Forcyte Biotechnologies, Inc

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Forcyte Bio Secures New Funding From Y Combinator & Others, Bringing Total to >$5.7 Million

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Forcyte Biotechnologies, a tech-enabled drug discovery company targeting diseases of mechanobiology, has secured new funding from Milestone View, Pioneer Fund, Acequia Capital, Y Combinator, Jude Gomila (CEO, Golden), and others. Including public support, this funding brings Forcyte’s total raised to $5.7M for their internal “mechano-therapeutic” pipeline, focusing first on fibrosis. “Contractile cell function …

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Forcyte awarded Phase 2 SBIR by NIH / NCATS to develop pseudo-3D contractile “tissuoid” assay enabling study of coordinated cell contractions and tachyphylaxis

Forcyte has been awarded a $1.5M phase 2 SBIR to continue developing functional assays for cellular contractility to support programs in respiratory, hypertension, and many other indications where cellular force plays a big role. These tools will enable researchers to get to functional endpoints faster, using human cells, but without using humans. 384-wellplate products will …

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Forcyte Bio to participate in Innovation AveNEW for Startups Showcase at SLAS 2019

Forcyte has been selected as 1 of 8 companies given a presentation space at the Society of Laboratory Automation and Screening annual meeting in Washington D.C. on Feb 4-6. We will be showcasing our functional contractility assay technology, discussing ideas, seeking collaboration opportunities and learning about other evolving fields and challenges. Come by our booth! …

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Forcyte awarded NIH funding for a FLECS-based uterine contractility model

Forcyte Biotechnologies has received a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop a FLECS-based assay focusing on uterine contractility that will enable deeper functional studies on reproductive disorders.

Forcyte awarded NIH Funding for a FLECS-based migraine model

Forcyte Biotechnologies has received a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop a FLECS-based assay focusing on vasodilation triggers of migraine pain that will enable rapid phenotypic screening for cranial vasoprotectors.

Forcyte is hiring! Seeking Associate Bioengineer to jumpstart operations in the LA-area

We are seeking a razor-sharp and self-driven ‘A-player’ trained in and stimulated by biotechnology to join the founding team and lead operations in our LA Biomed location! Great opportunity to become a part of something special early on and grow with the company. Let your colleagues know! Link to job ad: https://forcytebio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Associate-Bioengineer-short.pdf Get in touch …

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The team’s flagship work on the FLECS platform published in Nature Biomedical Engineering

>3 years of work and development in the Di Carlo Lab has led to a thorough publication describing the broad capabilities and use-cases for the FLECS platform. On February 8, 2018, our paper “Elastomeric sensor surfaces for high-throughput single-cell force cytometry” was published online in Nature Biomedical Engineering! Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-018-0193-2 Thanks to all who contributed …

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