Biotechnology Center News Releases

08/18/10Peter Ginsberg Heads Biotech Center Biz Tech Development

Biotechnology business development executive and consultant Peter Ginsberg has joined the North Carolina Biotechnology Center as vice president of Business & Technology Development.

08/06/10Expanding into the Future

As our new addition nears completion, we're looking forward to the future of biotechnology in North Carolina.

08/03/10Oxybio, Navy Seek End to Bends

Durham pharmaceutical company Oxygen Biotherapeutics is working with the U.S. Navy to see if the company's Oxycyte oxygen-carrying medication can prevent or treat decompression sickness -- aka "The Bends."

07/22/10Biotech Courses Get $423K Boost

Thousands of students, from rural mountain schools to coastal institutions, are finding new ways to access North Carolina's expanding array of careers in the life sciences, thanks to the latest round of 14 Educational Enhancement Grants (EEGs) totaling nearly $423,000 issued by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

07/22/10Center HQ Closes for Half Day Friday for Renovations

The Research Triangle Park headquarters of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center are closed for half a day, starting at noon Friday, July 23, to accommodate building renovations.

07/09/10GSK's Zebulon Plant Open to Contract Manufacturing

GlaxoSmithKline is hanging out the "for hire" shingle, offering to do contract work through its Zebulon manufacturing facility for anyone from clinic-ready start-ups to established drug makers.

06/29/10BASF Lands Excellence Award

The 5th annual North Carolina Leadership Award in Industrial Biotechnology was presented to BASF Plant Science LP during the World Congress for Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing.

06/23/10Board Member Witnesses Decade of Change

A decade sure can change things, as outgoing Biotech Center board member Heiri Gugger reflected Tuesday.

06/17/10Construction Closing Biotech Center RTP Offices June 18

The Research Triangle Park headquarters of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center will be closed two succeeding Fridays this month -- June 11 and June 18 -- to accommodate building renovations.

06/03/10NC Firm Aids Oil Cleanup in Gulf

The BioTech Mills manufacturing facility in the Greene County community of Snow Hill is providing major support in the battle to clean up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

05/02/10Nancy Johnston to Lead Triad Office

We're pleased to announce our new director for the Piedmont Triad office, who has a long background in marketing the Triad and it business and bioscience assets. Her resume included Dixon Hughes, the Piedmont Triad Research Park and Brayton International, and she's been one of the many volunteers who has made Triad BioNight happen. By now you may have guessed it's Nancy Johnston who will be joining us on May 10.

04/20/10NC Stories Show Biotech Value

A diverse dozen North Carolinians are featured on a new Web site, www.biojobsfornc.com, which reflects the far-reaching story of the state's biotech leadership

02/01/10RTP office open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday

The Biotechnology Center's RTP office is opening at10 a.m. on Tuesday because of expected icy road conditions. The Southeastern and Eastern offices are open on normal schedules. Check back for updated information on the remaining statewide offices. The RTP headquarters...

01/31/10Center's RTP, Charlotte, Western offices closed Monday

Because of treacherous driving conditions, the Center's RTP headquarters will be closed on Monday.

12/09/09Committee, Riddick to Help NC Ag Industry Grow to $100B

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has hired Gwyn Riddick, director of its Piedmont Triad Office, to oversee its new statewide Ag/Bio Initiative aimed at increasing ag output by $30 billion in a decade.

10/05/09Biotech Center Grants $141K

Medicinal Herb venture in Asheville, saltwater fish farming in Wilmington draw Regional Development Grants.

09/16/09Biotech Center Loan Helps Elevate UNC-CH Spinout X-In8

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has made a $30,000 Company Inception Loan to X-In8 Biologicals Corp., a biotechnology company begun last year with technology brewed in labs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

09/09/09Biotech Center Expanding

Partner support enabled the building project, designed to support an ever-growing biotechnology industry.

09/04/09Biotech Center Names Phillips Director of the Eastern Office

Mark Phillips has joined the North Carolina Biotechnology Center as director of the Eastern Office, in Greenville.

08/24/09Biotech Center Loan Makes Shure Foods Get Noticed

There's a belief in some North Carolina entrepreneurial circles that Shure Foods can make Gabe Dough.

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