{"id":116524,"date":"2023-09-20T10:56:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?p=116524"},"modified":"2023-09-20T10:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:59:42","slug":"3-medical-school-faculty-receive-bu-ignition-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2023\/09\/20\/3-medical-school-faculty-receive-bu-ignition-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Medical School Faculty Receive BU Ignition Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In labs across Boston University, researchers are working on ideas and technologies that could change\u2014and save\u2014lives. Like an enamel-mimicking formula that can repair damaged teeth, an AI-based tool that improves elementary students\u2019 reading skills, and a process for supercharging cancer-fighting immune cells. But sometimes these innovations need a little help making the jump from promising research project to transformative product for our homes, hospitals, schools, and beyond. That\u2019s where the BU Ignition Awards<\/a> come in.<\/p>\n

Given by BU Technology Development<\/a>, the awards are designed to accelerate the advancement of promising new science and technology. Among the 2023 winners are the tooth-saving formula, AI-powered reading tool, and cancer-fighting technology.<\/p>\n

In addition to a financial grant, award winners receive coaching and support to bring their innovations to market, helping them more easily make the move from academic research to a tangible proof-of-concept required for a company to invest. If successful, the 2023 cohort of scientists and engineers may become Boston\u2019s newest entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

The 2023 Ignition Awards have been given to eight projects, each recognized for its commercial potential. Previous winners have gone on to launch companies offering a stem-cell treatment for cancer<\/a>, an efficient water-free system for cleaning solar panels<\/a>, and a therapy for reversing organ failure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Brink<\/em> took a closer look at the newest winners. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, Ignaty Leshchiner, PhD, and Weining Lu, MD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[89,146,91,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116524"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116527,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116524\/revisions\/116527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}