NCBiotech News

The Jobs Networking event at the NC Biotech Center for the month of April was on Exploring Biomanufacturing

It’s not often that graduate students and postdocs get to take the lead at scientific conferences, but at the annual Plant Molecular Biology Retreat, they do just that.

Scientist David Hubert’s job-skills boost from an NCBiotech Industrial Fellowship Grant landed him a dream career at BASF, targeting plant stress to improve crop yields, just as one of the worst droughts in U.S. history demonstrates the importance of his work.

Patheon is adding 488 jobs to its Greenville facility by the end of 2019 as part of a planned $159 million expansion of the site.

Registration is now open for the 2011 Summer Biotechnology Workshops for Educators. Since 1987, the Summer Workshops have trained more than 1,700 teachers. These teachers have taken the latest biotechnology practices from the workshops back to their classrooms, reaching more than 600,000 students in North Carolina.

Each workshop is one-week and features hands-on activities that engage students and improve learning. Registration is $75 and includes:

North Carolina’s 30-year investment in the life sciences is paying off by creating great jobs and revenue for the state, according to a new report from the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice.

NC's life sciences successes have earned Governor Roy Cooper the honor of the BIO 2020 Governor of the Year.

Four companies that contribute to North Carolina’s reputation as “Vaccine Central” were 2012 winners of the only dedicated awards honoring the accomplishments of the vaccine industry.

Arbovax, Medicago, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics and Quintiles brought home ViE Awards from the fifth World Vaccine Congress. The four were winners from among 14 different categories Wednesday at the Washington, D.C., gathering of more than 350 vaccine executives.

Arbovax, a Raleigh firm developing a Dengue fever vaccine, won for presenting the best poster session.

Former North Carolina State Representative and NCBiotech advocate Jack Hunt has died. 

Hunt played a prominent role in establishing NCBiotech and was an emeritus member of its board of directors.

He died peacefully at his Lattimore home in Cleveland County May 27 at the age of 97. His wife of 71 years, Ruby, died three years earlier in 2017. The couple leaves behind five daughters, 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

As CEO of Durham startup Novoclem Therapeutics, long-time pharmaceutical executive Anne Whitaker says she’s involved in a personal battle.

The NCBiotech Agriculture Sector Development team is partnering with local agriculture organizations to highlight women in agriculture across North Carolina.

Norris Tolson, president and CEO, made the following statement upon the release of Governor Pat McCrory's budget, March 20, 2013.

Griffith “Griff” Kundahl