Osem Fluidics

We’re excited to announce that we received an NIH SBIR Phase I to advance microfluidics for producing lipid nanoparticles! If you’re interested in learning more about what we’re working on, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]! #LNP #mRNA #microfluidics

Make #LNPs with your #centrifuge!

This will be my last formal LA BioStart post. I promised to share the startup company names from Cohort 7. Some of these started because of the Bioscience Entrepreneurs Bootcamp. Here are the previous and new LA BioStart Startups that revealed themselves during this year’s bootcamp: Hybrid Biotherapeutics Inc., BRT Biotechnologies, Inc., TNC Medical Solutions, Sundaze Heated Shorts, Poseidon Laboratory, VisionTherapy App, SparkGene Biotechnology, Osem Fluidics. Our hugest thanks go to Howard Xu with LA BioSpace at California State University, Los Angeles! Howard, you have been a fearless champion for the bioscience entrepreneurial spirit in Los Angeles for years. Thank you for your commitment to entrepreneurs, your dedication to innovation, and your perseverance in advancing the cause. Thanks again to the partners and sponsors: BioscienceLA, Cedars-Sinai, Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator, Magnify Incubator at California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, University Lab Partners, Caltech, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Nixon Peabody LLP, Larta Institute, Graystone Consulting from Morgan Stanley, The Leadership Edge, Deloitte, Gilead Sciences, Molecular Express, Inc., City of Hope, Grifols, Biocom California, Biotech Connection Los Angeles (BCLA), Best Laid Plans, J.P. Morgan, Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom, JLL, HATCHspaces ?, and many more who came to support. And a final thanks to Eva Serna, MBA for a wonderful Dim Sum experience!

We recently announced the simplest way to make lipid nanoparticles! The need for a simple-to-use solution that significantly lowers the barrier to entry resonated with the audience. Thank you to those who expressed interest in being an early adopter and sharing your use case with us. If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Brian Feng at [email protected]. We are very excited about bringing our solution to the market, and are grateful for all the support to help make this happen. More to come in the coming months! Photo credits: Jaejin (Joey) Lee, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, USC Marshall School of Business

We were recognized at the 45th annual USC Viterbi School of Engineering Viterbi Awards for our First Place in the 2023 Maseeh Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition (MEPC)! This award has allowed us to reach many significant milestones to this date, and we are grateful for the opportunities that have arisen as a result. We thank Fariborz Maseeh, Molly Schmid, Denise McKenzie, Hovig Tchalian, Dave Eastman, Ralph Lin, and Prof. Ellis Meng for their mentorship and support. If you’re working with lipid nanoparticles, please reach out to Brian Feng or Lucia C. Dalle Ore, for more information! Please stay tuned for more updates, we’ve got exciting news coming soon! Video credit: Omar Lewis