May 01, 2006
Ashton Tweed is pleased to announce an exciting alliance with the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials (NJCBM). NJCBM is dedicated to improving patient care and public health through the development and commercialization of future generations of biomaterials. It is one of the most successful academic-based biomaterials research consortia in the nation.
The alliance of our two organizations brings the ability of the NJCBM to access the Ashton Tweed Executive Talent Bank to help find highly qualified scientific and executive staff to assist the NJCBM in its mission. The alliance gives Ashton Tweed access to many of the excellent NJCBM programs.
The NJCBM was founded in 1997 by Professor Joachim Kohn, NJCBM director and Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Under Dr. Kohn’s leadership, NJCBM has built a nationally recognized resource in biomaterials science, with a major emphasis on industrial interactions.
NJCBM’s scientific focus is the design, synthesis, characterization and fabrication of new biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery, key areas of regenerative medicine. NIH-funded grants support the development of new biomaterials technologies and postdoctoral research training in the application of those technologies.
NJCBM has a successful model for academic-industrial collaborations, effective mechanisms for rapid negotiation of industrial contracts, and a creative approach to technology transfer, which has attracted substantial industrial participation since the center’s establishment. The National Science Foundation has recognized NJCBM with a “Partnerships for Innovation” award that supported a four-year program of evaluating new models of academia-industry collaboration for developing under-utilized intellectual property.
The Department of Defense supports NJCBM’s Center for Military Biomaterials Research, a multi-disciplinary effort to develop practical, leading-edge innovations in biomaterials and tissue regeneration that are aligned with the most critical military healthcare requirements.
In addition to research and development projects, NJCBM has an active outreach program that centers around industrial membership for companies, and research dissemination for academic participants.
Every two years, NJCBM organizes the New Jersey Symposium on Biomaterials Science, which will take place this year from November 8-10 at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, NJ.
Further information about the 26 invited talks, and the contributed oral and poster sessions, is available at the NJCBM website at www.njbiomaterials.org/symposium2006. Participation in the Symposium is the ideal opportunity for exposure to NJCBM’s large academic-industrial-military network.
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