Blackbird Laboratories

We’re excited to be growing our partnership with Blackbird Laboratories through a co-investment agreement to advance early-stage technologies and therapies being developed at University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).   The initial project selected for the new co-investment partnership program is a potential oncology therapeutic founded on an emerging scientific discovery made in the research lab of Alexander Krupnick in the University of Maryland School of Medicine.   Read more: https://bit.ly/3Y9ouer

It was an honor to co-host the inaugural Johns Hopkins Innovation Summit—an event to share innovative ideas, showcase exciting research, learn from leaders in the field, and network with top investors in the life sciences, all in the heart of Baltimore. We look forward to Round 2 in 2025! Thank you to Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV), PTX Capital, Brown Advisory, Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering, and The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School for their essential contributions and support.

It was fun to join Wyn Dobbs and Laura Gomez Cadena for this conversation!

Congratulations to all the student entrepreneurs who showcased their work at Nucleate Baltimore's Demo Day! We were thrilled to host dozens of talented local biomedical students at our offices ahead of the annual pitch showcase. Blackbird is proud to sponsor an organization who shares in our mission to advance a better future for patients facing unmet medical needs.

It has been great to see Baltimore shine for the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy's 27th Annual Meeting! Our team was thrilled to help welcome over 7,000 brilliant scientists, physicians, and businesspeople from around the world to share insights about cutting-edge, lifesaving medical research. It was fantastic to see strong representation from the local research community, including our talented collaborator Professor Jonathan Ling. The field of gene and cell therapy is advancing rapidly, and we are proud to help move it forward by accelerating the efforts of innovative investigators. Kudos to the ASGCT conference organizing committee and the Baltimore Convention Center for putting on a wonderful meeting. The conference may be wrapping up on tomorrow, but attendees please note: the warm hospitality, delicious food, vibrant culture, and deep pool of scientific talent is here year-round! Hope to welcome you all back again soon!

Thank you Royalty Pharma for a fantastic ABI-2024 conference. The programming was terrific, ranging from CARTs in autoimmune disease and targeting extra chromosomal DNA in cancer to reflections on the public biotech markets, US politics, and early stage translation. And the extracurricular activities in Cambridge UK were historic!

Exciting and humbling to see Blackbird Laboratories named the #1 start-up to watch in Baltimore 🙏 Thanks Alanah Nichole Davis and Technical.ly for helping to amplify Blackbird as we learn to fly in Baltimore!

We are thrilled to welcome Virginia Burger, PhD to the team! Virginia brings a wealth of experience in biotech entrepreneurship and computational biology to the Blackbird Labs team. Learn more about Virginia: https://lnkd.in/e-gHeYJ4

We’re #hiring a proactive, highly organized Operations Coordinator to support day-to-day operations at Blackbird. Apply to join our team:

Congrats to our partners at Lieber Institute for Brain Development!