[November 09, 2010]

Biotech 2010 Innovation Corridor Poster Winners Announced

Biotech 2010, the tenth annual joint symposium of BioNJ and Pennsylvania Bio, held on October 27-28, 2010 in Philadelphia, featured an Innovation Corridor poster session in which 52 poster presenters outlined innovative research taking place at universities and early-stage companies located in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and other states. All of the poster abstracts are available for download in the Innovation Corridor section of www.biotech2010.org.

"Our annual bioscience symposium has expanded in scope and scale to become the most important gathering of bioscience professionals in the Mid-Atlantic region," said Christopher Molineaux, president of Pennsylvania Bio. "One of the key facets of this annual meeting is the Innovation Corridor which fosters connections between academia and industry - a critical component to the continued growth of the biosciences in our region."

As part of the process, eight posters and presenters were selected to participate in a special one-on-one mentoring sessions with experts in scientific research, business development, legal issues, and investments. The eight included:

Effat Emamian, M.D.
Advance Technologies for Novel Therapeutics
Discovery of a Novel Cell Penetrating Compound for Cancer Therapy from a Physiological Kinase Interaction

Hugo Geerts
In Silico Biosciences
Re-engineering CNS Drug Discovry & Development Using Computer-based Mechanistic Disease Modeling

Nick Giannoukakis, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
A Microsphere Vaccine for Type 1 Diabetes

James Monaco
Rutgers/Ibris Inc
Decision Support System for Predicting Outcomes of ER+ Breast Cancers

Jon Piganelli, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Catalytic Antioxidant Supplementation Maintains Stem Cells in an Undifferentiated State: Implications for Long-term Culture and Preservation

James Thacker
TherimuneX Pharmaceuticals
acALY-18: An Immune Modulating Drug for the Prevention & Treatment of Hospital Acquired MRSA/SSTI

Gordon Thomas, Ph.D.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Personal Tonometer

Bryan Tracy
Elcriton, Inc
Elcriton - Biochemical Engineering to Sustain the Future of Renewable Chemicals, and to Promote Environmental Stewardship

"The great innovative thought that is coming from our companies, colleges and universities attests to the strength of the bioscience industry in the Mid-Atlantic region," said Debbie Hart, president of BioNJ. "And it is important to note that not only do we see more and more new ideas each year, but with each year, the presentations are becoming more detailed and sophisticated."

The Biotech 2010 Innovation Corridor, sponsored by AstraZeneca, is designed to foster collaborations among academia, early-stage research organizations, and the bioscience industry.

At Biotech 2010, research institutions and early-stage companies presented their research and outlined potential solutions to unmet needs in the bioscience industry, as well as potential commercial markets to a panel of judges that included experts in scientific research, business development, legal issues, and investments. To foster further development of the technologies and mentor the presenters, the judges reviewed the presentations and invited each of the eight participants to take part in a 10-minute, one-on-one mentoring session.

The Biotech 2010 Innovation Corridor was co-chaired by Judith Sheft, associate vice president, technology development at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Chris Yochim, director, external relations, strategic partnering & business development at AstraZeneca.

About Biotech 2010

Biotech 2010: Imagine. Collaborate. Innovate is designed to advance the growth and development of the bioscience industry in the Mid-Atlantic region. In its tenth year, this event is a joint symposium of BioNJ and Pennsylvania Bio.

Each year the symposium attracts top executives from the region's global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostic companies; venture capitalists and other investors; university researchers; university-industry liaison officers; government officials; and support organizations. For more information, please visit www.biotech2010.org.

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