Brandeis Innovation

2017 May Newsletter

Brandeis University Named National Science Foundation I-Corps Site to Fund Campus Discoveries

Brandeis University today announced it has been awarded a $237,050 five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-CorpsTM) program. The grant will provide funding for innovative startups and technologies developed by Brandeis students, faculty and staff.

What's Going On At Brandeis Innovation:
Workaround Wins Spot In MassChallenge 2017 Cohort

Workaround, one of our teams from the 2016-2017 academic year, is going to MassChallenge. The team is working on a platform to help companies maximize their full human resource potential by connecting them to the untapped offshore talent of skilled refugees for administrative tasks. They went through our program this past year, winning a spot this week in the world's largest and most prestigious startup accelerators.

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We believe the Brandeis name deserves to be heard! So, we are thrilled to connect you with Brandeis’ Startup teams who hope to make a big impact on the world, and are creating the technologies to do it.
 
Brandeis’ Hassenfeld Family Innovation Center, together with the entrepreneurial student community, is championing innovative activity across campus and we are reaching out to you to become a member of this community.

By joining the innovation community, you will be helping move the needle FORWARD in putting Brandeis on the map. 

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Benjy Cooper: Kickstarting a Biotech Startup Thanks to Lean Launchpad

Benjy Cooper has long had a vision to help patients with osteoarthritis gain greater mobility and improve their quality of life. As a doctoral student at Boston University, he helped develop a biolubricant that mimics the fluids in our joints, which, when injected, restores joints’ flexibility and patients’ freedom of movement. Now, thanks to Brandeis Innovation’s Lean LaunchPad program, he has launched a company, Articulate Biosciences, aimed at doing just that. 

Brandeis Innovation Day Recap

This year’s first annual Innovation Day was a celebration of multidisciplinary innovations from across our entire campus. Part of Admitted Students Day, the event saw over 200 newly-admitted students exploring some of the startups, inventions, social entrepreneurial ventures, scientific discoveries and technology emerging at Brandeis University.

Check out the video, and learn more about the teams presenting and the top industry mentors who participated.

 

Brandeis Battles Blindness
Millions of people suffer from complex corneal diseases. Watch as Brandeis scientists and their students create a device that enhances eye procedures so that doctors will be able to design custom-fit lenses for their patients.