working Dog Center.
Congratulations to Goeppert LLC, for being an SBIR Phase I NASA awardee!
Their proposal, nanocomposites for multi-analyte detection and plant health monitoring, will enable smart agricultural and vertical farming which significantly reduces transportation costs of vegetables into ISS and future lunar habitats.
Learn more about the company.