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Online Class: “Translation from Academia Lab to sucessfull Venture .”- Michael Fenn, Ph.D

Online Class: "Translation from Academia Lab to sucessfull Venture ."- Michael Fenn, Ph.D

The Technology Transfer Office (University of Ljubljana) and EIT Health have managed to organize an online Biotech Class with Dr. Michael Fenn, the director of Healthcare and Health Sciences at Harvard Innovation Labs.

His efforts have resulted in $30M in venture funding, graduation from Y-Combinator, FDA clearance, strategic partnerships, intellectual property creation, and successful acquisition. Find his CV below.

Join us this Thursday, 9th of July at 5 p.m. CET. (the event itself will last about 1 hour)


Register now at https://lnkd.in/d2riizH

 

Michael Fenn, Ph.D.

Director of Healthcare and Life Sciences, Harvard Innovation Labs

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Dr. Michael Fenn is the Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at Harvard Innovation Labs. He is tasked with advising and supporting all healthcare and life science ventures with a focus on supporting Harvard founders, which include students, research fellows, faculty & alumni. Dr. Fenn also leads the planning of the Life Lab Longwood, a new translational biotech incubator at Harvard Medical School, and a foundational component of the $200M Blavatnik Therapeutics Initiative. Dr. Fenn serves as a leader of entrepreneurship & innovation within the Harvard life science community, as well as acting as liaison to the surrounding Boston-area life science ecosystem. He is particularly passionate about bridging the gap between academic research and startup ventures, having worked extensively in both, and currently supporting several Harvard initiatives to expand the translation of science from bench-to-beside. Having served as cofounder & advisor for multiple startups, his efforts have resulted in $30M in venture funding, graduation from Y-Combinator, FDA clearance, strategic partnerships, intellectual property creation, and successful acquisition.

Dr. Fenn was formerly an NIH-funded Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Center for Medical Materials & Biophotonics at Florida Institute of Technology. Dr. Fenn has a diverse research background, which includes biomaterials, nanomaterials, tissue engineering & regenerative medicine, drug delivery, advanced spectroscopy, and machine learning, with applications in biotech, medical devices, and diagnostics. Dr. Fenn received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, and B.S. in Chemistry/Biochemistry, all from the University of Florida.

McTivAgeing 2020

Mobility and Active Ageing
McTivAgeing 2020 – online kurzus

The Summer School in Mobility and Active Ageing aims to train professionals to design, develop, and implement support, or health and functional independence promotion solutions for persons with reduced mobility or at risk of mobility reduction, when carrying out their daily activities.

Date and location: Online seminar, 1 July – 31 August, 2020

The online course’s running time will be 70 hours, divided into 8 modules.

Expenses: The tuition fee is 150€.

Application deadline: 25 June, 2020

Registration and further information

L-ead Summer School 2020

Join the L-eaders this summer!

Semmelweis University and IESE Business School, along with E-Group are organizing the L-ead Summer School programme for the second consecutive year. L-ead is a flagship study programme in health care digitalization, focusing on leveraging e-health workforce by advanced skills.

It is a fascinating opportunity to improve your professional skills while developing cultural sensitivity towards digital health capability. By using innovative, mixed educational methods, the programme will provide a great opportunity to strengthen and advance e-skills, leverage the digital health workforce, and gain a better understanding of the digital ecosystem complexity.

We are happy to invite you to join our programme if you are a BSc, MSc, PhD or postdoctoral student, practising health professionals or researcher from relevant fields with an interest in digital health, entrepreneurship, healthcare management, and public health.

Date and location: Online seminar, 6-10 July & 13-17 July, 2020

L-ead covers a two-week training programme. Completing the course requires participation on both weeks!

Expenses: No tuition fee is required. Further information and application: https://emk.semmelweis.hu/eithealth/

Application deadline: 24 May, 2020

Be part of the digital boom and apply now!

“Hacking the CoronaVirus” webinar series

The webinar will host Or Haviv, CEO of Eilat Hub who will share how he quickly adapted his incubation programme to Covid-19 times, giving a glimpse and insights into online incubation. We will also meet Dr. Marta Bonaconsa, Phd, CEO of Nanomnia, an Italian medical startup who will share how, even while quarantined, startups can incubate and grow.

When: Tuesday March 31, 11:00-12:30 CET

Register here (places are limited)

EIT Health WildCard 2020 – Apply now!

With the support of EIT Health, Wild Card program will be launched in 2020, where innovative ideas can bring you up to € 2 million in funding to develop your product or service.

This year’s two major trends are women’s health and digital therapies, so if you have a great idea or have health/business experience related to this topic, please follow the link below!

Application deadline: 9th February, 2020. Don’t miss the opportunity!

Apply now!
More information about Wild Card

RIS Innovation Call 2020 – Apply now

This year as usual, EIT Health will give the opportunity for market participants to receive support for the design and development of their innovation projects through the RIS Innovation Call 2020.

The competition aims to support the six focus areas of EIT Health, which aim to continually innovate and bridge the healthcare gap in the European Union through the opportunities offered by the information revolution.

As a first step, a webinar will be organized where prospective participants and their academic partners can learn more about the opportunities. The webinar will take place on the 21st January 2020 at 10:00 AM CET.

If you would like to participate, please apply at itd@pte.hu!

More information about RIS Innovation Call 2020

StarShip Program 2020 – APPLY NOW!

Application deadline: 31 January

New year, new opportunities, new beginnings!

Are you ready to take the leap?

The StarShip Fellowship Program is coming back for 2020 and the APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

StarShip is an EIT Health educational initiative in collaboration with leading European academic, and health industry partners. Using a blend of different educational approaches including elements from Stanford Biodesign Concept, StarShip is a unique opportunity for participants to be involved in industry-driven life science innovation, working together with innovators in and outside the companies in highly skilled multidisciplinary teams.

In StarShip, you’ll spend 9 weeks over the year 2020 learning about the latest cutting edge technologies from Europe’s top Universities + developing and prototyping new solutions in a multidisciplinary and international team.

As if it couldn’t get any better – EIT Health will generously sponsor the 15 000 € tuition fee and a 3 000 € travel grant (terms apply) for selected participants!

Apply now!
Find out more about StarShip

The EIT Jumpstarter Grand Final in Riga

The EIT Jumpstarter Grand Final will take place on 14. November in Riga as a side event of the Digital Freedom Festival.

EIT Health together with EIT Food and EIT Raw Materials announce that this year’s EIT Jumpstarter Grand Final pitch competition will be held as a side event of the Digital Freedom Festival. The best of the 90 teams involved in the 2019 edition of the award-winning Jumpstarter training and mentoring programme will pitch their innovations for a chance to win prizes of up to €10 000.

Now in its third year, Jumpstarter has provided training to 90 teams – 30 teams from each of the EIT KICs of Health, Food and Raw Materials. All of these teams went through two intensive periods: six business-planning bootcamps in spring and further business skills, training and mentoring in the autumn. The Grand Finals will celebrate the best of these teams.

The Digital Freedom Festival describes itself as “a multi-event platform where the geeks of the digital era meet with policymakers to solve problems caused by the clash of the digital and analogue worlds.”

The event is free of charge, but prior registration is required through the following website: https://eu.eventscloud.com/ehome/200196121/200483811/

 

PTE Hackathon

PTE Hackathon

PTE Hackathon was a huge success on 20th September.

The event was organized by the Simonyi BEDC, 3D Center, Technology Transfer Office, Institute of Transdisciplinary Studies and Input Program.

Almost every faculty were represented on the event, allowing to form multidisciplinary teams and supporting the analysis of ideas from different perspectives.

Out of 16 teams, the Biowatch team was the winner, the second place winner was Stepcash, who won the PBKIK special award too. Third place was taken by the C-Colors team, the 3D Center special prize was taken by Nanolight and the ITD special prize was taken by the Pharmanager team. Congratulations to the teams!

 

1. place 2. place 3. place

Biowatch

Stepcash

C-Colors

Adrián Luca – Friedrich Schiller High School

Arató Dániel – software engineering

Bognár György – KTK

Kujbus-Tóth Róbert – KTK

Mentor: Szüts Bálint – MIK

Mentor: Katona-Kungler Kinga – KTK

Kotnyek Zsófia – MIK

Németh Gábor – TTK

Pongrácz Ádám – TTK

Szabó Andrea – BTK

Tóth Kristóf – MIK

Mentor: Orosz Dániel – KTTK

Borosán Eszter – BTK

Horváth Zsófia – TTK

Kozma Szilveszter – TTK

Rohr Emma – ÁOK

Schnell Marcell – KTK

Mentor: Schlepp Péter – Input

3D Center Special award ITD Special award PBKIK ‘Jelen a jövőd’ Award

Nanolight

Pharmanager

Stepcash

Barabási Kincső – ÁOK

Kundár kristóf Imre – KTK

Török Fanni Júlia – MIK

Varga Konrád – MIK

 

Mentor: Hornyák Miklós – KTK

Berke Gergő – ÁOK

Bognár Tamás – KTK

Császár Zsolt – TTK

Nyers Dominik – TTK

Takács Máté – KTK

Mentor: Nagyréti József – KTTK

Kotnyek Zsófia – MIK

Németh Gábor – TTK

Pongrácz Ádám – TTK

Szabó Andrea – BTK

Tóth Kristóf – MIK

Mentor: Orosz Dániel – KTTK

It is a pleasure for us that besides the mentors of PTE and Input program, the teams was supported by several experts from different companies, including:

  • Czéh Árpád (Soft Flow)
  • Ivanics Péter (Webstar)
  • Szekeres György (Hisztopatológia)
  • Ulrich Gyula (Z-Elektronika)
  • Várhelyi Veszna (Hiventures).

We look forward to deepening cooperation in the future and finding mutually beneficial meeting points for other events as well. In addition, of course, we are looking forward to applying for companies that would be happy to work with the university and meet our students, the future employees.

The PTE Hackathon is organized with a different focus at the beginning of each semester, which aims to provide an insight into the business development, thereby inspiring participants to create new business ideas. So in February 2020, we are looking forward to seeing you at this exciting event.

                        

InnoStars Awards 2019 boost 15 start-ups from Regional Innovation Scheme countries

Winners, chosen from 116 applicants, get €25 000 in smart money, training, mentoring

Fifteen start-ups from Central, Eastern and Southern European countries that are still developing in terms of healthcare innovation will be given €25 000 in funding, as well as training and mentoring support, as winners of the 2019 EIT Health InnoStars Awards.

In the third year of the InnoStars Awards, the winners were chosen from 116 high-quality contestants based in the 13 Regional Innovation Scheme Programme (RIS) countries – which have more moderate levels of innovation than other European countries.

Selected by a panel of experts, the winning start-ups include five from Portugal, two from Poland, two from Hungary, two from Latvia, one from the Czech Republic, one from Lithuania, one from Italy and one from Romania.

They will receive €25 000 of smart money, individual mentoring for four months and the opportunity to participate in two bootcamps in Europe. EIT Health InnoStars will also organise three validation interviews with potential customers, investors and partners for the award winners. After the four month-programme, ten finalists will be selected to participate in the InnoStars Awards final pitch in November, to compete for the three top prizes: an additional €25 000, €15 000 or €10 000 in funding.

Increasing success in RIS countries

“More and more start-ups from the regions covered by the Regional Innovation Scheme apply successfully for prestigious European innovation programmes like InnoStars Awards,” said Monika Toth, EIT Health InnoStars RIS Programme Manager. “There is an impressive talent pool in this part of Europe, that has skills and knowledge to create and develop healthcare innovations.”

The InnoStars Awards programme is open for micro and small enterprises, spin-offs and start-ups that already have prototype or a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). All contestants must come from the RIS countries, and based on the increasing number of qualified applicants, the talent pool there is strong.

“There are excellent science and talented teams being produced in Eastern Europe, Mediterranean countries and Portugal,” said Dr Nuno Viegas, Business Creation Manager, EIT Health InnoStars. “InnoStars Awards provides start-ups from these countries with funds to further validate their health solutions, education on how to create a business plan and a chance to talk with investors and connect with expert mentors in other European regions that can share their network and experience.”

List of InnoStars Award winners for 2019

B-CULTURE: A Portuguese start-up develops 4D in-vitro human tissue models for drug testing. They offer an efficient and ethical solution for a monitored screening and validation of compounds and implants for the pharma, dental and biomedical industries.

BrachyDOSE:A Lithuanian team of experienced engineers and scientists offer a cancer treatment quality control tool that provides more effective and personalised treatment. Their product is made for oncologists who are seeking precision and the best possible treatment results in radiotherapy.

BRIGHT – Beyond Research and Information Graphics for Health and Technology:An innovative company from Portugal offers the Serious Games for Health project, which helps patients to self-manage their disease and promotes adherence to therapy.

Femyo: A Romanian company was created to cut the at-birth and infant mortality rate in Europe by half. The company seeks to achieve this by building the first digital health management organisation in Europe, to ensure that all their subscribers give the best start in life to their children.

HydrUStent: A Portuguese start-up focused on the development of innovative medical devices based on clinical needs brings together a highly skilled team with different backgrounds, from medicine to biomaterials science and engineering. The company is developing a portable, wireless and less invasive urodynamics testing technology that allows long-term continuous monitoring of intra-urinary pressures. This will positively impact patient’s lives by lessening the discomfort associated with this type of testing, currently performed only in clinical settings.

InoCure:A bionanotechnology company from the Czech Republic delivers solutions for life science and pharmaceutical industry. Its product DifMATRIX is the first active 3D cell culture membrane that enables faster, reliable and ethical preclinical testing.

InSimu Patient: This innovation from Hungary is a medical case study educational app that provides learners with simulated patients. The app helps medical students and physicians gain clinical experience by making decisions on their own to treat simulated, virtual patients. Mimicking all possible aspects of real-life diagnostics, InSimu changes the way young doctors think and learn.

Mosaic Software Srl: An innovative start-up from Italy transforming clinical research by virtue of a focus on patient centricity and forefront digital technologies. Their PatchAI is the first cognitive platform for collection and predictive analysis of patient-reported data in clinical trials, embedding an AI-powered virtual assistant mimicking human empathetic conversations to engage and motivate patients and increase protocol compliance.

Mhydrogel: A chemical start-up based in Latvia offers therapeutic contact lenses to save eyesight after a chemical eye injury.

OASIS Diagnostics SA: A Polish medtech company develops ONIRY, a non-invasive medical device for quick and robust diagnostics of obstetrical anal sphincter injury using machine learning model. This exam would benefit every woman just after vaginal delivery.

Sineko: A Hungarian company whose GRAID software aims to revolutionise cross-border teleradiology by translating radiological reports. GRAID is a synoptic reporting assistant that enables healthcare industry professionals to not only create high quality structured medical reports, but also to easily translate the whole report with one click into multiple languages. The platform improves the efficiency and quality of medical documentation and promotes residency and patient education, all while paving the road for automatic AI image to text generation.

Surgeonmate: A Portuguese technology-based company focused on developing technical solutions that aim to improve the working conditions of healthcare providers. They developed and patented a textile solution to be worn by the professional healthcare providers while working in places where cold is a problem and a potential source of discomfort exists.

TimeUp: A Portuguese team works on developing a medical device that can be used to monitor and detect the presence of bacteria in urine, alerting healthcare professionals of the potential development of an infection.

UVera: A Polish start-up employs innovation and an interdisciplinary approach to provide skin protection against the whole spectrum of UV sun radiation. Its mission is to create natural and safe UV protection products with a concomitant decrease in negative environmental impact on the planet.

Vigo: A Latvian start-up develops a prescription rehabilitation guide that uses artificial intelligence to help people recover faster and more efficiently from a stroke by providing therapeutic guidance, practical assistance and tools based on cognitive behavioural therapy, in a smartphone interface.

Source: https://www.eithealth.eu/-/local-start-ups-get-boost-for-healthcare-innovation

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