Peter Steeves – Plastics Engineer, Radical Plastics Q: How did you first become involved at Radical Plastics? Peter: The way we met is kind of cool. Radical Plastics had outsourced the material compounding to UMass Lowell (UML). As part of my summer research, I was running the extruder they were using. We were helping themRead more
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Harry McCoy – Chairman & Co Founder, North Shore InnoVentures Q: Why did you start NSIV? Harry: I moved here for the first time in 2001 to take over as President and COO of a biotech company that’s here in the Cummings Center. I immediately thought it was a fabulous area – the North ShoreRead more
Harry Shain, Research Associate – Glycologix Q: What does Glycologix do? Harry: We are creating a polymer-based therapeutic for bladder disease called Interstitial Cystitis. We do this by taking a small starting polymer and cross linking it with itself to create a larger polymer. Then we’re able to attach reactive groups to the outside ofRead more
Hollywood Bound…. How cool is this? NSIV Member, Merida Skin, is at the Oscars this weekend.Read more
Carly Morrison – Bioprocess Engineer, TurtleTree Labs Q: Could tell us a little bit about yourself, how you got interested in your field, and how you ended up at TurtleTree? Carly: I have a background in chemical and bio engineering. I started out in the pharmaceutical/bio side of things. I was interested in branching out aRead more
Yelena Kann – Founder & CEO, Radical Plastics Q: What does Radical Plastics do? Radical Plastics has a radical solution for plastic pollution in the environment. We’re using radical chemistry to address the toughest polymers which are known to accumulate in the environment. We are depolymerizing them into biologically recyclable material. We are taking longRead more
Max Westerman – Intern, Genomic Expression Q: How did you ended up working for Genomic Expression? Max: I was raised in high school through the agricultural science program, so a lot of my high school classes were science based. The obvious choice for me to continue that career was to a bio major. I choseRead more
Bo Ma – Senior Scientist, FireCyte Therapeutics Q: How did you end up at FireCyte? Bo: They found me on LinkedIn when I was working at the University of Florida. Q: What did you do at Florida? Cancer research for neuroblastoma, which is a very lethal form of cancer. Q: How long have you beenRead more
Michael Kerr – Founder & CEO, New England Hydropower Company Q: How long have you been working at New England Hydropower Company? Michael: I founded New England Hydropower Company back in 2012 and we’ve been working with NSIV for almost all that time. We are a developer of small-scale hydropower plants, primarily in the NortheastRead more
Lily O’Neil – Intern, Glycologix Q: How did you find your internship with Glycologix? Lily: I’m a senior at Endicott College. I’m a bio/biotech major. I wanted to do an internship in a lab setting because I hadn’t done one yet. My internship coordinator sent out an e-mail to all the bio/biotech majors about anRead more