TROY - Altair has acquired Michigan-based TES International’s technology, intellectual property, and other assets. Terms were not announced. TES was founded in 1994 to service the “electronics cooling” market, and provides cross-industry software solutions for thermal design and packaging, custom programming, general heat transfer, stress and vibration analysis, and computational fluid dynamics. Their main CFD software, ElectroFlo,
ANN ARBOR - GenomeNext has embedded Genomenon’s Mastermind search results in its Olympus Platform to simplify and accelerate variant curation for genomic analysis. Efficacious variant interpretation is a critical but challenging requirement to translate genomics into clinical care and medical discovery. Variant curation remains a very labor-intensive bottleneck often requiring inefficient, manual processes that can
ANN ARBOR - Saphetor S.A., a precision medicine analysis company and Genomenon Inc., a genomic literature search engine company, have signed an agreement to share genomic variant data between their software platforms. Genomenon’s Mastermind Genomic Search Engine is the world’s first search engine that connects patient’s genomic data with the evidence from the scientific literature.
DETROIT – One and a half years after TimePlay and Emagine Entertainment aligned to introduce multi-player interactive games to Movie-goers at Emagine theatres across Detroit, the platform is about to pull back the curtain on a completely new concept. For the first time ever, Movie-goers will have the chance to participate in a gaming tournament for
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan Center for the Discovery of New Medicines has awarded early-stage funding for seven new drug discovery projects by faculty from across U-M. Six of the projects focus on treating disease including heart failure, runaway cell division in cancer, hypertension, Crohn's disease, a genetic heart disorder and neurological damage.
ANN ARBOR – Michigan Venture Capital Association announced Monday the launch of its 2018 Venture Fellows Program to build initiatives to assist venture capital firms in fostering a more diverse and inclusive entrepreneurial and Investment community in Michigan. Launched in 2011, the program has increased the number of venture professionals in Michigan to accelerate the
DETROIT – The Michigan Science Center was named a finalist in the US2020 STEM Coalition Challenge, a competition for communities across the country to develop cross-sector partnerships bringing quality hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) mentoring and maker-centered learning to underrepresented students. As a finalist, MiSci will move on to compete for a share
ANN ARBOR - Consumer sentiment has remained largely unchanged for more than a year at very favorable levels, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The January Sentiment figure was just 0.2 Index-points below December's, and just 1.1 points below the 2017 average of 96.8—which was the highest yearly average since 2000, said
ROYAL OAK - Michigan Science Center CEO Dr. Tonya Matthews will announce she is Mistress of Ceremonies for IoT TechConnect. Comcast Executive Director Vito Forienza will discuss Winter Olympics Coverage. Lawrence Tech’s Director Of BFA Game Art Marshall Ashton will explain a 48-hour video game design marathon. Kyyba Accelerator CEO Tel Ganesan will announce an
DETROIT - Detroit ranks 9th in a list of 26 major US markets for startups moving into the metropolitan area in the past year, a new survey shows. What’s more, Detroit CIOs reported the top three impacts startup and business growth has had on the city: The Detroit area has become more innovative (87 percent)
