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The University System of Maryland (USM) is Maryland’s public higher education system, consisting of 11 degree-granting universities, two regional higher education centers and one environmental research institution.  With approximately 170,000 students and 38,000 graduates each year, USM is the most significant producer of talented workers and educated citizens in Maryland.  USM institutions, faculty, students and graduates attract billions of federal and privately funded research dollars to the state that support thousands of jobs.  They also create hundreds of new companies.  Combined, these activities enable USM to support one of America’s most vibrant economies.

Becker’s Healthcare is pleased to honor 90 healthcare leaders under 40 years old as rising stars in the industry.

Today, the Greater Washington Partnership unveiled the Blueprint For Regional Mobility, the first ever CEO-driven comprehensive strategy that binds the Capital Region and better connects residents in Baltimore, Washington and Richmond to opportunity.

This unified vision for the future of the region’s transportation system comes on the heels of Amazon’s commitment earlier this month to bring 25,000 jobs to the region. Executing on the seven solutions and 20 actions laid out in the Blueprint will fundamentally transform the way we move around the region, reversing our current disjointed system’s trajectory of worsening congestion and limiting access to essential destinations for many families in our region.

What comes to mind when you think about your body?

Most people might imagine an intricate network of blood vessels or the complex neural circuits of the brain. Or we might picture diagrams from the iconic medical textbook, Gray’s Anatomy.

With preparedness solutions that address emerging infectious diseases to chemical and biological threats, protecting and enhancing lives is at the heart of everything Emergent BioSolutions does. Emergent develops vaccines, therapeutics, and devices for some of the most notable diseases and threats in modern history, including Zika, Ebola and Anthrax.

PathSensors, Inc., a rapidly growing, Baltimore-based biotechnology company focused on delivering pathogen detection solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a $7.2 million contract from the Department of Defense – Washington Headquarters Services to provide CANARY reagents and technical support to Department of Defense Facilities in the National Capital Region. The program includes the manufacture of reagents, equipment support and the development of products for new and emerging threats. The contract extends through 2023.

As stated by Josh Wolfe, co-founder and managing partner at Lux Capital, “the gap between ‘sci-fi’ — that which was once imagined — and ‘sci-fact’ — that which becomes manifest and real — is shrinking.”

The new chief executive had joined the company in January — after selling his last biotech company for several million dollars.

A Zika vaccine candidate co-developed by Emergent BioSolutions and Valneva has turned up positive early-stage results, laying the groundwork for a potential technology transfer to Emergent.

Market conditions for venture funding remained very strong in the third quarter of 2018. Deal size and pre-money valuations across all equity rounds decreased slightly but still remained high by historical standards. Median pre-money valuations inched down across the board in Q3 2018. The decline in median amounts raised was more significant, with Series B financings taking the most significant hit, and with the median size falling nearly 50% from the prior quarter. However, more post-Series A financings were up rounds, reversing the decline seen in the first half of 2018.