BioHealth News Archive

NHLBI Funding Opportunities, April 17, 2014

NHLBI Funding Opportunities, April 17, 2014

Funding and Research Opportunities The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of…

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Jay Brodie: Baltimore’s tech scene needs a common vision – Baltimore Business Journal

Jay Brodie: Baltimore’s tech scene needs a common vision – Baltimore Business Journal

In the winter of 1996, as part of my new position as president of the Baltimore Development Corp., I searched for evidence of the…

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InvestMaryland Challenge Finale Tickets, Baltimore – Eventbrite

InvestMaryland Challenge Finale Tickets, Baltimore – Eventbrite

Join us as we bring together the major players in Maryland’s startup ecosystem to celebrate entrepreneurism and award nearly $1,000,000 in prizes to the…

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Inside The Lab Where They Build Robots That Are Smaller Than Pennies – Business Insider

Inside The Lab Where They Build Robots That Are Smaller Than Pennies – Business Insider

Sarah Bergbreiter is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland, and she and her team build tiny robots. Just how…

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Horizon Pharma Announces the Appointment of H. Thomas Watkins to Its Board of Directors – MarketWatch

Horizon Pharma Announces the Appointment of H. Thomas Watkins to Its Board of Directors – MarketWatch

Horizon Pharma, Inc. today announced the appointment of H. Thomas Watkins, former director, president and chief executive officer of Human Genome Sciences, to its…

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Job Opportunity: Executive Director Enterprise & Business Development, Industry & Commercial Relations at Johns Hopkins

Job Opportunity: Executive Director Enterprise & Business Development, Industry & Commercial Relations at Johns Hopkins

The Executive Director supports the Senior Advisor for Enterprise Development to the University President in directing and managing the short and long term critical…

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Investing in Research Universities Only Way to Strengthen Innovation, Says MIT President – Al Bawaba

Investing in Research Universities Only Way to Strengthen Innovation, Says MIT President – Al Bawaba

The most fundamental way for a nation to build its strength in innovation is to invest in its research universities because this investment brings…

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Qiagen licenses biomarker for blood disorder diagnosis

Qiagen licenses biomarker for blood disorder diagnosis

Qiagen has acquired an exclusive worldwide license to a promising biomarker that could aid the diagnosis of a group of blood disorders. The biomarker…

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Cambridge Innovation Center: ‘no commitment or timeframe’ here » Technical.ly Baltimore

Cambridge Innovation Center: ‘no commitment or timeframe’ here » Technical.ly Baltimore

For nearly a year and a half, there has been word that Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) — the Massachusetts-based coworking space and business incubator…

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Mayo’s James A. Rogers: It’s a great time for startups

Mayo’s James A. Rogers: It’s a great time for startups

MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum, to take place April 22-23 in Chicago, unites active investors with corporate business development executives to facilitate investment opportunities with…

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Job Opportunity: Senior Business Development Specialist, Grade 27 – Montgomery County

Job Opportunity: Senior Business Development Specialist, Grade 27 – Montgomery County

The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development is looking for a senior level professional to formulate and implement the County's economic development strategy related…

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Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM)

Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM)

Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM) funds research projects that identify factors that are effacacious in the formation of ethical STEM researchers in…

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The Overlooked Influence of Kathleen Sebelius – Scientific American

The Overlooked Influence of Kathleen Sebelius – Scientific American

When Kathleen Sebelius took the helm of one of the largest civilian departments in the federal government, the first thorny issue on her desk…

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Emergent BioSolutions Successfully Completes Pivotal Clinical Study to Support Expanded Indication for BioThrax – MarketWatch

Emergent BioSolutions Successfully Completes Pivotal Clinical Study to Support Expanded Indication for BioThrax – MarketWatch

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. today announced successful completion of the last licensure-enabling study in its BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) program. This clinical…

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Qiagen to depart old Digene HQ, expand two other Maryland campuses – Washington Business Journal

Qiagen to depart old Digene HQ, expand two other Maryland campuses – Washington Business Journal

Qiagen NV, the Dutch diagnostics technology company that bought  Gaithersburg-based Digene for $1.6 billion in 2007, is preparing to clear out of Digene's old offices and…

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