WEEKLY E-NEWS FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER

IN FOCUS FEATURE

Aqualutions: A Lesson in Perseverance and Patience

FROM OUR WEB SITE

• NCBIO Elects Tolson to Board of Directors
• Cato Joint Venture Creates New CRO

From Our Web Site

NCBIO Elects Tolson to Board of Directors
Norris Tolson, president and CEO of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, is one of four new members chosen for the North Carolina Biosciences Organization board of directors.

Cato Joint Venture Creates New CRO
Cato Research Ltd., a global contract research and development organization headquartered in Durham, and Neuland Laboratories Ltd., a contract manufacturer of bulk active pharmaceutical ingredients, are forming a new CRO, Cato Research Neuland India Ltd., which will be based in India.

In Focus

Aqualutions: A Lesson in Perseverance and Patience

Born in a graduate school classroom, Aqualutions has created a diagnostic testing kit used to detect infectious diseases in catfish. The company hopes to benefit the emerging freshwater fish farming industry in North Carolina.

In this week's In Focus, read Boris Hartl's write-up of a young CEO's plan to make her mark on the biotechnology industry.

News from Other Sites

Bill Seeks $25M to Locate Lab in Butner
State Rep. Winkie Wilkins has introduced a bill calling for appropriating $25 million to help boost North Carolina's chances of siting the proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Butner.
From the Durham Herald Sun (registration required)

Biotech in NC: WUNC General Manager to Lead CED
Joan Siefert Rose, general manager at WUNC-FM radio, is the new president of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development.
From WRAL LocalTechWire

N.C. Central to open $20M Biomanufacturing Institute on June 9
The institute, which goes by the acronym BRITE, will train biotechnology and biomanufacturing workers.
From WRAL LocalTechWire

Study: Community Colleges Key to Solving Work Force Shortages
North Carolina is the only state in the nation to rank in the top 10 for job growth in all biotechnology sectors. Community colleges are helping to make that happen.
From WRAL LocalTechWire

Study Examines Work Force Gaps
North Carolina's community colleges provide the fastest and most cost-effective way for the state to meet its critical work force shortages in nursing, teaching and biotechnology, a new study says.
From the (Raleigh) News & Observer

Tarheel Economy is Turning the Page
Several technology projects are far from the only ones that are slowly transforming North Carolina from agrarian and industrial to a balanced, mixed economy that includes high tech and life science.
From WRAL LocalTechWire

Community Watch

• Dr. Walter Brannen, biology instructor at Fayetteville Technical Community College, will conduct a workshop on genetics on October 17 during the annual professional development conference of the National Association of Biology Teachers held in Memphis, Tenn. The subject of the workshop will be "Pedigree Analysis: Calculation of Recurrence Risk Using Conditional Probability Calculations."

Please send Community Watch items to Jim Shamp.

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