Don't miss the BioBiz Partnering Forum -- today, 5:30-8:30pm at Wake Forest Biotech Place.
The BioBiz Forum will feature opportunities to form collaborative teams and acquire key resources in: advanced materials; regenerative medicine; healthcare IT; medical devices; and market-driven entrepreneurship. This goal-directed, interactive forum will feature opportunity-driven collective intelligence in action.
Participants will benefit from facilitated introductions and business development discussions catalyzed by: description of specific healthcare problems by clinicians and clinical investigators; overview of strategic business interests of corporate stakeholders; introduction of problem-driven technology innovations by leading researchers; and investor perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of investing in healthcare.
Download a BioBiz flyer for information and registration.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Wake Forest Baptist Names President of Piedmont Triad Research Park and Chief Innovation Officer
Eric Tomlinson, DSc, PhD, a scientific and business leader whose career incorporates academia, product innovation and economic development, has been named President of Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRP) and Chief Innovation Officer of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He will join the Medical Center July 2, 2012.
“Eric will focus on the commercialization of research and innovation, along with the business development of PTRP, which is the area’s top regional economic project priority and one of the largest urban life science research parks in the country,” said John D. McConnell, M.D., chief executive officer of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. “His unique background in academic science, large pharmaceutical and small startup companies, product design and commercialization, and government policy made him the ideal candidate to build on our successes.”
With the recent completion of the state-of-the-art Biotech Place, the Medical Center has 10 departments in the park. Other park tenants include approximately 40 companies, professions, firms and organizations that employ about 1,000 people. Read more.
“Eric will focus on the commercialization of research and innovation, along with the business development of PTRP, which is the area’s top regional economic project priority and one of the largest urban life science research parks in the country,” said John D. McConnell, M.D., chief executive officer of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. “His unique background in academic science, large pharmaceutical and small startup companies, product design and commercialization, and government policy made him the ideal candidate to build on our successes.”
With the recent completion of the state-of-the-art Biotech Place, the Medical Center has 10 departments in the park. Other park tenants include approximately 40 companies, professions, firms and organizations that employ about 1,000 people. Read more.
Winston-Salem's B/E Aerospace to Acquire Aviation Company
B/E Aerospace, the world’s leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products and the world’s leading distributor of aerospace fasteners and consumables has signed an agreement to acquire Germany-based Interturbine Aviation Logistics GmbH and its related companies.
While B/E Aerospace is headquartered in Wellington, Fla., the company is run operationally from its Fairchild Road campus in Winston-Salem. B/E Aerospace employs nearly 1,100 full-time local workers. The company has experienced record growth and has signed a lease for a 90,000-square-foot office building in Winston-Salem.
Revenues reached $2.5 billion last year and the company this year announced an $800 million deal with the Boeing Co. to provide lavatory systems for the 737 Next-Generation airplane as well as the 737 MAX jet. B/E Aerospace saw its commercial aircraft segment grow 30 percent thanks largely to the company’s seating business. Read more.
While B/E Aerospace is headquartered in Wellington, Fla., the company is run operationally from its Fairchild Road campus in Winston-Salem. B/E Aerospace employs nearly 1,100 full-time local workers. The company has experienced record growth and has signed a lease for a 90,000-square-foot office building in Winston-Salem.
Revenues reached $2.5 billion last year and the company this year announced an $800 million deal with the Boeing Co. to provide lavatory systems for the 737 Next-Generation airplane as well as the 737 MAX jet. B/E Aerospace saw its commercial aircraft segment grow 30 percent thanks largely to the company’s seating business. Read more.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Wake Forest's FiberCell has 100% increase in organic solar cell performance
A new 'light pipes' breakthrough by Wake Forest University spin-off company FiberCell, Inc. promises an increase in organic solar cell efficiency of more than one hundred percent. The 'light pipes' are perpendicular optical fibers to the cells which pipe in the sunlight. They are evenly spaced and densely populated and stamped onto the cells' polymer substrate foundation so the sun's rays can enter the tip of the fiber at any angle, bounce around there and finally get absorbed by the organic solar cell. They protrude from the surface like stubble and with a dip-coating process are surrounded by thin organic solar cells. A light-absorbing dye or polymer is sprayed on the cells. The nanomaterials provide a larger surface area for dye absorption and scatter more light in the red part of the solar spectrum.
Winston-Salem's Arctic, Inc. Develops Frostbite Weed-killer
Curiosity, more than necessity, was the mother of invention for the green weed-killing product created by Arctic Inc. Arctic, based in Clemmons, developed the idea for its Frostbite weed-control system after co-founder Rob Howerton used spray cleaner on his computer keyboard.Frostbite applies "a killing frost" to provide a faster and safer organic option compared with traditional weed-control methods. It typically works in 1-3 days compared with up to 30 days with traditional weed-killing products, the company says.
Primary customers are turf professionals, such as landscapers and operators of public and private outdoor spaces who rely on turf professionals to maintain lawns, ball fields, parks, golf courses and school playgrounds.
Arctic began offering Frostbite to turf professionals in late 2011. Among its largest clients are Pleasant Green Grass, the largest organic lawn-care company in the Raleigh/Durham area; the completely organic Vineyard Golf Club in Martha's Vineyard; and Harvard University, which plans to use Frostbite to replace the hand-pulling of weeds throughout its campus.
Among Arctic's accolades was named Friday as the winner of the second round of the PTP Next competition and a $20,000 grant. Read more.
Wake Forest University professor: "Can a video game cure cancer?"
Samuel Cho, an assistant professor in physics and computer science, and his students use graphics processing units found in video games to explore the biomolecular processes in the cell and take on challenges, including a cure for cancer.For his most recent published study, Cho simulated the folding and unfolding of a critical RNA molecule component of the human telomerase enzyme. This enzyme lengthens DNA strands during cell division and only exists in cancerous cells. It’s what makes tumors continue to grow. Knowing how human telomerase works could lead to cancer therapies that essentially obliterate tumors, Cho said. Read more.
June Frameworks Session
Entrepreneurs from VentureRealization2 will present elevator pitches on their ventures. Join us and learn about fascinating start-ups. There will be opportunities for feedback, insights, and expressions of interest to join one of these ventures.
When:
June 26, 2012
7:30am-9:00am
Where:
Wake Forest Biotech Place
575 N Patterson Ave., Winston-Salem
Click here for directions and parking information.
Who:
Anyone interested in entrepreneurship, planning a new venture, working in a startup, developing new initiatives at larger companies, or improving their entrepreneurial and commercialization skills.
What:
A monthly educational and networking series organized by the Wake Forest University New Venture Incubator. Free. Sponsored by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative and New Venture Incubator.
When:
June 26, 2012
7:30am-9:00am
Where:
Wake Forest Biotech Place
575 N Patterson Ave., Winston-Salem
Click here for directions and parking information.
Who:
Anyone interested in entrepreneurship, planning a new venture, working in a startup, developing new initiatives at larger companies, or improving their entrepreneurial and commercialization skills.
What:
A monthly educational and networking series organized by the Wake Forest University New Venture Incubator. Free. Sponsored by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative and New Venture Incubator.
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