Program Objectives:
The program has four primary objectives:
- Enhance relationships between industry, faculty and agency representatives with common interests in the life sciences and materials
- Learn from and interact with key government agency representatives on agency priorities
- Provide an opportunity for faculty in the life sciences and the physical sciences at Penn State’s University Park Campus and Hershey Medical Center to interact and build collaborative, interdisciplinary research initiatives.
- Highlight and educate the audience regarding the entrepreneurial activities ongoing at the university in this important technology arena.
Focus Topics for 2006:
- Biomaterials
- Imaging and Biophotonics
- Biomedical Devices
- Plant Based Products
- Vaccine Development and Application
The program includes invited government agency speakers, invited PSU and Hershey Faculty, and selected industry speakers. These presentations will be complemented by more than 70 selective poster presentations by PSU and Hershey faculty research groups.
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University is responding to the rapid changes in the research and training needs of our technological society. The Institutes is a virtual organization comprising seven of Penn State's colleges with 641 faculty working in 46 academic departments of the life sciences. These are the Eberly College of Science, the College of Medicine at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, the College of Agricultural Sciences, the College of Health and Human Development, the College of Engineering, the College of the Liberal Arts and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The Huck Institutes is dedicated to enhancing Penn State's ability to prepare students for tomorrow, strengthening research in the life sciences, encouraging research alliances across disciplinary boundaries and developing new approaches to the application of basic science in business.
The Materials Research Institute is comprised of more than 200 faculty engaged in materials research and provides scientific credibility to PSU's materials strength on a worldwide scale. Learn about the latest developments and accomplishments at Penn State where the life sciences and materials science interface.
If you have additional questions – Phone: 814.863.3650 Email: mam75@psu.edu
