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Technologies 1

• INSPECTR™: Direct-to-Consumer Molecular Diagnostic
  INSPECTR™ is a molecular diagnostic platform that combines freeze-dried synthetic gene networks with cell-free expression systems to create novel biosensors that detect and report the presence of a target DNA or RNA molecule without the need for power or lab equipment. This technology was licensed by Wyss startup Sherlock Biosciences in 2019.

Collaborations 1

• Wyss Diagnostics Accelerator (DxA)
  An initiative to enable the fast creation of diagnostic technologies to solve high-value clinical problems through deep collaborations driven by unmet diagnostic needs.

News 16

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  Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital launch Diagnostics Accelerator
  July 9, 2021
• Research Spotlights
  
  Course correction on the path to liquid brain biopsies
  June 21, 2021
• Research Spotlights
  
  DNA: From blueprint to blank slate
  April 23, 2021

Events 10

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• May 5, 2021,
  4:00pm - 5:30pm
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  Clinical Ultrasound, from Three-Dimensional Imaging to Bedside Echocardiography: How is the World Changing?
  Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public
• Apr 7, 2021,
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  Diagnostic Challenges in Neuro-Ophthalmology
  Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public
• Mar 3, 2021,
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  Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases in Resource-limited Settings: The Pathway from Product to Implementation
  Diagnostics Grand Rounds Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality of care... Free and open to public

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  Rapid Triage Test for Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis
  There’s a large unmet need for accurate, fast, and inexpensive diagnostics for active tuberculosis (ATB), which claims the lives over a million people per year. A team of researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and several other collaborating institutions have...

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  Disruptive: Accelerating Diagnostics
  In this episode of Disruptive, Wyss Core Faculty member David Walt discusses his lessons learned from founding successful biotech companies and how he incorporates translation-minded thinking early on into his current diagnostic research in his labs at the Wyss Institute and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Walt and collaborators are inventing new diagnostic tools to...

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  Le Lab Presents: Measuring and Mimicking Biology with David Walt
  Wyss Core Faculty member David Walt, Ph.D. presented a talk at Le Laboratoire Cambridge on January 23rd 2019, titled Measuring and Mimicking Biology: Eyes, Noses, Genes and Proteins. Walt and his team have taken inspiration from both the visual and olfactory systems to design sensor arrays that are inspired by the properties of the natural systems. Optical fiber...

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  Scientists not the Science: Entrepreneur – David Walt
  This podcast episode was produced for the Scientists not Science series. Physicist and active researcher Dr. Stuart Higgins speaks with David Walt about his background, from growing up on the outskirts of Detroit, through his academic career, to the key seminar he gave that got him noticed by a venture capitalist. Throughout David’s career he...