Science Market Update

Pennsylvania Virtual BioResearch Product Faire™ Event March 25, 2021

Posted by BCI Staff on Mon, Mar 22, 2021

Pennsylvania BioResearch Product Faire™

 

Virtual Event: Thursday, March 25, 2021

Attendance is free for science professionals.

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, BioResearch Product Faire™, Virtual, 2021, Pennsylvania State University, Jefferson University

UPitt: Breaking Ground on 3 New Hospitals in 2019

Posted by Ashley Adams on Wed, Mar 27, 2019

The University of Pittsburg Medical Center (UPMC) is investing $2 billion in the construction of 3 new hospitals that are scheduled to break ground early this spring.

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Biotech Tradeshow

University of Pittsburgh Opens Ambitious $3M Research Center

Posted by Leo Zlimen on Tue, May 22, 2018

The University of Pittsburgh has opened a brand new, technologically advanced surgical center that will make use of recent discoveries in robotics and machine learning. The Collaborative Research Education and Technology Enhancement in Surgery  Initiative (CREATES) aims to support Pittsburgh’s expanding hub of life science innovation, research and development. The $3-million dollar, 10,000 square foot project will bring scientists from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center together with researchers from Carnegie Mellon, and is looking to establish up to six partnerships with US-based robotic firms.

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, direct access to researchers, UPITT, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Pittsburgh, NIH funding, life science equipment sales, life science market, Surgery, Medical equipment, 2018, Healthcare Research

UPitt Establishing Comprehensive Ovarian Biology Research Institute with Assistance from $3M Grant

Posted by Laura Braden on Wed, Oct 25, 2017

Ovary Researchers from science institutions around the world study different forms of cancer, to gain better understandings of the diseases to assist with the development of new treatment methods. One of these cancers that is continuously being studied is ovarian cancer, which effects 1 in 75 women, according to the American Cancer Society. The University of Pittsburgh plans to further enhance ovarian cancer research opportunities with the establishment of a new research center dedicated to ovarian cancer and biology research. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, UPITT, BioResearch Product Faire Event, New research center, ovarian cancer, 2018, Comprehensive Ovarian Biology Research Institute

UPitt: $113 Million in NIH Research Funding Includes Nearly a Million for Xenograft Study

Posted by Rebecca Partridge on Tue, May 02, 2017

So far in 2017 the National Institute on Health has awarded the University of Pittsburgh over $113M in research project grants. This funding supports 296 separate projects. The top six grants were awarded to the university’s School of Medicine.

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Bioresearch funding, UPITT, NIH funded Research Projects, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Lab Product Sales, lab products, BioResearch Product Faire, Liver disease, NIH awards 2017, 2017 research funding, Xenograft study

Pitt Biomedical News: Military Medicine Research Center + VA Research Expansion

Posted by Jaimee Saliba on Thu, Apr 14, 2016

(Original article from 2012 by Jaimee Saliba. Updated information added by Katey Rein.)

The University of Pittsburgh has strong ties with the Pittsburgh Veteran's Administration Medical Center located next door, and in the past few years those relations have been strengthened with the establishment of the UP School of Medicine Center for Military Medicine Research as well as a new research facility at the VA's University Drive campus.

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, VA, Stem cell research, New research facilities, UPITT, 2012, Neuroscience, BioResearch Product Faire Event, PA, Pittsburgh, vet research

UPitt Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Treat Parkinson's Disease

Posted by Katheryn Rein on Tue, Apr 12, 2016

A new strategy for combating the neurologically destructive effects of Parkinson's Disease has been developed jointly by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Parkinson's Disease Research, gene therapy, UPITT, PA, Pittsburgh, Parkinson's Disease

$1.7M Awarded to Pittsburgh Researcher to Study Causes of Alzheimer's

Posted by Laura Braden on Tue, Feb 23, 2016

Alzheimer's Disease research at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Northeast, UPITT, Alzheimer's Research, PA, new funding, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, amyloid-beta proteins

Pitt Researchers Associate Air Pollution with Autism Risk

Posted by Robert Larkin on Fri, Jun 12, 2015

smokestackResearchers at University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health report that they have associated exposure to air pollution from pregnancy through age 2 to an increased risk of childhood autism.

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, UPITT, Autism, 2015, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Pittsburgh

Pitt Researchers to Lead $14M Back Pain Study

Posted by Robert Larkin on Tue, Mar 24, 2015

whalespineOver 31 million Americans currently suffering from back pain can rest easy knowing that Pitt researchers are shouldering a new effort to study the condition - thanks to grants from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

According to a university press release, the University of Pittsburgh will lead a 5-year, $14 million clinical trial to study intervention and early treatment options for back pain.

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, UPITT, 2015, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Research Funding, PA, Pittsburgh, pain relief study

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