NCLifeSci DEI Virtual Forum: Mind Matters: Advancing Mental Health Together

Overview

This virtual event, hosted by NCLifeSci, will bring together seasoned professionals from Continuum Consulting, Pfizer, Biogen, and Give an Hour. The panelists will discuss the following topics:

Ways to establish company-level best practices and systems
Reframing and normalizing mental health in the workplace
Resources and tools to help you and your organization advance mental health outcomes

August 20, 2026 12:00pm - August 20, 2026 1:15pm

Virtual (via Microsoft Teams)

No Cost

DEI

July 15, 2026

Reflections from EBRC 2026: Building a stronger biotech ecosystem across America

North Carolina State University and NCBiotech were proud to sponsor and welcome the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC) 10th Annual Meeting to Raleigh from June 1–3, 2026. The meeting brought together engineering and synthetic biology researchers and leaders from across the country and North Carolina to share the latest advances in agriculture and food innovation, biopharmaceutical development, AI-enabled biotechnology, biocomputing, genomic technologies, and more.

August 25, 2026

Informing Innovation Presents: Building Your Information Resource Toolkit

Join NCBiotech's Life Sciences Intelligence team for a practical guide to managing your research resources. Topics will include identifying your most critical information needs, balancing free and paid resources, evaluating vendor offerings, navigating licensing agreements, and determining when a premium subscription is worth the investment.

You'll also learn about low-cost and no-cost access points available through public libraries, university libraries, and NCBiotech.

June 30, 2026

Plant DNA pioneer Mary-Dell Chilton dies at 87

Mary-Dell Chilton, Ph.D., an American pioneer in plant sciences known as the “Queen of the Agrobacterium,” died on June 24, 2026, in Carrboro, N.C. She was 87 years old.

Chilton’s research in the 1970s and 1980s continues to influence plant biotechnology through her groundbreaking discoveries of the interaction between plants and bacteria.