Tech startup top 10 finalist in BCIC new ventures competition

Aspect Biosystems Ltd., a UBC Engineering-led startup, has been selected as one of the province’s top 10 new ventures in the BC Innovation Council (BCIC) New Ventures Competition. Aspect is creating 3D tissue constructs that provide improved models for drug testing.

Aspect’s management team includes four co-founders from UBC: Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Konrad Walus, Research Fellow Sam Wadsworth, and Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate students Simon Beyer and Tamer Mohamed, as well as an advisory group of business leaders from Entrepreneurship@UBC. Click here for more info.