Creating and Implementing Breakthrough Technologies

Departments: Biomedical Engineering
Time: Friday, September 19, 2014 - 10:00am - 11:30am
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Presenter: Robert Langer, PhD; Institute Professor, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Location:
Donald J. Cohen Auditorium
230 South Frontage Road
New Haven, CT 06519
United States
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Creating and Implementing Breakthrough Technologies

Robert Langer, PhD
Institute Professor
Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hosted by Center for Biomedical and Interventional Technology

Robert S. Langer is one of history's most prolific inventors in medicine and a pioneer in drug delivery in tissue engineering. As David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT, Dr. Langer has written over 1,250 articles. He also has nearly 1,050 patents worldwide. Dr. Langer's patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 250 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies. He is the most cited engineer in history.

Further biographical information is at http://web.mit.edu/langerlab/langer.html

10:00-11:00 Presentation will be followed by 30 minute discussion with Dr. Peter Schulam, Chair of Urology and Founder of the Center for Biomedical and Interventional Technology regarding biomedical innovation opportunities at Yale.

Register at http://tinyurl.com/pj74mbz.

Date: Friday, September 19, 2014
Time: 10:00 AM until 11:30 AM
Location: DONALD J. COHEN AUDITORIUM, NIHB E 02
230 S Frontage Rd
New Haven, CT 06519-1124
Audience: Everyone (Public)