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Rockstar-Founded Mixhalo Partners with Stern Grove Festival for an Immersive Return to In-Person Concerts

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
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As music fans make their long-awaited return to in-person concerts for this year's star-studded line-up , the free and optional Mixhalo experience will transform live music with unparalleled, in-ear audio.

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  • As music fans make their long-awaited return to in-person concerts for this year's star-studded line-up , the free and optional Mixhalo experience will transform live music with unparalleled, in-ear audio.
  • Following collaborations with famed MLS and NBA teams , the Mixhalo experience at Stern Grove Festival kicks off with Thievery Corporation on July 11 and runs the course of the Festival through August 29.
  • "Stern Grove Festival is a San Francisco institution that embodies the rich history and culture of The City," said John Vars, CEO of Mixhalo.
  • "As the first music festival to adopt Mixhalo's technology, we believe we're at the forefront of what's next for live music," said Matthew Goldman, Board Chair of Stern Grove Festival.

Cala Health and University of California, San Francisco Announce Partnership to Develop Next-Generation, Smart Neuromodulation Therapies

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Thursday, June 17, 2021
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Cala Health, Inc., a bioelectronic medicine company developing wearable therapies for chronic disease, today announced a partnership with University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop non-invasive, individualized, peripheral nerve stimulation therapies that leverage Cala Healths neuromodulation and data science platform technology.

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  • Cala Health, Inc., a bioelectronic medicine company developing wearable therapies for chronic disease, today announced a partnership with University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop non-invasive, individualized, peripheral nerve stimulation therapies that leverage Cala Healths neuromodulation and data science platform technology.
  • Cala Health is merging breakthroughs in neuroscience and technology to transform the standard of care for chronic disease.
  • Cala Health Inc., an award-winning bioelectronic medicine company, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area, is transforming the standard of care for chronic disease.
  • Cala Health has new therapies under development in neurology, cardiology, and mental health and is backed by leading investors in both healthcare and technology.

Isha Jain Joins Gladstone Institutes

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
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Understanding the precise balance of oxygen levels in biological processesand how to fine-tune them to potentially treat diseaseis the main research focus of Isha Jain, PhD, who is joining Gladstone Institutes as an assistant investigator.

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  • Understanding the precise balance of oxygen levels in biological processesand how to fine-tune them to potentially treat diseaseis the main research focus of Isha Jain, PhD, who is joining Gladstone Institutes as an assistant investigator.
  • Jain comes to Gladstone from the Sandler Fellows Program at UC San Francisco (UCSF), which enabled her to establish her own independent lab straight out of graduate school.
  • Isha Jain is an assistant investigator at Gladstone Institutes, as well as an assistant professor at UCSF.
  • To ensure our work does the greatest good, Gladstone Institutes focuses on conditions with profound medical, economic, and social impactunsolved diseases.

UCSF Notifies Individuals Regarding Cybersecurity Incident

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Saturday, November 7, 2020
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- UC San Francisco (UCSF) is notifying individuals about a cybersecurity incident that may have impacted their personal information.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- UC San Francisco (UCSF) is notifying individuals about a cybersecurity incident that may have impacted their personal information.
  • On June 1, 2020, UCSF detected a cybersecurity attack that occurred in a limited part of the UCSF School of Medicine's IT environment.
  • In response to this incident, UCSF immediately launched a thorough internal investigation and notified law enforcement.
  • Those whose personal information may have been impacted by this cybersecurity incident are being notified by letter.

Cytovia Therapeutics to present at Jefferies Cell Therapy Virtual Summit, BIO Investor Forum and New York Stem Cell Foundation Conference in October 2020

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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
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NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytovia Therapeutics, an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing Natural Killer Cell Therapeutics, today announced that it will participate in three key conferences in October 2020.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytovia Therapeutics, an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing Natural Killer Cell Therapeutics, today announced that it will participate in three key conferences in October 2020.
  • The Jefferies Cell Therapy Virtual Summit will take place on October 5-6, 2020.
  • The New York Stem Cell Foundation Conference will take place on October 20-21, 2020.
  • The company partners with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and CytoImmune Therapeutics.

BHI Honored as one of a Handful of Firms to Make the Cut in Rounds of Digital Health Innovation Awards for its Response to the COVID Crisis

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Monday, September 21, 2020
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BHI was a contender for a COVID-19Patriot Award for "digital products that have aided in the response to the global pandemic."

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  • BHI was a contender for a COVID-19Patriot Award for "digital products that have aided in the response to the global pandemic."
  • It's the second year for the awards, created by UCSF Health Hub, the University of California at San Francisco's health incubator.
  • The awards are co-sponsored by 50+ healthcare innovation centers, dozens of sponsoring venture capital firms, leading healthcare and technology industry service providers, and health systems around the country.
  • BHI is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and carries the trade name of Health Intelligence Company, LLC.

Ryan Corces Joins Gladstone Institutes

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Thursday, July 2, 2020
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The top candidate from a highly competitive search, Ryan Corces, PhD, was selected to join Gladstone Institutes as an assistant investigator.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, July 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The top candidate from a highly competitive search, Ryan Corces, PhD, was selected to join Gladstone Institutes as an assistant investigator.
  • Corces is joining the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology.
  • "We are delighted that Ryan has decided to bring his considerable talents to our department; this will add to our terrific collaborations with Gladstone Institutes," saysS.
  • Ryan Corces is an assistant investigator at Gladstone Institutes, and an assistant professor of neurology at UC San Francisco (UCSF).

Apple Tree Partners Founds Nine Square Therapeutics to Pioneer Novel Treatments for Movement Disorders

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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NEW YORK, July 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apple Tree Partners (ATP), a leading life sciences venture firm, announced today the creation of Nine Square Therapeutics to discover novel therapies for movement disorders.

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  • NEW YORK, July 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apple Tree Partners (ATP), a leading life sciences venture firm, announced today the creation of Nine Square Therapeutics to discover novel therapies for movement disorders.
  • Based in San Francisco, Nine Square Therapeutics is launching with $50 million in committed Series A funding from ATP.
  • Nine Square Therapeutics is the first in a series of exciting ventures that we anticipate emerging from our scientific collaborations in the Bay Area.
  • Nine Square Therapeutics grew from a collaboration between ATP and scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Gladstone Investigator to Direct UCSF's Graduate Program in Biological and Medical Informatics

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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Katherine Pollard, PhD , senior investigator and director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, is an expert and leader in bioinformatics.

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  • Katherine Pollard, PhD , senior investigator and director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, is an expert and leader in bioinformatics.
  • Now, with her recent appointment as director of the Biological and Medical Informatics Graduate Program at UC San Francisco (UCSF), Pollard will have her hand in training the next generation of bioinformatics experts.
  • Pollard is the third Gladstone investigator taking on leadership of a UC graduate program, following Anatol Kreitzer (neuroscience) and Todd McDevitt (bioengineering).
  • "Gladstone researchers are making a significant impact as leaders and educators at UCSF," said Gladstone Institutes President Deepak Srivastava.

UCSF Health Hub Names Wildflower Health Best FemTech Company During UCSF Digital Health Awards

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- UC San Francisco's Health Hub, an innovation hub and startup studio supporting the next wave of digital health entrepreneurs, named Wildflower Health as the winner of the FemTech category during the UCSF Digital Health Awards .

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- UC San Francisco's Health Hub, an innovation hub and startup studio supporting the next wave of digital health entrepreneurs, named Wildflower Health as the winner of the FemTech category during the UCSF Digital Health Awards .
  • UCSF Health Hub established the Digital Health Awards to spread awareness for the leading digital health companies transforming patient care, so that today's cutting-edge technologies can have an even broader reach to better people's lives and decrease healthcare costs.
  • "We are so honored to be recognized by the UCSF Digital Health Awards," said Leah Sparks, founder and CEO of Wildflower.
  • UCSF Health Hub connects ideas and companies with the people, expertise, and capital to scale breakthrough healthcare solutions and produces monthly on-campus events operates an company-to mentor-to clinician online matching system called Health Hub Connect and produces the UCSF Digital Health Awards show.