$1.2M Seed Round puts Maryland’s Pathotrak on Course to Disrupt $10B Food Safety Market with Rapid Testing Technology
BioBuzz Pathotrak, a startup focused on developing novel food safety tests, recently closed a $1.2M seed round that included investments from UM Ventures’ Maryland Momentum Fund, the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Dingman Center Angels [...]
USM Maryland Momentum Fund Invests $150,000 in pathOtrak
CityBizList The University System of Maryland (USM) Maryland Momentum Fund has invested $150,000 in College Park, Md.-based pathOtrak, a company that has developed a rapid food test for salmonella and E. coli in food. [...]
UMD research team makes strides in timely food contamination detection
The Diamondback A process that accelerates the separation of bacteria could be the answer to the food industry’s prayers. Food contamination, which refers to the presence of unwanted chemicals and bacteria in food, has [...]
I-Corps: Fast detection of pathogens in food
NSF The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 6 Americans is sickened by foodborne illness annually, resulting in about 3,000 deaths each year. Current food safety tests require lengthy [...]
BioE Researcher Wins Invention of the Year – Life Science Award
University of Maryland, School of Engineering On Wednesday, April 29, Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BioE) Research Assistant Professor Javier Atencia-Fernandez was named the recipient of the University of Maryland (UMD) Office of Technology Commercialization [...]
