Life Science Company and Industry News Briefs

U. Minnesota Receives $3.2M Cancer Support Grant

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Thu, Aug 08, 2013

Lab suppliers working to increase life science sales leads and sell lab equipment may be interested in the latest funding news at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. This 2013, the university received a $3.2 million cancer support grant from the NIH for the University of Minnesota Cancer Center. Lab suppliers may want to take advantage of this grant, along with a wealth of other research grants from the NIH and NSF, at University of Minnesota life science marketing events. The NIH RePORTER states:

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Tags: 2013, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, UMinn

Nine Institutions Receive Funding for MS Research

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Thu, Jul 11, 2013

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society announced a commitment of $2.5 million to the Network of Pediatric MS Centers, a network of nine centers that includes the Mayo Clinic, the University of California at San Francisco, Stony Brook University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children’s Hospital Boston, Texas Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda University, the State University of New York at Buffalo and Massachusetts General Hospital. According to PR Newswire, the funding will be used to research the cause of MS by investigating risk factors for the disease in children close to the time of exposure.

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Tags: University of California San Francisco, 2013, Minnesota, California, Mayo Clinic, SFVS, UAlab, RMN, SunySB

Minnesota life science technology events coming soon

Posted by BCI Staff on Tue, Jun 25, 2013

Researchers and lab suppliers are invited to participated in 3 important Minnesota life science technology events coming soon.

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Tags: 2013, Minnesota, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Rochester, UMinn, UMinnSP, RMN

University of Michigan Wins Prize for Crowd-Funding Research Idea

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Wed, Jun 12, 2013

The University of Michigan’s pioneering crowd-funding approach to funding research may interest lab suppliers interested in marketing their life science solutions and university lab equipment at Michigan life science marketing events. In years past, medical research has been funded through federal agencies and private funders that require scientists to submit proposals and wait long periods of time for results. The system is intended to fund the best-executed and most innovative university research, but is it always effective?

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Tags: University of Michigan, 2013, Minnesota, UMich, UMinn

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: $326.3M in Research Funding

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Thu, Feb 14, 2013

Biotechnology vendors and lab suppliers in Minnesota will find a well-funded life science research market at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, according to the most recent NIH and NSF research funding statistics. In 2012, the NIH awarded the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities $243.5 million in research funding. The funding was distributed among a number of different departments at the university. For the convenience of our readers, we have composed a list with the number of projects awarded money in each science research discipline and the total amount of funding for those projects:

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Tags: 2013, Minnesota, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, UofM, biotechnology vendors and lab suppliers, UMinn

Bioresearch Events in Minnesota Help Researchers Move Forward

Posted by BCI Staff on Mon, Oct 01, 2012

Since 2004, the University of Minnesota's research portfolio has grown by 41% – the second-highest growth rate among U.S. public research universities. This phenomenal growth rate has helped pushed U of M to 9th among the nation’s top research universities. In fact, the University of Minnesota garnered a record $823M in outside research funding for 2010. In addition, 14 new companies were launched in past 18 months from the University-based technologies. This resulted in the University garnering nearly$84M in gross annual revenue from patent and licensing activity in 2010.

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Tags: 2013, Bioresearch, Minnesota, UMinn, UMinnSP, RMN

Life Science Research Marketing Opportunities Coming to Minnesota

Posted by BCI Staff on Thu, Jun 14, 2012

Minnesota has a thriving research community, new buildings, high funding levels and is currently attracting top life science research professionals from around the world.

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Tags: Midwest, Minnesota, Rochester, Mayo, Mayo Clinic, UMinn, UMinnSP, RMN

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