Several bioengineering graduate students are among the six student teams selected this February to work with experts at the Foundry@CITRIS to push their innovative technology ideas to market. 
Akwasi Apori and Samuel Tia of Amy Herr’s lab have formed Biomarque, creating cheap and portable integrated screening diagnostics for Hepatitis C and HIV. Peter Ledochowitsch will be working with other team members and Professor Michel Maharbiz on SiliCoG, enabling the measurement and wireless transmission of electrical signals from the cerebral cortex surface.
The Foundry is a one-year incubator program for start-ups, which provides access to design, manufacturing and business development tools, along with a community of entrepreneurs and experts.
Read more at The Foundry.