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What started as a @PittTweet student startup is now a 30+ person robotics company deploying autonomous harvesting systems in commercial greenhouses worldwide. @FourGrowers 🍅

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🦴 What if broken bones could heal without a second surgery to remove metal implants?

Pitt innovators have developed biodegradable implants that gradually dissolve as bone heals.

This featured patent is available for licensing.

https://t.co/GFck3D7wXs

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🌉 StartUP PGH = Bringing Pittsburgh’s innovators together to build the future.

Join the innovation community 𝐒𝐞𝐩. 𝟏𝟒–𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, for a week of connection, collaboration, and new possibilities across Pittsburgh.

🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/KbiSoUiR2E

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Interested in turning your healthcare innovation into real-world impact?

Join us for a Wells Student HealthTech Challenge virtual info session:

📅 Tuesday, June 16 | 1–2 p.m.
📅 Tuesday, August 25 | 12–1 p.m.

Learn more: https://t.co/KJtawJjpBc

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The University of Pittsburgh is headed to #BIO2026 to drive partnerships that translate research into real-world impact.

Find us in BIO Partnering! (Link ⬇️)

#DrivenByPurpose #Biotech #LifeSciences #H2P #PGHLifeSciences

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Have an idea that could change healthcare?

The Wells Student HealthTech Challenge helps Pitt students turn health innovations into real-world impact, with mentorship & a chance to compete for a share of $40K in awards.

Virtual info session on June 16.

https://t.co/KJtawJjpBc

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A new University of Pittsburgh patent highlights progress in treating Krabbe disease, a rare & fatal neurological disorder, & is part of our patent report, which includes multiple technologies available for licensing.

Pitt's April patented technologies: https://t.co/zKokBGJAZE

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Today is 🌍 Intellectual Property Day, a chance to recognize the ideas, creativity, and hard work that drive innovation forward.

Behind every breakthrough is someone turning an idea into something real, & IP helps make that possible by protecting those ideas!

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We’re also excited to welcome David Satina to the Ventures Team at the Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship as an EIR (Medical Devices & Life Science).

David brings deep experience across medical devices, digital health, and healthcare innovation

Welcome David! 🚀

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🌍 Happy Earth Day from Pitt! 🌱

We’re spotlighting startup innovators emerging from the Pitt community who are turning sustainability ideas into real impact. From closing food loops to cutting emissions — these ventures are shaping a future. 🌎

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We’re excited to welcome Peter Sobotta as an EIR (Software & AI) at Pitt!

A 2x founder with 20+ years building data-first companies (bootstrapped to $15M ARR + $15M+ raised), he brings deep expertise in AI, data, and product.

Great to have him supporting our innovators 🚀

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Lights, camera, @aneurisk_inc !🎥

CEO Nathan Liang from Aneurisk and @PittSurgery takes the spotlight this Sunday at 11 a.m. on @ORB_Pittsburgh on @WPXI with Bill Flanagan!

Don't miss it! They'll discuss the startup born out of David Vorp's research from @Pittengineering!

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Pitt medical researchers get a signing day to recognize their work in the marketplace!
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@PittHealthSci @PittPsychiatry @PittNeurosurg @PittEngineering @PittEngrDean @eyeandear

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Thanks to everyone that came to our Startup Signing Day!
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Chronic pain is complex and treatment shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all.

Developed by Ajay Wasan and led by Indrani Halder, Personalized Pain Treatment™ uses machine learning to predict how individual patients will respond to different pain therapies based on treatment data.

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Rebecca Price in @PittPsychiatry developed a cognitive training app to extend relief for treatment-resistant depression by reinforcing positive self-associations during ketamine’s neuroplasticity window. It's being being developed by TAJA Health Technologies for real-world use.

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Every aneurysm is different — now, the care should be too.

Aneurisk, a Pitt BioE startup led by Nathan Liang, Timothy Chung, David Vorp & Micah Guffey, uses imaging, biomechanics & AI to deliver personalized aneurysm insights to clinicians.

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Eye exams can catch what’s visible — but what if they could predict future disease risk? 👀

NetraMind Innovations, out of the Pitt Ophthalmology/UPMCVisionInstitute, is developing AI-powered tools to help clinicians diagnose & track eye diseases like macular degeneration.

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View all the startups committing to Pitt here! https://t.co/Kow68EOtvw

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It’s Startup Signing Day! 🖊️ Later today, Pitt founders grab pens & make it official!

First up: Malleous LLC, out of @PittNeurosurg, developing a suction-retractor device designed to reduce surgical time. Founded by Ben Leslie, Michael McDowell & Ricardo Fernández-de Thomas.