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Colorado BioScience Association Releases Annual Bioscience Colorado Magazine at BIO International Convention in San Diego
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) is releasing its annual edition of Bioscience Colorado, this week, at the BIO International Convention in San Diego, CA. Bioscience Colorado is a key resource for companies, investors and economic developers, and has become the go-to source for the industry. - June 23, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
Pathology Diagnostics Ltd (PDL) Launches Social Media Presence Online
Having already established itself as one of the leaders in its industry, Pathology Diagnostics is continuing to grow from strength to strength – evolving into a formidable organisation within its market space. Wanting to showcase its employee expertise (both academic and industry-applied) and... - June 22, 2014 - Pathology Diagnostics Ltd
Robert Murphy Speaks at Cell Based Assay Conf., Oct 7-8, 2014, Dublin, Ireland
Robert Murphy, Carnegie Mellon University, to Give Keynote Address at Cell Based Assay & Screening Technologies Conference, October 7-8, 2014 in Dublin, Ireland. - June 22, 2014 - GTCbio
AveXis to Present at Piper Jaffray GenomeRX Symposium
AveXis, a clinical stage synthetic biology platform company, today announced that Mr. John Carbona, Chief Executive Officer and other members of the AveXis team will participate in the panel discussion “The Power Alley: Gene Therapy For Neuromuscular Disorders” at the Piper Jaffray... - June 20, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
Chih-Jen (CJ) Wei, Sanofi Pasteur to Present at Vaccines Conference on July 9-11, 2014, in Boston, MA
Chih-Jen (CJ) Wei, Director at Sanofi Pasteur to Present at the 12th Vaccines Research & Development: All Things Considered Conference on July 9-11, 2014, in Boston, MA. - June 19, 2014 - GTCbio
Katarina Radosevic, Janssen to Present at Vaccines Conference on July 9-11, 2014, in Boston, MA
Katarina Radosevic, Vice President Immunology and Proof of Concept, Head Vaccine Discovery at Crucell Vaccine Institute, Janssen Center of Excellence for Immunoprophylaxis will give a presentation on, “Prospects for Universal Influenza Vaccine” at the 12th Vaccines Research &... - June 19, 2014 - GTCbio
Arnold S. Monto to Keynote at Influenza Conference on July 9-11, 2014, in Boston, MA
Dr. Arnold S. Monto, Thomas Francis Jr. Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology to give a keynote presentation on, “Controversies in Influenza Control: Are They Real?” at the 3rd Annual Influenza Research and Development... - June 19, 2014 - GTCbio
Kathleen Coelingh, MedImmune to Speak at Influenza R&D Conference on July 9-11, 2014, in Boston, MA
Kathleen Coelingh, Senior Director, Medical Affairs at MedImmune to Give a Presentation on, “Development of Pandemic Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines” at the 3rd Annual Influenza Research and Development Conference on July 9-11, 2014, in Boston, MA, by GTCbio. Dr. Coelingh will... - June 19, 2014 - GTCbio
Special Big Pharma Panel to be Held at CNS Diseases Summit, Sept 18-19, 2014, SF
Panel discussion on “What Sells Big Pharma in CNS Diseases?” to be held at the CNS Diseases World Summit, Sept. 18-19, 2014 in San Francisco, CA - June 19, 2014 - GTCbio
Dale Steichen, AkzoNobel, to Keynote at Biobased Chemicals Conference (Sep 18-19, 2014 in SF, CA)
Dale Steichen, AkzoNobel to Give Keynote Presentation at 5th Biobased Chemicals Commercialization & Partnering Conference (September 18-19, 2014 in San Francisco, CA) - June 17, 2014 - GTCbio
Molekule Consulting Inc. to Present and Exhibit at the Pharma Competitive Intelligence Conference & Exhibition USA – September 9-10, 2014 Parsippany, NJ
Molekule Consulting Inc. (“Molekule”) today announces its exhibiting at the 2014 Pharma Competitive Intelligence Conference & Exhibition USA – September 9-10, 2014 Parsippany, NJ. - June 13, 2014 - Molekule Consulting Inc.
Future Genesis (FGen) Announces Deal with Biomedical Research Institute (BRI)
Future Genesis (FGen) has selected Rockville, MD Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) as its cryogenic laboratory. - June 12, 2014 - Future Genesis, Inc.
IonSense Introduces the DART®-EDU Program to Provide Educational Institutions with an Economical Path to Ownership of Its State-of-the-Art Mass Spectrometry Technology
Educational Leasing Program will enable chemistry departments to lower operating costs while providing students access to Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. To be exhibited at the 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics in Baltimore, MD, June 15-19, 2014, Booth 120. - June 10, 2014 - IonSense, Inc.
AveXis to Present at Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Annual Conference
AveXis, a clinical stage synthetic biology platform company, today announced that Dr. Allan Kaspar, Chief Scientific Officer, will be presenting at The Family and Researcher Poster Session at The Annual Spinal Muscular Atrophy Conference, which will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2014 in National... - June 08, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
QA Consulting, Inc. Receives ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008 Certification
QA Consulting, Inc., a medical device consulting firm, has received ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008 certifications. QA Consulting’s achievement is the result of implementing a vigorous quality management system designed to govern their consulting and contract manufacturing services. These... - May 30, 2014 - QA Consulting, Inc.
Aaron Soto, VP at Sutro Biopharma to Speak at Protein Expression Mtg, Oct 23-24, 2014, Boston, MA.
Aaron K Soto, Vice President of Research at Sutro Biopharma, to Give a Presentation titled, “Design and Manufacture of Homogeneous Best-in-Class Antibody Drug Conjugates and Bispecifics by Cell-Free Protein Expression” at the Protein Expression, Purification & Characterization Conference, October 23 & 24, 2014, in Boston, MA, by GTCbio. - May 30, 2014 - GTCbio
Launching an Improved Range of Visulize™ Antigen ELISA Kits, Affinity Biologicals Inc. Simplifies Quantitative Assays of Hemostasis and Thrombosis-Related Proteins
Affinity Biologicals Inc. Makes a Valuable Addition to the Family of ELISA Kits with VisuLize™ Antigen Kits - May 29, 2014 - Affinity Biologicals
Life Science Strategy Group Launches the OutsourcePharma Advisory Board
Online community dedicated to pharmaceutical sponsors provides open forum to discuss drug development and outsourced Contract Research Organization (CRO) services. - May 28, 2014 - Life Science Strategy Group, LLC
MiTeGen Awarded $998K NIH Phase II SBIR Grant to Develop Hyperquenching Devices
Two year funding for the development of advanced cooling devices. - May 24, 2014 - MiTeGen, LLC
Belinda Tsao-Nivaggioli Has Recently Been Recognized by America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
Belinda Tsao-Nivaggioli of Boston, Massachusetts has recently been included in America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals as Professional of the Year 2014 in Bio-Organic Chemistry. - May 20, 2014 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals
AveXis Announces Opening of Enrollment for Gene Transfer Clinical Trial for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 at Nationwide Children's Hospital
AveXis, Inc., a clinic-ready synthetic biology platform company, today announced that the Gene Transfer Clinical Trial for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 has now formally begun enrollment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. This trial will utilize chariSMA, the gene therapy product developed... - May 16, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
Ho Man Chan to Present at the 5th Cancer Targets & Therapeutics Conf. (July 7-8, 2014, in Boston)
Ho Man Chan, Novartis to Present at the 5th Cancer Targets & Therapeutics Conference (July 7-8, 2014, in Boston, MA). - May 16, 2014 - GTCbio
MiTeGen Announces Collaboration and License Agreements with MagnebotiX and NatX-ray
MiTeGen LLC, a provider of innovative consumables for X-ray diffraction, crystallography and protein crystallization to academic, pharmaceutical, industrial and government researchers around the world, announced that it has signed agreements with MagnebotiX AG, and with NatX-ray SAS, and NatX-ray LLC for the development and distribution of RodBot non-contact magnetic rolling sample manipulation technology for crystallization and crystal handling. - May 14, 2014 - MiTeGen, LLC
VIRUN NutraBIOsciences™, Leader in Cognitive-Functional-Ingredients, to Sponsor Cognitive Health Forum at NutraIngredients-USA
VIRUN, leader in Cognitive health ingredients, is sponsoring NutraIngreidents Cognitive Health Forum on May 22nd, 2014. According to NutraIngredients-USA, “Industry leaders from companies such as Abbott Nutrition, Standard Process, Nawgan, and Euromonitor will join for a discussion of the cognitive health sector, from science and claim substantiation, to market sizing and key consumer demographics.” - May 13, 2014 - VIRUN
Philippe Lopes-Fernandes to Speak at 3rd Oncology Partnering & Deal-Making – July 7-8, 2014, in Boston
Philippe Lopes-Fernandes, Senior Vice President of Global Licensing, Business Development & Alliance Management at Merck Serono, to Give a Keynote Presentation at the 3rd Oncology Partnering & Deal-Making Conference (July 7-8, 2014, in Boston, MA). - May 10, 2014 - GTCbio
Voicebrook to Exhibit Structured Results Entry Module at 2014 Pathology Informatics Summit
Voicebrook to demonstrate advanced reporting workflows and new product features. - May 08, 2014 - Voicebrook, Inc.
Supurva Healthcare Group and MediCall Systems Team Up in Strategic National Partnership
Supurva Biomedical, a subsidiary of Supurva Healthcare Group and MediCall Systems today announced a strategic partnership that enhances both companies’ position in offering healthcare specific solutions, while significantly expanding Supurva Biomedical’s reach in the US and Canada. The... - May 02, 2014 - Supurva Healthcare Group
Colorado BioScience Association Names Logan Collins, Fairview High School Junior, as Colorado’s BioGENEius Finalist
Logan Collins Advances to San Diego to Compete Against Top Students from Across the Nation and Canada. - May 02, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
Owen Fields, of Pfizer R & D to Speak at Antibody & Protein Mtg, Oct 23-24, 2014, Boston, MA
Owen Fields, Vice President of Regulatory Strategy for Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, to Give a Presentation titled “Regulatory Development Issues and Solutions for Combination and Bifunctional Biologics” at the Antibody and Protein Therapeutics Conference, October 23 &... - April 30, 2014 - GTCbio
David Merberg to Speak at Bioinformatics Conference Jun 19-20 2014, San Diego, CA
David Merberg at Takeda Pharmaceuticals to Give a Presentation at the Bioinformatics & Pharmacogenomics: Managing and Analyzing Big Data Conference (Jun 19-20, 2014 in San Diego, CA) - April 30, 2014 - GTCbio
John Herrmann to Speak at 3rd Oncology Partnering & Deal-Making Conf - July 7-8, 2014 in Boston
John Herrmann, Chief Scientific Officer of Global External R&D, Oncology at Eli Lilly to Give Keynote Presentation at the 3rd Oncology Partnering & Deal-Making Conference (July 7-8, 2014 in Boston, MA) - April 27, 2014 - GTCbio
NanoAxis Aligns with NanoApps Medical Inc. to Accelerate Commercial Novel Nanomedicine Diagnostic and Pharmaceutical Product Development
NanoAxis LLC has announced that it has become a shareholder in Canadian based company, NanoApps Medical Inc., to assist in accelerating nanomedical product development and commercialization. NanoApps Medical Inc. is actively collaborating with both Canadian and US based (Mayo Clinic, Rochester,... - April 26, 2014 - NanoAxis
BiologicsCorp Launches Supernatant Protein Expression Service
BiologicsCorp proudly launches this new service - another first in the industry. They have tested many variables, including codon optimization, strain, charperones and foldases, and others. Give Supernatant Service a try, especially if your protein of interest could not be expressed in soluble form. BiologicsCorp is confident and can guarantee success - no soluble fraction for target protein, no payment for expression service. - April 25, 2014 - BiologicsCorp
VoiceOver Solution Featured at Sunquest Regional User Group Meeting by Loyola University Medical Center
Loyola University Medical Center to Present Deployment of VoiceOver to User Group Attendees - April 23, 2014 - Voicebrook, Inc.
Voicebrook Announces Platinum Sponsorship of the Soft Network Users Group at the 22nd Annual SNUG Healthcare Information Technology Summit
Voicebrook to sponsor event, demonstrate new product features and showcase their advanced reporting workflows. - April 22, 2014 - Voicebrook, Inc.
Epitope Diagnostics, Inc. Expands Product Panel with New Set of H. Pylori Antigen ELISA Kits and Novel Sample Collection Device
Epitope Diagnostics, Inc. has launched two user-friendly fecal Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) antigen ELISA kits, along with a new sample collection device. One ELISA assay is qualitative while the other is quantitative, allowing for both the detection and measurement of active H. pylori antigen. H. pylori is a bacterium which causes infectious stomach disease and is linked to stomach cancer. A positive H. pylori antigen test indicates an active infection. - April 22, 2014 - Epitope Diagnostics, Inc.
Hawk Trade Atkinson to Accelerate Regenoderm Human Trials
Hawk Trade says that Christopher Atkinson, who recently joined the advisory board at Gerontology Solutions has begun acceleration of trial for a key therapy. - April 20, 2014 - Hawk Trade
Terry Gaasterland to Speak at Bioinformatics Conference Jun 19-20 2014, San Diego, CA
Terry Gaasterland, Professor of Computational Biology and Genomics at the University of California, San Diego to Give a Presentation at the Bioinformatics & Pharmacogenomics: Managing and Analyzing Big Data Conference (Jun 19-20, 2014 in San Diego, CA) - April 19, 2014 - GTCbio
Lisa S. Kove, Has Recently Been Recognized by America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals has selected Lisa S. Kove of San Diego, California as the Professional of the Year in Biotechnology for 2013. - April 10, 2014 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals
MOgene LC Announces Addition of Illumina NextSeq 500 Service
MOgene LC, an Illumina CSPro™ certified service provider, announced today that they have added Illumina NextSeq 500 to their list of services. Illumina NextSeq 500 performs whole-genome, exome, and transcriptome sequencing and is flexible, offering tunable read length and multiple output... - April 08, 2014 - MOgene, LC
Dr. Applegate to Join Advisory Board at Peptineo
Peptineo is pleased to welcome Dr. Robert Applegate to the advisory board of Peptineo. Dr. Applegate is a recognized expert in microfluidics, biomedical devices and optical technologies. As a result of his research, Dr. Applegate holds patents in optical trapping, cell diagnostics and sorting, and... - April 07, 2014 - Peptineo
Strathmore’s Who’s Who Honors Belinda Tsao-Nivaggioli
Belinda Tsao-Nivaggioli, of Atherton, California, has recently been recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Registry for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Bio-Organic Chemistry. - April 05, 2014 - Strathmore Who's Who
ALPCO Expands EuroFlow™ Product Offering with the Addition of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Screening Tube
ALPCO has expanded EuroFlow™ product offering with addition of the Plasma Cell Screening Tube from Cytognos S.L. - April 03, 2014 - ALPCO
Peptineo, a Biotechnology Company Focused on Value Recovery in Pharma, Announces the Appointment of Kamal Garcha PhD., to Advisory Board
"We welcome the addition of Dr. Garcha," noted Sheldon K. Jordan, PhD, CEO. Dr. Garcha holds an Honor’s BSC in Cell Biology and MSc. in Zoology from Western University, and a PhD. in Cellular & Physiological Sciences from the University of British Columbia. During the course of... - April 02, 2014 - Peptineo
Robert Dunn of Univ. of Kansas to Speak at Bioanalytical Sensors Mtg, May 22-23, 2014, Cambridge, MA
Robert Dunn, Professor of Chemistry at the Adams Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Kansas, is to give a presentation titled “Multiplexed Lable-Free Biosensing Using Whispering Gallery Mode Imaging” at the Inaugural Bioanalytical Sensors Conference, May 22 & 23,... - April 02, 2014 - GTCbio
Norman Dovichi of Notre Dame to Speak at Bioanalytical Sensors Mtg, May 22-23, 2014, Cambridge, MA
Norman Dovichi, Grace-Rupley Professor at the University of Notre Dame, is to give a presentation titled “Zone Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry at the zeptomole level,” at the Inaugural Bioanalytical Sensors Conference, May 22 & 23, 2014 in Cambridge, MA. Norman Dovichi received... - April 02, 2014 - GTCbio
Jaebum Choo of Hanyang Univ. to Speak at Bioanalytical Sensors Mtg, May 22-23, 2014, Cambridge, MA.
Jaebum Choo, professor in the Department of Bionano Technology at the Hanyang University, to give a presentation titled “Application of SERS-based optofluidic sensor for highly sensitive biomedical diagnosis,” at the Inaugural Bioanalytical Sensors Conference, May 22 & 23, 2014 in... - March 30, 2014 - GTCbio
Paul Bohn of Notre Dame to Speak at Bioanalytical Sensors Meeting, May 22-23, 2014, Cambridge, MA.
Paul W. Bohn, Arthur J Schmitt Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, to give a presentation titled “Tight Coupling of Chemical Sensing and Reactivity in Nanofluidic Architectures” at the Inaugural Bioanalytical Sensors Conference, May 22 &... - March 30, 2014 - GTCbio
Sunney Xie, Harvard to Keynote at Single Cell Analysis Conference, May 22-23, 2014, in Cambridge, MA
Sunney Xie, Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, to Give a Keynote Presentation at the Single Cell Analysis Conference 2014, May 22-23, 2014 in Cambridge, MA. - March 30, 2014 - GTCbio
Andrew Farmer, Clontech to Speak at Single Cell Analysis Meeting, May 22-23, 2014, in Cambridge, MA
Andrew Farmer, Vice President of Research and Development of Clontech Libratory, to Give a Presentation at the Single Cell Analysis Conference 2014, May 22-23, 2014 in Cambridge, MA. - March 30, 2014 - GTCbio