***CALENDAR LISTING***Baruch S. Blumberg Institute Hosts 16th Annual PA Biotech Conference

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - Nov. 1, 2016 - PRLog -- Details: The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, the research arm of the Hepatitis B Foundation, will host the 16th Annual Regional Biotech Conference, themed "Incubating Innovation," at its headquarters at the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The area's life science and biotechnology leaders will meet to share success stories and discuss biotech opportunities. Registration is open and costs $100, which includes a VIP reception. Space is limited to 100 attendees.

This year's Premier Sponsor is Univest Bank and Trust Co. Speakers and topics to be featured during the conference include:

Speakers:

•Timothy Block, Ph.D., President of the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Hepatitis B Foundation, and Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center

•Kuldeep Neote, Ph.D., Senior Director at J&J Innovation Center-Boston.

•Christopher Laing, Ph.D., Vice President, Science & Technology, University City Science Center

Keynote Speaker:

•Sean O'Sullivan, Founder and Managing Director of SOSV, an accelerator-focused venture capital firm, "Accelerating Innovation: How Accelerators are enabling a new dawn in life sciences, biotech and connected devices."

Moderators:

•Wayne Yetter, founding CEO of AstraMerck and former CEO of Novartis Pharmaceuticals U.S.

•William Kinney, Ph.D., Director of Natural Products at the Blumberg Institute

As a part of the program, Min Gao, Ph.D., a Senior Research Fellow at Arbutus Biopharma will be inducted into the "Drug Inventors Wall of Fame" at the biotech center in recognition of his contribution to inventing the hepatitis C drug, Daclatasvir (Daklinza™).

A reception will follow the concluding remarks.

About the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute: The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute is an independent, nonprofit research institute established in 2003 by the Hepatitis B Foundation to conduct discovery research and nurture translational biotechnology in an environment conducive to interaction, collaboration and focus. It was renamed in 2013 to honor Baruch S. Blumberg, who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the hepatitis B virus and co-founded the Hepatitis B Foundation. To learn more, visit www.blumberginstitute.org.

About the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center: The Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County offers state-of-the-art laboratory and office space to nonprofit research companies and biotech companies. Established by the Hepatitis B Foundation and managed by the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, the Center was funded in part by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The facility opened in 2006 in a formerly abandoned warehouse and has since grown to encompass 110,000 square feet on a 10-acre campus. To learn more, visit www.pabiotechbc.org.

Contact: Sarah Larson at sarah@furiarubel.com or 215-340-0480