Join us as we advance a one-of-a-kind bio bank into the 21st century by applying AI, machine learning and data algorithms. Anne Breggia, PhD, will share the latest innovations from the Maine Medical Center BioBank.Â
The Maine Medical Center BioBank (MMC BB) provides human biospecimens with annotated clinical data to the research community to aid in the characterization of disease with the goal of improved patient therapies and the advancement of science and personalized medicine.
Excess surgical tissue and other biospecimens that would otherwise be discarded is de-identified, processed, stored and distributed to research scientists at MMC, MMCRI, other academic institutes, pharmaceutical and biotech companies and commercial specimen repositories.
In the healthcare world, everyone has 99 problems (yes, COVID-19 is one), and even more ideas to help solve them. It takes experts in all areas and industry to help us answer the questions: Why? How? When?
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Join MaineHealth Innovation and The Roux Institute at Northeastern University as local innovators in the healthcare space share their latest novel ideas, and help brainstorm solutions to their project needs.
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Come collide with MaineHealth pioneers, The Roux Institute community and local entrepreneurial talent as we collaborate to pave a healthier future forward – one healthcare opportunity at a time.
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Note this event is part of the Innovation Blender series. In order to ensure productive sessions, the audience will be limited to a small, curated group. When it is safe to host large events in person we will increase the size of these events and hold them in person.
Anne Breggia, PhD
Director, BioBank of Maine Medical Center & MMCRI Research Laboratory Services
Anne Breggia is the Director of the Maine Medical Center BioBank and the Research Laboratory Services core facility at MMCRI. She holds a Master of Science degree in Applied Immunology from the University of Southern Maine and a PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Maine, Orono. Currently Dr. Breggia is the Principal Investigator for the NIH/NCORP Cancer Moonshot Biobank study, Co-Investigator for the NIH Community Engagement award and Chair of the Pancreatic Cancer Consortium, the Precision Medicine Oncology Collaborative and the Maine Health Precision Medicine Council. In addition to her research experience, Dr Breggia also has 30 years of clinical laboratory experience acquired through positions at the American Red Cross, Foundation for Blood Research and the solid organ transplant program at Maine Medical Center. Dr. Breggia is a member of the Biorepository working group for the American Society of Clinical Pathologists Board of Certification, an inspector for the College of American Pathologists and a Board member of the Bioscience Association of Maine. Dr Breggia has recently joined the MaineHealth Innovation Center as a reviewer for the Ignite Fund competition, a member of the Clinical Coaches Team, and faculty for the Tufts Innovation Elective.
MaineHealth Innovation Center:
Innovation: The connective tissue between research, education and care:
The Innovation Center is a startup within MaineHealth, one of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations, serving over 1 million people across Maine and New Hampshire. Innovation runs deep in MaineHealth’s history, and serves as the connective tissue of research, education and care. The Innovation Center leverages tomorrow’s creative solutions to solve today’s complex problems, addressing local unmet needs with scalable global relevance. Our philosophy is simple: We are passionate pioneers innovating with empathy and across all disciplines. We keep the best interest of our people, patients and community at the core of all we do. We believe that anything is possible and that we all are better together.
Contact us:Â innovation_center@mainehealth.orgÂ
The Roux Institute: Northeastern's Roux Institute is designed to spur innovation, build talent, and drive economic growth in Portland, the state of Maine, and the Northeast. Partnerships- with industry, academia, and government- set our education and research model apart.
Learn more by visiting roux.northeastern.edu.Â
The Innovation Blender is a program designed to mix practitioners, researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators from a variety of backgrounds together to ideate on challenges. Each monthly event consists of brainstorming around innovators' presented challenges and proposed breakthrough technologies.
Our Goal: Increase collisions of incredible people trying to solve big challenges!
