Kansas climbs to No. 5 in biotech strength Jul 27, 2010
Kansas also has received $650 million to establish a biodefense lab and an animal disease research lab at. Most Read Stories. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
$600M allocated for economic projects Jul 7, 2010
HARRISBURG -- An $830 million vaccine-producing "biodefense center," to be built somewhere in Allegheny County, is getting a $30 million boost from a statewide capital construction bill that Gov. Ed Rendell plans to sign today in Pittsburgh ... Rendell spokesman Gary Tuma said the federal biodefense contract involves "development of an on-demand flu vaccine." ... The $30 million is just a small start for the proposed UPMC biodefense center, which would need $580 million in federal funds plus... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Biosensors Reveal How Single Bacterium Gets the Message to Split Into a Swimming and a Stay-Put Cell Jun 5, 2010
Miller directs the Northwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research. The lead author is Dr. Matthias Christen, a UW postdoctoral fellow in immunology who has moved on to become a faculty member in the Biozentrum at the University of Basel, Switzerland. (Science Daily)
New LLNL detection technology identifies bacteria, viruses, other organisms within 24 hours May 6, 2010
"This is important because it fills a cost-performance gap that is relevant to many missions: biodefense, public health and product safety.". In the area of biodefense, current systems are centered upon the detection of smaller prioritized sets of high-risk pathogens, rather than testing for a much broader spectrum of organisms ... -based National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (EurekAlert!)
Biolab hearing stirs protests, pits panel against community Apr 30, 2010
Michael Kurrilla, who directs the Office of Biodefense Research Affairs at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and who was in the audience, said that the community seemed more interested in the goals of the committee than they have in the past, instead of straying from the main discussion. There was much more of an interaction back and forth than what we ve seen in the past, he said. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Electronic medical record technology aids marathon participants Apr 23, 2010
Dr. Guyer explains that in preparation for the Detroit Free Press Marathon, an information technologist with the state's Medical Biodefense Network created a secure patient intake form and event log, accessible on the Internet. The form included basic demographic data for marathon participants and spectators, as well as fields for complaint, exam, treatment and disposition data. (EurekAlert!)
Thinking on the Envelope: Finding a Medical 'Silver Bullet' to Disable Many of the World's Deadliest Viruses Mar 30, 2010
This work began as part of a biodefense grant from the National Institutes of Health, screening a library of 30,000 compounds for activity against the envelope of , an emerging infection first identified in 1999 in Malaysia. Nipah is so deadly that work with the virus itself can only be done in (BSL-4) labs where researchers wear tightly sealed hazmat suits with internal oxygen supplies. (Scientific American)
People on the Move: March 1 Mar 2, 2010
s Stuart Grant, senior vice president and chief financial officer of BioCryst, is speaking as a participant on the Biodefense Panel at RBC Capital Market's Healthcare Conference in New York on March 2. Tom Brobson, national director, Global Research Communications with Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation with Type 1, is coming to Alabama March 2-4. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
Novel Antitoxin Strategy Developed Using 'Tagged Binding Agents' Feb 26, 2010
The Tufts study, in collaboration with researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, is published this month in the journal Infection and Immunity and was funded by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the New England Regional Center for Excellence (NERCE) for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases ... The division also oversees the New England Regional Biosafety Laboratory, a 41,000 square foot, level-2 and level-3 facility dedicated to the... (Science Daily)
The NYT on its "kill more civilians" Op-Ed writer Feb 23, 2010
That, too, vaguely refers to the work she has done -- "as an open source analyst covering biodefense issues" and "as a data analyst for current coalition information operations in Afghanistan" -- while conspicuously omitting for whom that work is done. What bizarre behavior from the NYT: it publishes an extremist, repellent Op-Ed calling, in essence, for the deaths of more innocent Afghans and accusing the Obama administration of sacrificing the lives of American troops due to excessive concern... (Salon)
FBI officially closes anthrax probe Feb 20, 2010
As many as 1,000 possible suspects were investigated, but it wasn t until 2007 that investigators determined the spores in the letters came from a single spore batch that had been created by Dr. Bruce E. Ivins, an Army biodefense expert and microbiologist. The report goes on to provide, in great detail, its investigation in relation to opportunity, motive and some of the mental health issues Ivins was dealing with. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
Infection-Fighting Antibodies Made in Plants as Effective as Costlier Conventional Version Feb 12, 2010
Funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research supported this research ... They report their findings at the 2005 American Society for Microbiology Biodefense. (Science Daily)
QIAGEN Reports Strong Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Results Feb 9, 2010
g. veterinary, food, environmental, biodefense testing), and in all other settings, where a laboratory infrastructure is not accessible and low-throughput molecular testing and fast turnaround is required. "All three transactions contribute to key elements of our strategy to lead in molecular diagnostics-based prevention, profiling, personalized healthcare and point of need testing. With different platform technologies that address all needs in terms of throughput, flexibility in assay... (Primezone Releases)
Researcher Discovers Ebola's Deadly Secret Jan 21, 2010
Work in the Amarasinghe laboratory was funded in part by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, National Institutes of Health, and the Midwest Regional Center for Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease Research. X-ray crystallographic data were collected at the Advanced Light Source beamline 4. (Science Daily)
Emergent ups sales estimates for 2010 Jan 12, 2010
In all, the Rockville biodefense company said it anticipates making $235 million to $255 million in revenue in 2010, compared to last year s preliminary, unaudited figures of $234 million in revenue. In addition, while the company estimates it made $25 million to $28 million in net income last year, it forecasts $20 million to $30 million in net income for 2010. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Emergent lowers its debt payments Jan 10, 2010
Through its biodefense operations subsidiary in Lansing, Mich. the company said its new loan with will result in monthly payments worth $126,000, rather than the previous $250,000 payment amounts. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
