Sc KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE
SC Knowledge and Information Exchange has developed a number of programs designed to allow our companies to take advantage of one of the greatest assets the Science Center has to offer – collaboration with academic and business leaders.
In addition to specialized topics, regular programs include:
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SmartTalk
SmartTalk is a monthly series offered to provide continuous learning
as well as to meet the practical needs of aspiring and working entrepreneurs.
Speakers include experts in their fields and topics have included:
Building Brand Identity;
Designing and Filing Investigational New Drug Applications;
Patent Expansion;
Protecting your Intellectual Property; and
Designing a Successful Website.
For more information, email info@sciencecenter.org
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Grant Workshops
These day-long intensive programs help participants increase their
funding opportunities by taking advantage of federal grant money
available to science-based small businesses and helps companies
identify strategic partnerships and alliances that provide important
growth opportunities.
For more information, email info@sciencecenter.org
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Lunch for Hungry Minds
This monthly series is focused on biomedical research. These events
bring together life science industry researchers, entrepreneurs,
and business professionals, encouraging productive interaction between
our life science companies and prominent scientists in the community.
Topics have included:
Long-Range Gene Activation: the Role of Locus Control Regions;
RNA Interference for the Treatment of Age Related Macular Degeneration;
The Night Eating Syndrome;
Stem Cell Research: Differentiation and Transplantation.
For more information, email info@sciencecenter.org
The Science Center also offers important networking opportunities that include:
- Cyber Café After Hours
This quarterly social networking event brings companies, business
professionals, life science industry researchers, mentors, university
students, and entrepreneurs together to meet each other, exchange
ideas, and socialize in an informal and fun atmosphere. Companies
new to the Science Center incubator are introduced and invited to
a brief pitch about their company.
In addition, exposure to the university community provides a platform for our companies and students to set up internships and tours of the Science
Center facility are offered on a regular basis to organizations like the University of Pennsylvania 's Biomedical Engineers, Drexel University's
Biomedical Engineers, and the Wharton School's Entrepreneurial undergraduate and MBA students.
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