 You are cordially invited to the The first information session in a series will be held at Northwestern’s Evanston Campus; Hosted by Rick Morimoto, CBC Scientific Director for Northwestern; Featuring a Panel of Accelerator Awardees, including Rick Silverman, NU and Arnon Lavie, UIC, INVO Director of Commercialization, Dimitra Georganopoulou and Polsky Center Microbiome Lead, Technology Commercialization, Matt Martin. Please join us to learn more about the CBC’s newest award. The Accelerator Award program supports translational research and provides university researchers with early commercial guidance. Accelerator Awards will be used to support the initial, and therefore highest risk, stage of commercially-directed research focused on the development of a therapeutic or an associated biomarker or diagnostic. Lunch will be provided. Future sessions will be held at UChicago and University of Illinois at Chicago. Dates to be announced. Come to the CBC Accelerator Award Lunch Event! WHEN: December 11, 2018 |
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HOST AND MODERATOR: |
 CBC Scientific Director Richard Morimoto, PhD Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology Director, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research Department of Molecular Biosciences Northwestern University |
PANELISTS: |
 CBC Accelerator Awardee Richard Silverman, PhD Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor Department of Chemistry Northwestern University |
 CBC Accelerator Awardee Arnon Lavie, PhD Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics University of Illinois at Chicago |
 Representative from INVO Dimitra Georganopoulou, PhD Director of Commercialization Innovation and New Ventures (INVO) Northwestern University |
 Representative from Polsky Matt Martin, PhD Microbiome Lead, Technology Commercialization Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation The University of Chicago |
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Registration is required. Acceptance will be on the first come, first serve basis. We can accomodate ONLY 35 participants per session so make sure to register early.
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REGISTER TODAY Lunch sessions at The University of Chicago and at UIC to be announced soon. Share this on:    The mission of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) is to stimulate collaboration among scientists at Northwestern University, The University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago and others to accelerate discovery that will transform biomedical research and improve the health of humankind.
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