June 5, 2024 Following is noteworthy news about people who work at the Blumberg Institute, which is the research arm of the Hepatitis B Foundation. Nicholas A. Meanwell, Distinguished Professor at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, will
Dr. Kunwar Shailubhai Biotech entrepreneur and Blumberg Institute professor Kunwar Shailubhai, PhD, the pioneer of therapeutic applications of guanylate cyclase-C (GC-C) signaling and an inventor of the widely prescribed medicine Trulance(R), has been awarded a Phase 1
The authors are Blumberg Institute scientists and colleagues at the University of North Carolina. Abstract: Dihydroquinolizinones (DHQs) that inhibit cellular polyadenylating polymerases 5 and 7 (PAPD5 & 7), such as RG7834, have been shown to inhibit both
Through a pilot program aimed at accelerating and supporting life sciences startups in our state, the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center (PABC)will provide financial support and free lab space to more than a dozen startups at the PABC in Doylestown, its B+labsincubator in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania. The PABC’s new initiative, the Academic Innovation Zone, is managing $5 million through the Commonwealth of
(L-R) Zhengyuan Jiang of the Blumberg Institute, Dr. Patrick Y. S. Lam and Steven Kultgen of Arbutus Biopharma. The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute presented the 2023 Lam Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry Award recently to Steven Kultgen of Arbutus Biopharma,
June 6, 2023 Taimoor Khan, PhD, has joined the Blumberg Institute as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow. He received his doctorate in biology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2021. Prior to joining the Blumberg Institute Dr.
The collaboration will support the advancement of life sciences companies in Greater Philadelphia Hatch BioFund Management LLC (“Hatch BioFund”), an early- stage life sciences venture capital firm headquartered in the Philadelphia region, and Brandywine Realty Trust (“Brandywine”), one
Catharine and Rob Williams of Strafford are longtime supporters of the Foundation. The Hepatitis B Foundation announced today that Catharine and Rob Williams, who reside in Strafford, Pa., have been chosen to receive the Foundation’s Community Leadership
The Hepatitis B Foundation, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center (PABC) honored Jim Greenwood, former Congressman and ex-CEO of BIO, at the organizations’ first Fireside Chat, held Oct. 17, by adding his portrait to their
Dr. Drew Weissman and Dr. Katalin Kariko The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute applauds Katalin Karikó, PhD, adjunct professor of Neurosurgery at The University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, the Roberts Family
