Thu, Nov 07
|Rm 101
Innovating the Future: Pitch Night for GRID-Accelerator Technologies
Join Harvard Grid and OpenBio for a lightning pitch event with two of the Grid Accelerator Projects!
Time & Location
Nov 07, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Rm 101, Harvard Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
About the event
Join us on November 7 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM in Harvard Hall 101 for an exciting opportunity to hear from the leads of groundbreaking GRID accelerator research teams as they pitch their innovative technologies and devices to you!
Featured Technologies:
Vlassak Lab: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing System for Rapid, Targeted Treatment of Pathogenic Bacteria
Problem: Pathogenic bacteria are increasingly acquiring antibiotic resistance and new forms of resistance are continuously emerging; upwards of 50% of treatments are started with the wrong antibiotics. Current culture-based Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) methods are time-consuming and can incorrectly identify an effective antibiotic.
Proposed Solution: Researchers in Joost Vlassak’s lab have developed a system based on calorimetry to measure microbial heat flow and track bacterial infections with considerably greater sensitivity than commercial AST systems. The technology promises to determine functional dosage, perform in-parallel testing of multiple antibacterial agents in less than one hour, and is considered…
