Kyoto University Life Science Showcase 2020, San Diego
Event Information
About this Event
In this event, we will introduce biotech startups with novel technologies and seeds from Kyoto University, Japan. We aim to connect US investors to Japanese academia-oriented startup companies. This will be an excellent opportunity to discover promising startups still in their early stages.
The technologies and seeds in the following fields:
- Pharmaceuticals
- Diagnostics
- Regenerative medicine
- Medical devices
The event schedule:
- 9:00 am Registration
- 10:00 am Showcase presentation
- 12:00 pm Lunch
- 1:00 pm Showcase presentation
- 3:00 pm Reception (Networking)
For details, ask at kurcsd@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
Presenting companies:
- aceRNA Technologies - Solution provider for new pharmaceutical modalities using RNA switch technology
- Cyfuse Biomedical - Creation of functional tissue with a novel scaffold-free bio 3D printing technology
- Department of Drug Discovery for Lung Diseases, Kyoto University - Innovate the drug discovery for respiratory diseases using iPS-cell technology
- KinoPharma - Innovative therapeutic drug development for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) through industry-university collaboration
- Oligogen - Development of drug and cell therapy products using novel human neural stem cells “OligoGenie”
- Quadlytics - Offering epilepsy patients world's first clinically approved seizure prediction software
- Therabiopharma - Development of curcumin monoglucuronide (CMG) as an anticancer drug for phase I/II clinical trials of refractory and rare cancers, glioblastoma and drug-resistant multiple myeloma
Cosponsored by
Supported by
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
- Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe (FBRI)
- Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
- Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology, UCSD (JFIT)
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Science and Innovation for the Next Generation (SING)