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EVENTS
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MAR. 31 & APR. 1
BIO LEGISLATIVE DAY FLY-IN
An opportunity for the biotechnology industry to meet with the 111th Congress and advocate the BIO legislative agenda.
Four Points Sheraton
1201 K Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
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APR. 9
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES BREAKFASTS
The focus will be on food safety.
Dr. Jim Stave, Vice President, Research and Development for Strategic Diagnostics, Inc. & Delaware State University presenter TBD
7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Next breakfast: June 11
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APR. 29
DELAWARE BIO ANNUAL AWARDS GALA
Join us to celebrate another dynamic year.
DuPONT COUNTRY CLUB
5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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MAY 13 - 15
Joins the world's most promising university medical commercialization opportunities with the industry's top disease foundations, corporations, and
investors.
Loews Philadelphia
Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
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MAY 18 - 21
BIO 2009
"Heat, Fuel, and Feed the World"
Focus is on providing the partnering tools, licensing tips, and other industry resources needed to meet current economic challenges and strengthen biotech business for the future.
Atlanta Convention
Center
Atlanta, GA
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JUNE 9 & 10
EARLY STAGE EAST
A venture capital conference focused on early stage companies.
Apply to present at this conference.
Applications close
April 24.
Hotel DuPont
Wilmington, DE
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Premier MedTech Conference for networking with industry leaders, business executives, financiers, and more.
Walter E. Washington
Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
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SAVE THESE DATES!
2009 Upcoming BioBreakfasts
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
Delaware Biotechnology Institute
15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE.
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
TUESDAY, JULY 14
John H. Ammon Medical Education Center, Christiana Care
Newark, DE
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
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ANALTECH, Inc.
is the only U.S.-based manufacturer of Thin Layer Chromatography Plates. Read more.
DELAWARE FILM COMPANY, a feature film production company, delivers high-end corporate video to life science clients. Read more.
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE |
 from Bob Dayton, President, Delaware BioScience Association
In 2008, the Delaware BioScience Association's Directors and our many partners supported our growth in so many ways, and there's more in store in 2009.
Read more.
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DELAWARE BIOSCIENCE ASSOCIATION WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBERS
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Delaware Bio is pleased to announce the addition
of five dynamic individuals to our Board of Directors:
* Ben Chien, QPS Chairman, President and CEO
* Dale Ervin, Director of Operations, Fraunhofer Center for
Molecular Biotechnology
* Kelvin Lee, Director, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
* Brian Little, Vice President Academic Affairs and Research,
Christiana Care Health System
* Pam Murphy, Vice President Investor Relations and Corporate
Communications, Incyte Corporation
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INDUSTRY ROUND UP
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DELAWARE BIO KICKS OFF "WINTERFEST"
On January 29, Delaware Bio kicked off its 
Life Sciences Leadership Winterfest, a networking event sponsored by VWR and Chef DuJour Catering. More than 80 top- level executives from area life sciences companies joined together to talk business and learn more about W.L. Gore, which hosted the event in the company's Capabilities Center. Read more.
RE@LITYCORP PARTNERS WITH MISSION 3
Delivering cutting edge technology to emerging life sciences companies is the goal of a new strategic alliance between Re@lityCorp and Mission 3, Inc. Read more.
MEMBERS BENEFIT FROM VWR PARTNERSHIP
Delaware Bio and VWR International have renewed a two-year agreement to supply Delaware Bio members with lab and safety supplies, chemicals, equipment, calibration and validation services, equipment repair services, and more. Read more.
GORE PHARMBIO DOUBLES CAPACITY WITH NEW PLANT
To double its capacity, Gore PharmBIO Products opened a new manufacturing facility in Elkton, MD. Read more.
FISH & RICHARDSON EXPANDS
Fish & Richardson brings on an associate and a technology specialist to expand its life sciences practice in Delaware.
Read more.
$10.5 MILLION GRANT FOR UD BIOMATERIALS
RESEARCH CENTER
A five-year grant of $10.5 million has been awarded to the University of Delaware from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research. The grant supports a multidisciplinary research program on molecular design of advanced biomaterials. Read more.
ACCUGENIX PROMOTES ROGER NALEPA TO CEO
Recently, Accugenix announced the promotion of Roger Nalepa, the company's former COO to CEO & president. The company also reassigned former CEO Doug Smith to Vice President of Research and Development. Read more.
NEW DELAWARE VALLEY INNOVATION NETWORK GRANTS
DVIN has announced a number of new Innovation Investment Awards in support of its mission to transform the life science industry in the 14-county tri-state region. Read more.
FIRST TRI-STATE TALENT GAP ANALYSIS REPORT COMPLETE
DVIN completed the tri-state region's first comprehensive Talent Gap Report, and findings will be used to help the region understand how the talent needs of the life sciences industry are changing and what the workforce needs to do to remain competitive. Read more.
GRANT OF $1.02 MILLION TO NEMOURS
The Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research received $1.02 million in grants from a variety of organizations in support of its continuing research to find the causes of pediatric cancers.
Read more.
REBOUND OF BIO INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED
An investor perception study by Thomson Reuters and the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) was presented at the 11th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference in New York in February. The results show that the biotechnology industry is expected to rebound and outperform healthcare and the rest of the market during 2009. Read more.
GRANTS TO FRAUNHOFER CMB ADVANCE VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
In the last few months, two grants have been awarded to the Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology. In January, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded a grant of $8.7 million in support of continued development of a commercially viable avian influenza vaccine. The goal is to advance promising candidates into clinical trials. Read more.
In March, Fraunhofer CMB received a $12 million grant, which represents the second phase of a program that focuses on developing a flexible technology that can produce vaccines within weeks for threats like pandemic flu and biological weapons.
Read more.
DELAWARE PAVILLION AT BIO 2009
The Delaware Economic Development Office will maintain a presence at BIO 2009 in Atlanta, and to meet the needs of the bioscience community, is in the process of updating its BioScience Resource Directory. Read more.
CYMA COMPLETES CONSTRUCTION OF ISOGEN SCIENCE CENTER
CYMA Builders, in collaboration with Isogen, renovated an existing research laboratory in Newark, DE, transforming it into a commissioned pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. Read more.
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ON THE EDUCATION FRONT |
UD AND DUPONT TEAM UP TO MARKET DISEASE-RESISTANT CORN
Having devoted decades to research and development on a hybrid corn product that resists disease, DuPont and the University of Delaware have signed an agreement to bring the corn seed to market. Read more.
DSU DOCTORAL NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM GETS $1MM GRANT
The National Science Foundation granted $1MM to support Delaware State University's new Neuroscience Doctoral Program and to build a Neuroscience Consortium of Scientists throughout Delaware. Read more.
BIOTECHNOLOGY WEEKEND FOR DELAWARE TEACHERS
Middle and high school teachers gathered at UD's Delaware Biotechnology Institute and Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes Feb. 20-22 for "biotechnology weekend." The three-day workshop was sponsored by the DuPont Office of Education and Delaware's National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Read more.
ST. GEORGES TECH OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATES NEW BIOTECH PROGRAM
Discover the biotech 4-year program and the newly opened St. Georges Technical High School in Middletown, DE at an Open House April 30th, 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Read more.
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