Appalachian State University recently hosted the last Science of the Mountains workshop of the year, which focused on the economic impact of bioprocessing.
News & Events
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- The BioMoto STEM Challenge, a program that combines the thrills of NASCAR with the principles of biotech and other science behind the sport, kicks off its second season this month.
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- Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine successfully restore muscle function with lab-engineered implants.
- A record 300 people gathered for NCBIO’s annual meeting at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center this week, basking in the state's collaborative successes and huddling to strategize the slog through rough economic and regulatory times ahead in the life sciences.
- UNCW hosted a conference last week that examined the importance of marine biotech in the economic outlook for the region.
- More than 300 state and national leaders in agricultural biotechnology meet at the McKimmon Center at North Carolina State University to identify how to answer global needs for food, medicine and energy.
- Forsyth Tech Community College has been awarded a $15 million U.S. Department of Labor grant to lead a national workforce development and training program across the $100 billion biosciences industry.
- Duke Investigator Accepts Prize for Protein Receptor Research
- CivaTech Oncology. a Research Triangle Park company developing cancer-therapy devices, has landed another million-dollar federal grant to help expand its offerings.
- NCBiotech hosted members of NCSU’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Agricultural Leadership Development Program for an event that featured presentations from local AgBio companies.
- Sign up for NCBiotech's new events newsletter, which features the month's top biotech and life-science events.
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- Metrics, a privately held contract drug manufacturer in Greenville, is being purchased by Mayne Pharma Group Limited for $105 million plus payments of up to $15 million, depending on performance, on June 30, 2013.
- The Society for Translational Oncology's third annual meeting, which will take place in Chapel Hill October 20-21, will focus on "Personalizing Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment."
- Last week's North Carolina Entrepreneurship Summit in Asheville included a panel that discussed the city's success in the brewing industry.
- At the close of Mid-Atlantic Bio 2012, attendees became more closely knit with a shared need for capital and renewed regional pride knowing that with more than 5,000 companies and 120,000 direct jobs, the region tops all biotech clusters, except California, for size. And we initiate 40 percent of the nation's clinical trials.
- The Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce’s Triad Business & Innovation Expo & Tech Briefing featured several biotech companies.
- There’s still time to register for the Ag Biotech Summit 2012 and join state and national leaders in agriculture, business, science, education and government October 10 at the McKimmon Center at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
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