December 2024 Archive
Protaryx Medical Achieves Milestone with Successful Completion of First-in-Human Study of an Innovative Transseptal Puncture Technology
Friday, December 13, 2024
Baltimore, Maryland – December 11, 2024 – Protaryx Medical, a pioneer in medical device innovation, is proud to announce the successful completion of its First-in-Human (FIH) study, demonstrating the transformative potential of its advanced transseptal puncture technology. Conducted on December 3... read more
UM Ventures, Baltimore Newsletter
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Have an invention?Disclose it to the UM Ventures, Baltimore team. Featured Article UM-BILD Celebrates First Anniversary UM-BILD’s successful first year included funding eight projects in the first Pilot Project cohort and working through the funding application... read more
IP Rounds: Intellectual Property Tips for Academics Commercializing Technology
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Presented by Dustin Lee Translating early research from benchtops to patient care is a key goal in academia. Commercialization pathways use intellectual property, especially patents, to facilitate translation. But patent law is complex and often at odds with the academic environment. Inventors can... read more
UMB Patent Awards | July - September 2024
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Immunogenic CompositionsAustralian patent issued July 11, 2024 and Taiwanese patent issued August 1, 2024 UMB Inventors: Raphael Simon, MD (formerly UMSOM); Alan Cross, MD (UMSOM); Sharon Tennant, PhD (UMSOM) Microfluidic Methods for the Preparation of CellsJapanese patent issued July 11, 2024... read more
President’s Entrepreneurial Fellowship Alumni Profile: Raqeeb Jamil, PhD ’22
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Raqeeb Jamil, PhD ’22, was a member of the second PEF cohort. In early 2019, Raqeeb Jamil, PhD ’22, a PhD candidate in the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy’s (UMSOP) Pharmaceutical Sciences program, joined the second cohort of the President’s... read more
Featured Partner: Fzata, Inc.
Thursday, December 12, 2024
University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) partner and faculty spinout, Fzata, Inc., has made great strides in their mission to develop oral biotherapeutcs. Fzata’s core platform, Bioengineered Probiotic Yeast Medicines (BioPYM™), consists of first-in-class oral live biotherapeutics uniquely... read more
Featured Inventor: J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD
Thursday, December 12, 2024
J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD, specializes in vascular neurosurgery. J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD, the Dr. Bizhan Aarabi Professor in Neurotrauma, and professor of neurosurgery, pathology, and physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, has devoted his career... read more
Innovation @ UMB: Driving Innovation Through Customer Discovery with i-Corps
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The following is a summary of the November Innovation @ UMB session: Driving Innovation Through Customer Discovery with i-Corps. If you prefer to watch a video, a livestream of the session is also available. The Importance of Customer Discovery for University StartupsIn the dynamic world of... read more