Regulatory Science Relevant to Products Containing Nanotechnology Date: 04/02/2014 Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Subhas G. Malghan, PhD, Deputy Director, Devices and Radiological Health, FDA The incorporation of nanotechnology in medical devices is progressing in accordance with the classical technology development cycle where simple to manufacture products are coming…
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Essentials of Starting a Technology Company
Essentials of Starting a Technology Company Date: 03/26/2014 Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Roy Miller, Ph.D. , Northeastern University This presentation will introduce best practices for company foundation as recommended in Northeastern’s Health Sciences Entrepreneurs Program, including things that need to be done as a new venture proceeds from…
Medical Devices: Managing and Learning from Failure
Medical Devices: Managing and Learning from Failure Date: 03/19/2014 Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Fred Schoen, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Medical Devices: Managing and Learning from Failure This talk will discuss why failures occur, how to analyze failures, and how to learn from failures. Examples of using…
Nanotechnology & Nanomedicine: Regulatory Safety Assessment in Product Development
Nanotechnology & Nanomedicine: Regulatory Safety Assessment in Product Development Date: 03/19/2014 Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Wendy Sanhai, PhD. MBA, President, Innovative Strategic Solutions, LLC Nanotechnology & Nanomedicine: Regulatory Safety Assessment in Product Development This talk will introduce regulatory safety assessment in product development from the perspective of the…
Integrated analysis of radiation-induced microRNA and gene expression in prostate carcinoma cells
Integrated analysis of radiation-induced microRNA and gene expression in prostate carcinoma cells Date: 03/14/2014 Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Location: 217 Ryder Speaker: Dr. Molly Aryankalayil, National Cancer Institute…
I think I have a great idea…Now what?
I think I have a great idea…Now what? Date: 02/26/2014 Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Amar Sawhney, Ph.D., President and CEO, Ocular Therapeutix I will talk about the process of challenging and evaluating one’s idea to determine if it is worth charging forward with and creating a company around. …
Heart Valve Replacement: Status, Translational Approaches, and Challenges
Heart Valve Replacement: Status, Translational Approaches, and Challenges Date: 02/19/2014 Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Fred Schoen, M.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital The heart valve replacement industry will be discussed as model for biomedical device innovation. Incremental innovation will be compared to disruptive and paradigm-shifting innovation within the context…
Quantum Dots: From Lab to Market
Quantum Dots: From Lab to Market Date: 02/12/2014 Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Seth Coe-Sullivan, Ph.D., Co-founder and CTO, QD Vision, Inc. QD Vision spun out of MIT in 2005, with a broad technology suite, a business plan, and Series A funding. Despite several twists and turns of technology…
Nanoparticles: Basic Science to Commercialization
Nanoparticles: Basic Science to Commercialization Date: 02/12/2014 Time: 4:30 am – 5:30 am Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Cynthia Bamdad, Ph.D., President and CEO, Minerva Biotechnologies Dr. Cynthia Bamdad, a Northeastern Univ alumnus, is a pioneer in the field of biochips and applications of nanotechnology to diagnostics. While a Ph.D. student at Harvard, Dr. Bamdad…
Critical Questions For Start-up Success
Critical Questions For Start-up Success Date: 02/05/2014 Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Location: 111 Snell Library Speaker: Michael K. Dempsey, Ph.D., Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT) For me, as an entrepreneur, inventor, investor and CEO, the essence of the entrepreneurial endeavor is to create something that provides value and…