The Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE) held a translational research competition on October 17th for scientists and entrepreneurs from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The inaugural competition took place at the NJ Center for Science, Technology, and Mathematics at Kean university and featured 10 teams of academic scientists from Rutgers, Princeton, Cornell, as well as several local startup companies.

The competition featured an incredible amount of scientific ingenuity from across the tri-state area and was attended by several in the local business community including BioNJ and the New Jersey Economic Development authority (NJEDA).