NSF ERC CELL-MET Shines at Cell & Gene Therapy Show; BioTech Week Boston
Maedeh Mozneb, a master’s student at FIU, Ayse Muniz, a doctoral candidate at UMich, Josh Javor, a BU doctoral candidate and Anant Chopra, a research scientist in Prof. Christopher Chen’s lab supported the ERC CELL-MET with discussions with potential members during the show. These CELL-MET members participated in the show and led discussions about CELL-MET research activities with those who were attending BioTech Week Boston. Tom Dudley, Innovation Ecosystem Leader for CELL-MET said that “there were over 200 exhibitors and over 3000 attendees from nearly 800 organizations attending the show. The CELL-MET team was part of the inaugural Cell & Gene Therapy show and made more than 25 connections that require follow-up for serious membership consideration.” Connections beyond potential ERC memberships included potential impacts for broader student training. For example, GE Healthcare made the offer to host a student contingent to tour a full-scale bio-processing facility.
During the same week CELL-MET co-hosted a networking session with Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), a DoD funded organization based in Manchester, NH. This networking session was held at the BU Photonics Center, in conjunction with BWB and was intended to highlight the collaborations between the early research of CELL-MET and the manufacturing readiness focus of ARMI. Tori Wiedorn and Jenny Sun, both doctoral candidates at BU helped with this event.