GRAND RAPIDS - Small biotechnology firms will be gaining new support in the state of Michigan. A New Therapeutic Discovery tax credit, created under the Affordable Care Act, will support research with potential to produce new therapies, create high-quality jobs for the state. The biotechnology industry employs 1.3 million Michigan workers, and the industry continues
SOUTHFIELD ? Join the Engineering Society of Detroit Sept. 20 for its kick-off breakfast of the new Eggs & Energy Alternative Energy Breakfast Series. The first program will feature expert speaker Mujeeb Ijaz, Systems Energy Solutions Group Manager from A123 Systems. Michigan Congressman Gary Peters has been invited to speak as well. The series is
TROY - Dynamic Advisory Solutions will open its second office in Ann Arbor with Rob Marshall serving as managing director. Marshall holds an MBA from Duquesne University and has extensive management experience in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry. "Ann Arbor is a great location for a DAS office," said Marshall. "The region has a
GRAND RAPIDS - A consortium of regional partners, including the Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund, have cobbled together a $10 million Venture Capital fund aimed at supporting early stage life science and technology companies. Michigan Accelerator Fund I has been made possible through a $6 million award from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and investments
DEARBORN ? TiECon Midwest 2010 provides an unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to exchange ideas, explore new businesses, discuss emerging technologies, share growth strategies and obtain insight from global business leaders, community leaders and worldwide experts. TiECon 2010 ? Business Karma 3.0 is scheduled for Oct. 28-29 at The Henry, formerly known as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
LANSING - Despite the tough economy, Michigan has made discernable progress over the past several years in some key measures of entrepreneurship, according to the fifth annual Entrepreneurship Score Card, released for 2008-2009. The score card is published by the Small Business Foundation of Michigan, operated in connection with the Small Business Association of Michigan.
EAST LANSING - Students from Glen Lake High School placed 17th out of 54 teams nationwide in the Soils category at the North American Envirothon, an annual environmental education competition held the first week in August at California. The top five winners for 2010 included California, Delaware, Minnesota, Florida and Maryland, respectively. "Michigan Enviorthon is
ANN ARBOR - It's a problem every fire chief knows all too well: how can you keep track of all of your responders during an incident? If there is an evacuation, how can you be sure that everyone made it out? If a missing firefighter is actually trapped inside, you have just minutes to rescue
DETROIT - Tej K. Mattoo, M.D., professor and chief of Pediatric Nephrology at Wayne State University's School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Michigan, recently received more than $1.7 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to continue the project, Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux in
SOUTHFIELD - Employers seeking college students majoring in engineering, computer science and technology disciplines will have the opportunity to meet a wide variety of undergraduates and recent graduates from two Oakland County colleges that attract top students in these fields from around the region. Tech x 2 Expo = OU + LTU, a joint career