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- 05 Jan 2011
- Op-Ed
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress
get money. If they can't get money, they lay off people and cancel projects. Now imagine you are a postdoc in a lab and are working on a project to use human embryonic stem cells to cure diabetes by creating... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
entrepreneurship. In tandem with his business career, Bowes has advanced numerous initiatives through his family foundation, including significant support for stem cell research at Harvard. View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Powering on wireless electricity
Eric Giler (MBA 1982) is fueled by a mission to never have to “plug in” again. The CEO of WiTricity, a startup revolutionizing science with its magnetic resonance technology, hopes to soon relegate electrical wires and batteries to the... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
and Anna Harrington Periodical:American Journal of Law & Medicine 33, no. 4 (2007) Abstract Since 2001, stem cell science in the United States has been explicitly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Dec 2016
- News
In Memoriam: Bill Bowes (MBA 1952)
the Harvard Stem Cell Institute as well as service on the advisory committee for the Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics. Bowes was named an HBS Alumni Achievement Award winner in 2009, and his... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sarah Murphy
slice with extra cheese. Her battle with such a complex disorder initially sparked my interest in neuroscience, and I soon came to realize that science exists well beyond the boundaries of the laboratory. Disease is more than just a pile... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Preparing middle school students for the opportunities that lie ahead
Kim Frock (MBA 1987) helped launch the Alternative School for Math & Science in Corning, New York, a middle school for science, technology, engineering, and math to give young students the skills they need to contribute to society. In... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
people," said Cynthia Fisher (HBS MBA '90). In 1993, using her own capital, Fisher founded ViaCord, a business that allows customers to bank cord blood stem cells for possible future use in the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
the idea a more dramatic twist: “The true innovation mankind needs is to eliminate the behaviors stemming from the Seven Deadly Sins Pope Gregory outlined in 590 A.D greed, wrath, envy, sloth, pride, gluttony and lust.” The notion that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
HBS Fellowship Furthers Entrepreneurial Dreams
internship at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute during the summer before his senior year prompted Okeke to consider how he could broaden his impact in health care through business. He applied to, and was... View Details
- Portrait Project
Smriti Jayaraman
arms of Silicon Valley, the Oz I was fated to call home. Here, I grew up watching the rise of tech giants and developed my own tenacious confidence in the power of technology. Today, video-messaging is not science fiction but a speck... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
the perspective of a venture capitalist. Beth Seidenberg, a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), had helped create iZumi Bio, a company with ambitious prospects that she believed had the potential to become "the"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2019
- News
A Quick Study
over online flashcards. By 2012, the pair had left medical school to focus on the founding of Osmosis, in an attempt to bring their tools to a wider audience. A recent profile by the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied View Details
- Web
Grace Kim | MBA
Grace Kim Engineering Sciences (Sb) Kirkland 2023 Cohort 5 I'm excited to be part of a cohort of tech fellows who also share aspirations of pushing the boundaries and limitations to solve some of the most pressing problems of our... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
the Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF), the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF), and the Asset Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (AMLF). Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709041... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
come as a surprise to a lot of companies who are spending a lot of money and not getting a payoff for it. Q: There's been a lot of controversy around the ethics of stem cell research and cloning. Have you... View Details
- Web
Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Harvard Medical School through the Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology—to explore biotech careers in emerging markets, particularly in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
Photography by Neal Hamberg If your middle-school science class is studying New England’s green crab population, chances are you’ll get a lot more excited about the origin, life cycle, and environmental impact of this remarkable invasive... View Details
- 12 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Electric Mobility in India
technology startup, inaugurated India's first commercial lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility. Founded by Akshay Singhal and Kartik Hajela in 2015, the company focuses on creating EV batteries tailored for efficient operation in Indian... View Details
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Sela Kasepa | MBA
Sela Kasepa Computer Science Cabot 2020 Cohort 1 I am excited to work with my peers working towards similar goals, and to be challenged and critiqued in my work and beliefs towards innovation. Tech areas of interest: My tech areas of... View Details