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Haima Therapeutics is preparing to take SynthoPlate from the lab bench to human clinical trials. Built from Christa Pawlowski’s doctoral research at Case Western Reserve University, the synthetic platelets are designed to support the body’s natural clotting response. This feature explores the science, funding, military influence, and translational decisions behind Haima’s journey toward the clinic.

By Sirena Meade, The Biotech Beacon When people think about bringing a medical device to market, they often imagine a brilliant invention followed by a long wait for FDA clearance. In reality, FDA review is only one milestone along a much longer journey. Every successful medical device begins with a problem, not a product. From there, it moves through engineering, testing, regulatory planning, quality systems, manufacturing, commercialization, and finally into the hands of ph

Part 1 of a 3-part editorial series on Trailhead Biosystems By Sirena Meade | Founder and Editor, The Biotech Beacon Photography by: Nicholas Campbell For decades, drug discovery has depended on an imperfect translation: testing potential therapies in systems that are close enough to teach scientists something, but not always close enough to predict what will happen in a human body. Animal models have helped move medicine forward. They have shaped preclinical research, suppor

Late July through August 2026 Finding the right events across Ohio’s biotech, healthcare innovation and startup ecosystem often requires searching through institutional calendars, career pages, registration platforms and individual program websites. The Beacon Events Radar brings some of those opportunities together in one place. This edition includes hiring events, translational research presentations, founder and investor programming, artificial intelligence discussions and

Cleveland + Columbus Life Sciences Opportunities For this edition of the Beacon Jobs Radar, I reviewed current openings across Cleveland and Columbus and broke down who each position may be best suited for. All roles were cross-checked against the employer’s official careers website (where available) and were active as of July 22, 2026. Because openings can close quickly, apply early and confirm availability through the linked employer page. CLEVELAND Shared Laboratory Resour

A curated snapshot of available roles in biotech, healthcare innovation, research, manufacturing, quality, commercial, and the ecosystem across Northeast and Central Ohio.

Late-June & July 2026 The events worth your time, and why they matter. *This Events Radar was originally shared on LinkedIn and has been adapted for The Biotech Beacon as part of an ongoing series highlighting Ohio life sciences ecosystem activity* Emerging Technology AI Roundtable: Show & Tell | June 24 | JumpStart Details: https://greatercle.com/events/2026/06/24/tech/ai-roundtable-ai-show-tell-live-demos-prompts-workflows-tools/ Why it matters:Not biotech-specific, but AI

For a biotech startup, “getting started” is rarely as simple as finding office space, the science needs somewhere to happen. That sounds obvious, but it is one of the most important and under-discussed parts of building a life sciences ecosystem. Before a company can scale, hire, raise, manufacture, or partner, it needs a functional place to work, one that can support the actual requirements of the science. In regions like Cleveland, institutional incubator and shared-lab env

In biotech, breakthroughs don’t begin as companies, they begin as questions. On a rainy day at Rising Star Coffee Roasters in Cleveland, over coffee and conversation, Elizabeth Berezovsky sat down and walked me through the question that ultimately became a company. For Elizabeth and her co-founders, the question centered on a fundamental biological problem. What if we could stop cells from dying when they’re not supposed to? It’s a deceptively simple idea, one that sits at t

In Cleveland’s Midtown innovation corridor, the renovated Baker Electric Building houses more than 20 local startups. Among them is a small analytical laboratory preparing for a launch years in the making. Cleveland Analytical was founded in 2023 with a mission to help the city of Cleveland address a persistent public health problem: lead contamination in older housing. The Baker Electric Building in Cleveland’s Midtown innovation corridor, home to Cleveland Analytical and a

The Biotech Beacon is an ecosystem intelligence platform focused on biotech companies, research institutions, and funding networks. The Biotech Beacon was recently selected as a finalist in the Powered by Namecheap International Women’s Day campaign, which highlights women building online platforms and businesses around the world. While still in its early stages, The Biotech Beacon is focused on mapping and making visible the biotech ecosystems that often go overlooked, star

Breakthrough science and major funding rounds tend to define the biotech industry. But the work that connects the two is often less visible yet just as vital. Somewhere between a promising idea in a lab and a venture-backed company, there’s a critical layer of work that often goes unseen. It’s where scientific ideas are pressure-tested, shaped, and translated into something that could actually become a business. It’s also where professionals like Lindsay Sulzer, Ph.D., foun

The Biotech Beacon began with a simple question: How many biotech companies are in Cleveland? I’ve lived in Cleveland since 2013 and worked here for almost as long, but never thought to ask that question until I was searching for a job. I was interested in the biotech industry, specifically genomics and Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), and started wondering if there were any companies hiring. I didn’t find many jobs, but that one question led to many more and is the reason I