GRAND RAPIDS - The 2006 MichBio Expo will be held this October at Grand Rapid's state-of-the-art conference center, DeVos Place, in downtown Grand Rapids, in the heart of the city's life sciences and health-care focused Smart Zone. The dates will be Oct. 10-12. The first day features a Student Life Science Career Day, at Grand
LANSING - The Request For Proposals information for the $400 million up for grabs in the 21st Century Job Fund has been posted electronically at the Michigan Economic Development Corp.'s web site. Only electronic RFPs will be processed by the MEDC for the life sciences and tech companies that apply. Key dates for any Michigan
MOUNT PLEASANT - A Connecticut company developing biotechnologies to coat artificial cells to treat many health conditions will build a laboratory at Central Michigan University's Dow Science Complex. Initially, two researchers from Artificial Cell Technologies Inc. will move to Mount Pleasant. One ACT staff person has been at CMU since last summer. Soon, ACT will
YPSILANTI ? MichBio, Michigan?s Life Sciences trade association, announced last week that its 2006 annual meeting will be held in March at the Marriott Eagle Crest conference center in Ypsilanti. The MichBio Annual Meeting draws industry leaders and influential biotech professionals from across the state of Michigan. This meeting includes open bar, live music, dinner,
KALAMAZOO ? A Pfizer R&D lab will soon become home for scientists and research students at Western Michigan University and perhaps another magnet to attract new biotech companies to Southwest Michigan. Pfizer will sell Building 126 on East Lovell Street in downtown Kalamazoo to the WMU Foundation for $3.8 million. The foundation, which receives private
ANN ARBOR - You may know that MichBio has established a number of MichBio student chapters across the state, at the following institutions: Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Western Michigan University, Central Michigan University, Kalamazoo College, Saginaw Valley State University and Wayne State University. Chapters are currently being finalized at Eastern Michigan University and
GRAND HAVEN - Physiotherapy Associates, a division of Stryker Corporation, will add more than 500 clinics to Atlas Ergonomics existing network of service providers, which are aimed a working with people struggling with work-related injuries. The partnership will double Atlas? network to more than 1,100 locations across North America. Atlas will train Physiotherapy clinicians on
LANSING ? One Michigan manufacturer that has never had a lay off is Neogen Corp., which primarily develops rapid and easy-to-use diagnostic test kits to detect natural toxins, pesticide residues, and bacterial organisms in food and animal feed products. Neogen has hired more than 40 people for its Lansing plant in the past 12 months,
ANN ARBOR ? Sprouts? next quarterly meeting on Jan. 19 will explore the Future of Medical Imaging with keynote speaker James Kaufman of GE Healthcare. The event is scheduled from 4:30 ? 6 pm at Spark Central, where the featured company will be Xoran. For more information, click on MichBio.Org
KALAMAZOO ? In December, the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center will host John Vogel, a recognized expert in contract research organizations, part of a two-day Life Sciences conference. The program includes a reception, individual company workshops and a half-day lecture to more than 100 industry leaders from across the Midwest. A half-day seminar on Outsourcing in