First Flight is delighted to host lunchtime programs, "Itineraries" that offer a chance for members of the First Flight community and broader innovation ecosystem to learn about the work of early-stage science-focused companies, network and have some fun at the same time! An Itinerary is ‘a planned route or journey’ and this program gives companies often who are in residence at First Flight a forum in which to share where they are and where they plan to go.
We are thrilled to host Ryan Bonvillain, Director, Tissue Engineering Research at United Therapeutics, a graduate company of First Flight. United Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative products to address the unmet medical needs of patients with chronic and life-threatening conditions.
THIS IS A HYBRID EVENT. WE WILL BE MEETING IN PERSON IN THE HUTCHISON CONFERENCE ROOM.
Who: Ryan Bonvillain
Company: United Therapeutics
When: Tuesday, July 18th, 12-1pm EST
Ryan's experiences include:
Biotechnology industry scientist, manager, and director. Expert in Pulmonary Biology and Tissue Engineering. Research professional with a PhD in Human and Molecular Genetics focused in pulmonary disease. Twenty years research experience including comparative endocrinology to understand glucose homeostasis and molt-interfering xenobiotics in crustaceans, viral gene therapy for cystic fibrosis, elucidating the role of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in innate host defense, characterizing cystic fibrosis infection pathology as a spectrum of microbial sensitivity to biological oxidants, treatment of pulmonary Pseudomonas and Streptococcal pneumonias with mesenchymal stromal cells, harvesting and characterizing lung-resident mesenchymal stromal cells in Rhesus macaque, development of large-animal lung decellularization and re-cellularization (humanization) techniques for clinical tissue and organ replacement.
About First Flight Venture Center
First Flight Venture Center is a high-science, high-impact science- focused incubator located in the heart of Research Triangle Park, NC. Established in 1991, First Flight has hosted more than 400 science-focused companies, providing strategic education, tailored resources, guidance, connections and office/lab space in a 25,000 sq.ft. facility. First Flight has launched businesses that have commercialized important new science breakthroughs and disruptive technologies, while creating thousands of jobs in North Carolina. For more information, visit www.ffvcnc.org.
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