Md. Labs Developing Vaccines and Therapeutics, Attracting Federal Dollars
Published 9/10/20 in Maryland Matters A 2016 decision to link the research labs at the University of Maryland College Park with those at the University of Maryland at Baltimore is paying dividends in the competition for federal COVID-19 research dollars, …
UM Ventures’ GlycoT Therapeutics grants technology sublicense to Daiichi Sankyo
Published in the Daily Record, 9/14/20 GlycoT Therapeutics LLC, a UM Ventures startup company based on intellectual property developed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park, executed a sublicense agreement for its glycoengineering technology with Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, GlycoT officials said …
Five UMB, UMCP Research Teams Receive $500,000 in MPower Seed Grants to Collaborate to Address COVID-19
Press Released issued by UMB and UMCP on 9/1/20 The Joint Steering Council of the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower), a formal collaboration of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), has awarded funding to …
Sixth Annual Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference Offered Online
Published 9/4/20 by Lancaster Farming For six years the Agriculture Law Education Initiative, a multi-institutional University of Maryland program that provides legal education to the agricultural community, has hosted a conference to discuss the complex legal issues that farmers grapple …
UMIACS Faculty Receive MPower Funding to Improve Mental Telehealth Services Using AI
Published 9/1/20 on UMIACS Website: umiacs.umd.edu Computer scientists at the University of Maryland, College Park, are collaborating with child behavioral specialists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, to improve telehealth services for children living in rural areas of the state, …
Baltimore medical device startup CoapTech raises $7M Series B
Following last year’s FDA clearance for the company’s ultrasound feeding tube placement device, CoapTech is looking to ramp up commercialization. Published 9/2/20 in Technical.ly Baltimore Baltimore medical device startup CoapTech raised $7 million in a Series B funding round as it continues …
MPower Funds Research to Develop a Rapid, Point-of-Care COVID-19 Test
Published 8/18/20 by the University of Maryland School of Public Health The FDA has issued several novel coronavirus tests, but the tests are often time-consuming and sometimes inaccurate— failing to meet the urgent need to quickly identify and isolate infected people. …
UMB-born startup launches pharmaceutical modeling platform Pumas 1.0
Published 8/12/20 on Technical.ly Baltimore PUMAS-AI launched its first product, which aids in the development cycle of pharmaceutical drugs. It’s available now to download for free for academic and noncommercial use. A startup launched out by faculty at University of Maryland, …
FEDERAL DOLLARS AWARDED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Published 8/5/20, Montgomery Community Media The University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors, which aids survivors of human trafficking in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, was awarded $500,000 in federal funding. The SAFE …