2020 Technology Showcase

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Welcome & Keynote Presenters

• Kelly Schulz, Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce
• Howard Bland, Sr. Director Supply Chain, Kite, a Gilead Company

Technology Session 1

1. Stephan Stern, Ph.D., DABT, Laboratory Co-Director, Director of Research and Development, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory - "Polymeric Delivery Platform for Therapeutics" E-097-2017
2. Udo Rudloff, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator, NCI CCR Pediatric Oncology Branch - "Use and Preparation of CD206 Small Molecule Modulators as Therapeutics for CD206-Expressing Cancers" (E-105-2019)
3. Genoveffa Franchini, M.D., Senior Investigator, NCI CCR, Vaccine Branch - "Preventing HIV Using a Novel Recombinant gp120 Vaccine Modified with a V1-region Deletion" (E-160-2018)
4. Presented by: Herui Wang, Ph.D., NCI CCR, Neuro-Oncology Branch
   Inventor: Zhengping Zhuang, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Investigator, NCI CCR, Neuro-Oncology Branch - "Use of the TP5 Peptide for the Treatment of Cancer" (E-007-2019)
5. Javed Khan, M.D., Deputy Chief, NCI CCR, Genetics Branch - "Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 4 (FGFR4) Monoclonal Antibodies and Methods of Their Use" (E-264-2015)

Panel Sessions 1

Panels offered concurrently. Attendee selects one.

Panel 1: How to Attract Investors and Funding for Your Company

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Moderator: Elizabeth Cho-Fertikh, Ph.D., Co-Founder, MEDA Angels, Founder, ECF Biosolutions
Panelists:

• Elizabeth Good Mazhari, M.S, Interim Managing Director, Maryland Venture Fund
• Aprile Pilon, Ph.D., Founder and President, APCBio Innovations, Inc.
• Arti Santhanam, Ph.D., Executive Director, Maryland Innovation Initiative Fund at TEDCO

Panel 2: Partnering with the NCI and FNL to Advance Innovation to Benefit your Pipeline and Your Bottom-line

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Moderator: Vladimir Popov, Ph.D., Director, FNL Partnership Development Office
Panelists:

• Kathleen Carroll, Ph.D., Associate Director, NCI TTC
• Serguei Kozlov, Ph.D., M.B.A., Team Leader, NCI CCR, Center for Advanced Preclinical Research: Preclinical Technology and Optimization
• Maurice T. Hampton, M.S., M.B.A., Executive Chairman and CEO, Telesis Therapeutics, LLC

Technology Transfer Ambassadors Program (TTAP) Virtual Poster Sessions

Posters prepared in partnership with NCI's TTAP will highlight technologies available for licensing and/or commercialization. The following Poster Sessions will be offered concurrently. Attendee selects one.

Poster Group 1

Moderator: Laura Prestia, Ph.D., TTC, Communications and Strategic Initiatives Manager, TTAP Program Lead

• Presented by: Weiwei Dai, Ph.D., *Johns Hopkins University Student
  Inventor: Stuart Le Grice, Ph.D., NCI, CCR, Basic Research Laboratory "(lncRNA) as Anticancer Agents" (E-060-2018)
• Presented by: Eric Ho, Ph.D., Transition to Industry (T2I) fellow and co-inventor
  Inventor: David FitzGerald, Ph.D., NCI, CCR, Laboratory of Molecular Biology "EGFRvIII Antibodies for the Treatment of Human Cancer" (E-103-2019)

Poster Group 2

Moderator: Abritee Dhal, Ph.D., TTC Technology Transfer Manager, TTAP Team Lead

• Presented by: Albert Burgess-Hull, Ph.D., TTAP Ambassador
  Inventor: Melvin DePamphilis, Ph.D., Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH Distinguished Investigator, "Combined PIKFYVE and p38 MAP Kinase Inhibition for Treating Cancer" (E-138-2019)
• Presented by: Berna Uygur, Ph.D., TTC Fellow
  Inventor: Xin Wei Wang, Ph.D., NCI, CCR, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, "A Viral Exposure Signature to Define and Detect Early Onset Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (E-174-2019)
• Presented by: Diptadip Dattaroy, Ph.D., TTAP Ambassador/TTC Fellow
  Inventor: Stephen Hewitt, M.D., Ph.D., NCI, CCR, Laboratory of Pathology, "Ratio Based Biomarkers for the Prediction of Cancer Survival" (E-025-2009)
• Presented by: Fei Zhao, Ph.D., TTAP Ambassador
  Inventor: Allan Weissman, M.D., NCI, CCR, Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, "Peptides that Modulate Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)-Associated Degradation by Sequestering" (E-122-2018)
• Presented by: Hiba Alsaffar, Ph.D., TTC Fellow
  Inventor: Stanislav Tamarev, Ph.D., Ntional Eye Institute, Retinal Ganglion Cell Biology, "Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Satem Cell (BMSC)-Derived Exosomes for the Treatment of Glaucoma" (E-044-2018)

*Select posters were developed through the TTAP partnership with the Johns Hopkins University

If you are interested in learning more about these technologies and would like for someone to follow-up with you, please contact us at ncitechtransfer@mail.nih.gov.

Technology Session 2

Panels offered concurrently. Attendee selects one.

Panel 3: Government and Non-Profit Funding and Resources for Startups

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Moderator: Heather Gramm, CEcD, Senior Director, Strategic Industries and Entrepreneurship, Maryland Department of Commerce
Panelists:

• Christie Canaria, Ph.D., Program Director, NCI SBIR
• Javeed Froozan, VP Research and Business Development and Strategic Alliances, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Ulyana V. Desiderio, Ph.D., Director, BioHealth and Life Sciences at Maryland Department of Commerce
• John Bittman, PSM Interagency Policy Specialist, Technology Partnerships Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Panel 4: Leveraging Incubators and Accelerators to Speed Tech Licensing and Commercialization

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Moderator: Kathie Callahan Brady, CEO, Frederick Innovative Technology Center Inc. (FITCI)
Panelists:

• Xiaonao Liu, Ph.D., CEO, Nanobiofab
• Sue E. Carr RPh., President and Founder, CarrTech LLC
• Jon Rowley, Founder & Chief Product Office, RoosterBio, Inc.