IN FOCUS FEATURE
A Cancer Research Program for NC State University - and Jimmy V
FROM OUR WEB SITE
A Cancer Research Program for NC State University - and Jimmy V
North Carolina State University is paying tribute to former men's basketball coach Jim Valvano, and his ultimately fatal battle with cancer, with the establishment of a unique cancer research program that will produce the next generation of cancer researchers.
Read more about the program's leader, John Cavanaugh, and the Biotechnology Center grants he obtained that helped bring this program to NC State in this week's In Focus.
From Our Web Site
Centennial Campus Designer Claude McKinney Dies
The North Carolina State University College of Design dean whose vision transformed 1,000 acres of state-owned land into Centennial Campus died Tuesday in Raleigh after a long illness.
Advinus Opens U.S. Headquarters in RTP
The Indian drug, agro-chemical and CRO firm Advinus has opened a Research Triangle Park office to lead global business development, marketing and strategy.
Cabernet Provides Support for Lilly
Cabernet Pharmaceuticals of Raleigh is providing pharmacogenetics help to Eli Lilly to develop drugs that target individual patients' responses to medicines.
SAS Developing Software for Biological Data
The Cary-based global software company is working with the National Center for Genome Resources in Santa Fe, N.M. The partnership will develop software to analyze and store new kinds of biological data.
Looking at Drugs in Water
Experts met at the Biotechnology Center this week to discuss how there is actually very little evidence of health risks related to the presence of pharmaceuticals in drinking water.
From News & Observer
Researchers in Murdock-funded Study Find Potential Markers for Hepatitis C Treatment
The research was presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. More than 7,000 researchers from 55 countries attended.
From Salisbury Post
From Local Tech Wire
December 4-5
SE BIO Investor Forum
(Palm Beach, Fla.)
February 16-17, 2009
Biotech 2009
(Raleigh)
May 18-21, 2009
BIO International Convention
(Atlanta)
View our complete listing of events across North Carolina.
This newsletter was sent Thursday, November 13, 2008. For the latest headlines from North Carolina’s biotechnology industry, please visit the news section of our Web site.
Online subscription management is now available. Please respond to this e-mail if you cannot change your preferences online.