Biotech startup with WashU DNA raises $172M in Series B funding
The St. Louis-based company was founded on technology licensed through the Office of Technology Management at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Device that helps stroke patients control arm, hand movement with their minds receives FDA market authorization
The device leverages brain-computer interface (BCI) technology developed at WashU.
WashU faculty startup raises $5.1M in Series A funding
SentiAR’s first product, the CommandEP system, is an augmented reality software used in cardiac procedures.
WashU researchers receive Chan Zuckerberg Initiative imaging grants
have received Frontiers of Imaging grants from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to further their research on biomedical imaging.
In the News: St. Louis startup licenses COVID-19 vaccine developed at WashU
A COVID-19 vaccine developed at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine has been licensed by St. Louis biotech startup Precision Virologics.
WashU Med develops COVID-19 saliva test
The new test is faster and simpler than nasal and oral swab tests and enables screening on a massive scale.
In the News: Chen lab, microbubble research featured
A recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch examines research from WashU innovator Hong Chen.
Appointment helps strengthen Department of Defense ties
The U.S. Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) appointed Jake Laktas university program director for Washington University in St. Louis. Laktas is housed on the Danforth Campus, within the Office of Research Development under the Vice Chancellor for Research. In…
WashU’s Barnell among Forbes 30 Under 30
Erica Barnell, an MD/PhD candidate at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Healthcare category.