We couldn’t let the Winter Olympics go unremarked and uncelebrated, so we put our own spin on it. Space (and safety) considerations required us to put the kibosh on some events, like chair hockey, chair luge, 2-person chair bobsled, chair curling, or skating in socks. Discussions around the lunch table yielded three events. The GamesRead more
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North Shore InnoVentures was proud to be on hand at the Massachusetts Innovation Day at the State House on January 29, 2018 to see NSIV graduate SolidEnergy Systems of Woburn receive one of the inaugural NextGEN awards. Congrats! You can read more about the event in Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s press release.Read more
Our most recent addition to the list of NSIV companies is a company based in France. Ai4r, also known as Atlantic Instruments for Research, offers autoradiography imaging solutions based on a new generation of gas detectors that combine speed, precision and sensitivity in locating radiolabelled molecules over a wide field of view. Vanessa Roumilhac isRead more
We briefly introduced you to Spectrus last month and promised more in February. Now from “Team Spectrus”, is an introduction to their company and some entertaining facts about the three partners. “Spectrus, a Massachusetts LLC formed in 2017, is the brainchild of Enrique Arevalo, Ph.D. with the unwavering support of Michael Ziebell, Ph.D. and Andres McKenzie, M.S., the threeRead more
Having heard tales of the JP Morgan Healthcare conference for years, when I was invited by Angus McQuilkin of McDermott Will & Emery to attend all the events they were sponsoring, I finally found the value proposition compelling. After two days of very relevant programs, random interactions with anyone in a suit, and glad-handing atRead more
by Martha Farmer, President & CEO of North Shore InnoVentures When people think of innovation in the Boston metro area, their minds naturally gravitate toward Cambridge. But a Livability.com survey just placed Beverly alongside Cambridge as one of the 100 Best Places to Live out of 2000 like-sized cities. The list also included such innovationRead more
Interview with Maks – Graduate, Gloucester Biotechnology Academy, Class of 2017 by Jennifer Parkos, Development Director at GMGI; article is from October 2017 Newsletter Maks, a Gloucester resident and GHS Class of 2016 alumni, is bright eyed and energetic from his 5:30am crossfit routine with his Mom. Sitting in the GMGI offices at 7:30am on aRead more
Member Spotlight Ten to twenty percent of breast cancers are classified as triple-negative – the tumor doesn’t have an estrogen, progesterone or HER2 receptor, all necessary for receptor-targeted treatments. Depending upon the stage of the disease at diagnosis, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) can be aggressive and more likely to recur than other subtypes ofRead more
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has announced its first round of Massachusetts Ramp Up Grants to seven life sciences companies. NSIV is pleased to share the news that member company, Lariat Biosciences, is one of the awardees, authorized to receive a grant of $200,000. This new program is designed to bridge funding gaps between the R&DRead more
Prospective Research was founded with a vision to develop novel, lifesaving antibiotics. Founders Adam Hill (CEO), Jake Cotter (COO) and Dakota Hamill (CSO) are using Life Science Consortium of the North Shore facilities at Endicott College for their biological work and the analytical equipment available at NSIV headquarters to help characterize their new antibiotics. There hasRead more