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Event Overview:
The 2019 Technology Showcase highlighted technologies being developed at the NCI and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR) to encourage technology licensing and collaborations, startup company formation and the translation of NCI discoveries into solutions to benefit patients.
- Free, half-day event
- Hear from NCI and FNLCR inventors about technologies primed for technology commercialization and/or collaboration; great opportunity for regional companies and biotech stakeholders.
- Panel sessions focused on technology commercialization
- Poster session highlighting NIH technologies for available for collaborative development and/or licensing presented by the NCI Technology Transfer Ambassadors Program
- Networking, including event following the Tech Showcase
Date and Location: 
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Check-in / Registration 11:30 am - Noon
Noon - 5:00 pm (post-showcase networking event to follow)
FNLCR Advanced Technology Research Facility
8560 Progress Drive
Frederick, MD 21702
Welcome & Keynote Speaker:
Noon - 12:30 pm
Rich Bendis, President and CEO of BioHealth Innovation, Inc.
Mr. Bendis is the Founder, President and CEO of BioHealth Innovation, Inc. He is an entrepreneur, corporate executive, venture capitalist, investment banker, innovation and technology-based economic development leader, international speaker and consultant in the technology and healthcare industries. He currently serves as the founding President and CEO of Innovation America (IA), a national public-private partnership focused on accelerating the growth of innovation economy in America. As one of the most recognized experts in the field of innovation economy, Mr. Bendis has served on numerous distinguished boards and task forces including the White House U.S. Innovation Partnership Advisory Task Force, the Small Business Innovation Research Committee, the National Association of State Venture Funds board; State Science and Technology Institute, and the Ernst and Young Entrepreneurial Institute as a national/regional Judge and Entrepreneur of the Year winner.
Featured Technologies:
The 2019 agenda features two Technology Sessions.
Technology Presentation Session 1: 12:30 - 1:25 pm
Technology Presentation Session 2: 3:10 - 4:00 pm
| Chuong Hoang, M.D. , NCI CCR, Thoracic Surgery Branch – "Nanoparticle-hydrogel Composite for Nucleic Acid Molecule Delivery" (E-080-2018) |
| Marina Dobrovolskaia, Ph.D., FNLCR Nanotechnology Characterization Lab – “Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles (NANP) and Methods of Using Same for Controlled Immunomodulation” (E-069-2018) |
| Nan Li, Ph.D., NCI CCR, Laboratory of Molecular Biology – "High Affinity Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting Glypican-1" (E-028-2019) |
| Kumaran S. Ramamurthi, Ph.D., NCI CCR Laboratory of Molecular Biology – "Nanoparticle Platform Using Bacterial Spore Coat Proteins" (E-098-2015) |
| Dominic Esposito, Ph.D., FNLCR RAS Initiative – “New Insect Cell Technologies for Improved Protein Production” (E-287-2012, E-009-2015, E-146-2017) |
| Nadya Tarasova, Ph.D., NCI CCR Cancer and Inflammation Program – "Synthetic Lipopeptide Inhibitors of RAS Oncoproteins" (E-293-2010) |
| De Yang, M.D., Ph.D., NCI Center for Cancer Research (CCR), Cancer and Inflammation Program – "Therapeutic Antitumor Combination Containing TLR4 Agonist HMGN1" (E-069-2016) |
| Stephan Stern, Ph.D., FNLCR Nanotechnology Characterization Lab – “Polymeric Delivery Platform for Therapeutics” (E-097-2017) |
| Josip Blonder, M.D., FNLCR Antibody Characterization Laboratory – “Renal Carcinoma Biomarkers” (E-317-2008) |
Panel Sessions:
The 2019 agenda includes the addition of two sets of technology commercialization-focused panels.
Panel Session One:
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"Making your company attractive to equity investors" Moderator: Presenters: |
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"Partnering with the NCI and FNL to benefit your pipeline and your bottom-line" Moderator: Presenters: |
Panel Session Two:
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"Non-dilutive sources of funding for commercializing technology" Moderator: Presenters: |
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"Leveraging incubators and accelerators for technology licensing and commercialization” Moderator: Presenters: |
Technology Transfer Ambassadors Program (TTAP)
Lightning Poster Pitch:
2:25 - 2:40 pm
followed by Networking / Poster Session - 2:40 - 3:10 pm
| Posters prepared by TTAP Ambassadors will highlight the following technologies that are available for licensing and/or partnering: | |
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| 1. Presented by 2017 Ambassador Alum, David Wei, Ph.D. Inventor: Bruce Shapiro, Ph.D., NCI Center for Cancer Research (CCR) RNA Biology Laboratory – “Nanoparticles for the Targeted Treatment of Infected Cells” (*E-039-2012) |
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| *2. Presented by 2018 Ambassador Alum, Jyoti Roy, Ph.D. Inventor: Haksong Jin, PharmD, MS – “Topical Sodium Nitrate Ointment for Sickle Cell Disease” (E-149-2014) |
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| *3. Presented by 2019 TTAP Ambassador, Sanket Awate, Ph.D. Inventor: Arya Biragyn, Ph.D , National Institute on Aging (NIA), Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology – “Novel Regulatory B cells for Treatment of Cancer and Autoimmune Disease” (E-101-2010) |
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| 4. Presented by 2019 TTAP Ambassador, Sanket Awate, Ph.D. Inventor: Christopher Ramsden, M.D., NIA, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation / Lipid Peroxidation Unit – “Fatty Acid Derivatives and Their Use” (E-151-2017) |
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| 5. Presented by 2019 TTAP Ambassador, Mukta Nag, Ph.D. Inventor: George Pavlakis M.D., Ph.D., NCI CCR, Vaccine Branch – “Conserved Elements Vaccine for HIV” (E-132-2012) |
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| *6. Presented by 2019 TTAP Ambassador, Suna Gulay, Ph.D. Inventor: Kenzie Preston, Ph.D., National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Branch – "A Mobile Health Platform" (E-049-2015) |
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| 7. Presented by 2019 TTAP Ambassador, Suna Gulay, Ph.D. Inventor: James Kochenderfer, M.D., NCI CCR Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch – “Anti-SLAMF7 Chimeric Antigen Receptors” (E-158-2018) |
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| 8. Presented by2019TTAP Ambassador, Devanand Bondage, Ph.D. Inventor: Louis Staudt, M.D., Ph.D., NCI CCR Lympoid Malignancies Branch – “Using a Proximity Ligation Assay to Diagnose Lymphoma Subsets and Predict Patient Responses to Targeted Therapies” (E-171-2017) |
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| 9. Presented by 2019 TTAP Senior Ambassador and 2018 TTAP Alum, Sarwat Naz, Ph.D. Inventor: David Roberts, Ph.D., NCI CCR Laboratory of Pathology – “Method for Generating Pluripotent and Multipotent Cells” (E-086-2012) |
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*10. Presented by 2017 Ambassador Alum, Delphine Lissa, Ph.D.
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Event Co-Sponsors:
NCI Technology Transfer Center; Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research; Frederick County Office of Economic Development; City of Frederick Department of Economic Development; TEDCO