SPARK GLOBAL is excited to announce that two new international programs have officially joined the network! In January, SPARK Denmark was established at five of Denmark’s largest universities thanks to […]
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SPARK Africa co-director Tulio de Oliveira named in Nature’s 10
SPARK Africa co-director Tulio de Oliveira was recognized as one of 10 people who helped shape science in 2021 by Nature magazine in December. Prof. de Oliveira, who is founder […]
SPARK Africa Director Collen Masimirembwa receives fellowship award
Congratulations to Prof. Collen Masimirembwa, director of SPARK GLOBAL Africa, who was awarded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellowship as part of the inaugural 2021 […]
SPARK Taiwan held its annual Translational Medicine Symposium
SPARK Taiwan held its annual Translational Medicine Symposium late last month, at which SPARK founder and co-director Daria Mochly-Rosen and SPARK scholars and advisors shared their stories. This year’s theme […]
BioInnovation Spotlight Podcast Partners with SPARK Europe
The BioInnovation Spotlight @ LifeScience ORG podcast has partnered with SPARK Programs in Europe to showcase early-stage translational life science research across the continent. The podcast focuses on innovative research from recent […]
Tribune Therapeutics spins out from SPARK Norway
A SPARK Norway project led by researchers Ole Jørgen Kaasbøll and Håvard Attramadal forms the basis of a new startup company, Tribune Therapeutics, focused on fibrosis. Dr. Kaasbøll, who led […]
SPARK Japan receives patent award
Research Studio powered by SPARK, the SPARK Japan program headquartered at University of Tsukuba, was recently awarded the IP BASE Award from the Japan Patent Office. Research Studio won the […]
SPARK Finland named a top biotech incubator in Europe
SPARK Finland has been selected by Labiotech.eu, the leading digital media covering the European biotech industry, as one of the top 25 biotech incubators in Europe. Labiotech.eu said in its […]
SPARK Africa co-director identified new SARS-CoV-2 variant in South Africa
In December, two new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were identified in the U.K. and in South Africa. Characterized by more accumulated mutations than other SARS-CoV-2 lineages, the two variants […]
Prof. Collen Masimirembwa to chair Pharmacogenomics Research Network committee
Prof. Collen Masimirembwa, director of SPARK GLOBAL Africa, has been appointed chair of the Developing Countries Committee at the Pharmacogenomics Research Network. Prof. Masimirembwa is President and CEO of the […]