Biolocity
Biolocity GUIDING MEDICAL INNOVATION TO MARKET
What is Biolocity?
Welcoming New Leadership
Biolocity grew from the successful pilot of the Coulter Translational Fund. The program uses an integrated approach to accelerate the development and commercialization of promising innovations from faculty members at Emory University and Georgia Tech. Biolocity provides a combination of funding, project management, and consulting resources to technologies, diagnostics, and therapies that address unmet clinical needs and have compelling commercial appeal. The Biolocity approach encompasses three components: • Biolocity U – educational resources focused on lifescience commercialization, including consultations, workshops, internships, and legal office hours. • Biolocity Fund – more than $1.5 million in funding available each year to Emory and Georgia Tech innovations through a multistage, competitive application process. • Biolocity Launch – active project management and formal coordination with the life-sciences commercialization ecosystem for Biolocity Fund awardees.
Law
Nicosia
Courtney Law joined Biolocity as managing director in late 2020 followed in short order by a new associate director, John Nicosia. As managing director, Law provides business leadership and commercialization strategy at the intersection of academia, medicine, investment, and industry to successfully bridge early-stage technologies into successful startups and licenses to industry. She earned a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nicosia is responsible for developing and executing product development strategy for the Biolocity portfolio. He also leads the Biolocity internship program. Nicosia earned his doctorate from the Coulter Department and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Rochester.
“As a scientist without formal business training, I had no idea how to speak with venture capitalists or create an appropriate pitch deck. The Biolocity team helped me learn these valuable skills.” James Dahlman ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, COULTER DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING