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The State of Biotechnology
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From Our Web Site BioMarck Closes on $6.3M Round of Funding Seminar Series Outlines NCSU's Kannapolis Work Global Vaccines and WHO Working to Eliminate Polio Industrial Fellowship Sponsors Named NC Students Compete in BioGENEius Challenge Three NC Start-ups Win Five Ventures™ |
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The Biotechnology Center's regional directors and several senior staff members discussed the advantages to a statewide approach, as well as the benefits the state has already reaped by developing the industry in this way. The conversation is featured in the March issue of Business North Carolina magazine. 
Keep up with North Carolina's biotechnology industry with our daily tweets! Follow 25 Years of Success: NC Biotechnology Center
While in office, Gov. Jim Hunt saw a decline in the state's traditional industries and a need to push biotechnology as one vehicle to strengthen North Carolina's economy.
From NC Magazine
Made in North Carolina: Algaberry
Algaberries are high in dietary fiber, vitamin A and protein. A Winston-Salem company grows the algae in tanks at their facility, which is later sold to health food stores. It is also a viable source for biofuel production.
From Fox 8
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Winston-Salem Living
N.C. Biotech Center Picks Firms for Salary-paid Fellowship Program
Universities across the state are educating our next generation of scientists, and the Biotechnology Center is doing what it can to keep them here in North Carolina.
From Local Tech Wire
NC, Georgia, Tennessee Firms Win UNC Five Ventures Event
Three North Carolina start-up companies won first place awards in the annual Five Ventures™ competition at UNC Charlotte.
From Tech Journal South
From Local Tech Wire
Piedmont Pharmaceuticals Raises $5M Round Led by Australian Backer
The Greensboro company's head-lice product is a market leader in the United Kingdom and Ireland under the name Full Marks Solution and in Canada as Resultz.
From Tech Journal South
Return on Investment
According to a study conducted by the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice, the biotechnology industry generates $45.8 billion in economic activity each year.
From NC Magazine
Seeds of Change
Biotechnology has allowed researchers to bring new and improved seeds to the market much more quickly than they could in the past.
From NC Magazine
Spring Herbal Symposium to Highlight Growing Use of Herbs
Asheville is becoming a hotbed for natural products research and industry.
From the Asheville Citizen-Times
Technology Companies Thriving in Winston-Salem
Dozens of small startup technology-based companies in Winston-Salem are thriving and hiring, paying over $60,000 a year on average.
From Fox 8
Syngenta Crop Protection Sales Grow
The business, with North American headquarters in Greensboro, saw sales of $893 million for the quarter.
From The Business Journal Serving the Greater Triad Area
May 13-14, 2009
Chapel Hill Drug Conference
(Chapel Hill)
May 18-21, 2009
BIO International Convention
(Atlanta)
July 13-14, 2009
Science in the Mountains
(Asheville)
July 19-22, 2009
World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
(Montreal)
View our complete listing of events across North Carolina.
This newsletter was sent Thursday, April 16, 2009. For the latest headlines from North Carolina’s biotechnology industry, please visit the news section of our Web site.
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