IN FOCUS FEATURE
Science Researchers Collaborate at 2008 Science in the Mountains
FROM OUR WEB SITE
Cold Science Visits Hot Charlotte
The Society for Cryobiology's 45th Annual Conference is coming to Charlotte this weekend and next week. Read about the science of life at cool temperatures, and the three cryobiologists who organized the conference and call UNC-Charlotte home.
In Focus
Science Researchers Collaborate at 2008 Science in the Mountains
In its third year, Science in the Mountains was held July 10-11 at Western Carolina University. More than 60 people came from around the western region and across the state for the event, put on by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
In this week's In Focus, read about the conference and the honor bestowed on one of the many collaboration that resulted from previous meetings.
From Our Web Site
Diabetes Venture to Call Triad Home
A new company has been launched to commercialize technology related to novel biomarkers for diabetes.
Novartis Gives $625K to NCSU
Novartis Animal Health gives a five-year, $625K gift to boost a clinical trials program at the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine.
LabCorp Launches Cancer Test
Laboratory Corporation is rolling out a cancer screening test that is non-invasive. The test is designed for people who are not willing or not able to undergo an invasive exam such as a colonoscopy.
Quintiles Splits $32.3M Trial
Quintiles and DynPort share a $32.3 million, seven-year contract with an NIH unit to conduct Phase 1 clinical trials.
Biolex Advances Antibody
Biolex and British firm MRC Technology announce an advance in the search for antibodies to fight lymphoma and arthritis.
News from Other Sites
BioResource Founder Receives Science Award
Jason Shih, chairman of the board and co-founder of BioResource International, is the winner of the 2008 World’s Poultry Science Association research award.
From Local Tech Wire
Cash to Aid Slate's Push for Testosterone Pellet
From the (Raleigh) News & Observer
Company's Stock up After Tests of Diabetes Drug
Tests in dogs suggest that Dara BioSciences' diabetes drug is safer than a leading treatment.
From the (Raleigh) News & Observer
GSK Could Pay as Much as $3.3B for Rights to New Sleeping Pill
GlaxoSmithKline will pay as much as $3.3 billion for a new insomnia drug being developed by Actelion, a biopharmaceutical drug developer based in Switzerland.
From Local Tech Wire
NCSU Veterinary School Receives $625,000 Gift from Novartis for Clinical Trials
Novartis, which is building a vaccine plant in Holly Springs, has made a $625,000 gift to the College of Veterinary Medicine at N.C. State.
From Local Tech Wire
State Budget Backs Efforts to Restore Oysters
A state budget passed by legislators includes $4.3 million for a research oyster hatchery at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
From The Wilmington Star-News
Community Watch
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Jason Shih, Ph.D., professor of biotechnology in the Department of Poultry Science at North Carolina State University and chairman and co-founder of Research Triangle Park-based BioResource International, has been awarded the World’s Poultry Science Association Research Award at the group's annual conference. The $10,000 cash award is presented every four years to a scientist who has conducted research that impacts poultry science worldwide. Shih’s son, Giles Shih, Ph.D., is also a co-founder of BioResource, an enzyme technology company formed with the help of a Biotechnology Center loan to commercialize the elder Shih’s NCSU research discoveries.
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T. Eston "Bud" Marchant III has been named the fifth president of Sanford-based Central Carolina Community College. Marchant will take the helm of CCCC on Aug. 15 from Matt Garnett, who will retire Sept. 1. Marchant was formerly vice president for educational affairs at Piedmont Technical College of Greenwood, S.C. More
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Quintiles Transnational has won another in a series of “best places to work” awards – this time from a computer magazine. The Research Triangle Park-based contract research and testing company was ranked 37th in Computerworld magazine’s 2008 list of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT." More
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September 9-10
BioPharm America 2008
(Atlanta)
October 28
Charlotte Biotechnology Conference
(Charlotte)
December 4-5
SE BIO Investor Forum
(Palm Beach, Fla.)
Feb. 16-17
Biotech 2009
(Raleigh)
View our complete listing of events across North Carolina.
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