BotB 2024 was jam-packed with groundbreaking startup pitches showcasing innovations in health, biotech, and diagnostics, alongside insightful panels on leveraging untapped resources, investor engagement, corporate collaboration, communication strategies, and the transformative role of AI in science and healthcare. The event also offered plenty of networking breaks, creating a vibrant space for researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders to connect and collaborate. Overall, BotB 2024 highlighted cutting-edge innovation and the future of biomedical and health sciences.

Registration

Time Speaker Topic
9:00AM REGISTRATION & PARTNERING OPEN REGISTRATION & PARTNERING OPEN
9:30-9:40AM WELCOME & BotB INTRO BotB Team
9:40-10:15AM PANEL: Leveraging Untapped Resources Panelists: Adey Pierce Watkins (BDO), Anne Carter (Apiculture Medical), Jake McGee (Plug & Play), Ben Kromnick (Mercury) | Moderator: Patrick Reed (Auburn University)
10:15AM Pitch 1 Terra Biorgce (STARTUP Pitch)
10:25AM Pitch 2 LSU Health New Orleans | Suresh Alahari, PhD, “A novel small molecule suppresses breast cancer progression”
10:35AM Pitch 3 University of Mississippi | David Colby, PhD, Fluoro; Fluorosolvent Solution to Non-Invasive Diagnostics (STARTUP)
10:45-11:15AM NETWORKING BREAK NETWORKING BREAK
11:15AM Pitch 4 Universidad de Chile | Luis Michea, MD, PhD, Title Forthcoming
11:25AM Pitch 5 Chosen Diagnostics (EQUALIZE STARTUP Pitch)
11:35AM Pitch 6 University of Louisville | Brett Janis, PhD, DesiCorp, “Dehydrated blood: establishing pharmaceutical fill capabilities” (STARTUP)
11:45AM Pitch 7 LSU Health Shreveport | Nirav Dhanesha, PhD, “Methods of Preventing Venous Thromboembolisms Employing Macitentan”
11:55AM Pitch 8 Bluegrass Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (STARTUP Pitch)
12:05PM Pitch 9 Auburn University | Elizabeth Lipke, PhD and Yuan Tian, PhD, VivoSphere (STARTUP)
12:15-1:15PM NETWORKING LUNCH NETWORKING LUNCH
1:15-1:50PM PANEL: A Conversation with Corporate Colleagues Panelists: Veronique Bouchet (PrecisionLife); Pepper Landson (Prageto Inc.); Lidia Kobsev (AbbVie) | Moderator: Elaine Hamm (Tulane Medicine)
1:50PM Pitch 10 Tulane University | Hedwden Brooks, PhD, “Menopause: If it’s not your problem, it will be”
2:00PM Pitch 11 University of Southern Mississippi | Tristan Clemons, PhD, “Supramolecular Polymers to Enhance Tissue Regeneration Following Burn Injury”
2:10PM Pitch 12 HDO Health (BULLPEN STARTUP Pitch)
2:20PM Pitch 13 Vanguish Bio (STARTUP Pitch)
2:30-3:00PM NETWORKING BREAK NETWORKING BREAK
3:00-3:35PM PANEL: Communications – Your Secret Success Strategy Panelists: Ryan Lauth (The 180 Group); Meredith Kiernan (Waterhouse); Michael Banyas (NIMHD) | Moderator: Michelle Benz (Fierce)
3:35PM Pitch 14 Informuta (STARTUP Pitch)
3:45PM Pitch 15 LSU | Jian Xu, PhD, “Safer Dental Imaging to Diagnose Critical Dental Diseases that Dental X-Ray Fails to Detect”
3:55PM Pitch 16 SynVivo, Inc. (BULLPEN STARTUP Pitch)
4:05-4:35PM NETWORKING BREAK NETWORKING BREAK
4:35PM Pitch 17 NeuraSistas (BULLPEN STARTUP Pitch)
4:45PM Pitch 18 Universidad Central del Caribe | Michelle Martinez, PhD, “Selective Anti-Cancer Compounds”
4:55PM Pitch 19 Mississippi State University | Max Wamsley, “Kinetic Fluorogenic Technology for Rapid Chemical and Biological Testing”
5:05PM Pitch 20 Thrive Bioscience (STARTUP Pitch)
5:15PM Pitch 21 University of Louisiana – Lafayette | Charles Edwards, OneTeleMed, LLC (STARTUP)
5:25PM Day 1 Closing Comments BotB Team
5:30-7:30PM RECEPTION RECEPTION

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