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You’re invited to a Physical Therapy Seminar Series on Motor Planning: Basic Science and Educational Research Perspectives, Tuesday, Nov. 10 from Noon – 1 p.m via Zoom meeting ID: 981-8263-7573. Two faculty members from the Department of Physical Therapy will present on the topic of motor planning from different research...Read Full Story  SeminarPerspectiveBasic ResearchDPTBasic ScienceMotor PlanningScience Inc.Project PlanningFaculty MembersCBISNCSHeather KnightRosalind HeckmanTeachingConcepts

The growth capital will allow Caris to advance its position as a leading tumor profiling company that aims to reinvent cancer care. Irving-headquartered biotech innovator Caris Life Sciences has raised $310 million in growth capital to continue growing its precision medicine, which aims to reinvent cancer care. This is the...Read Full Story Growth CapitalPrecision MedicineOncologyStock TraderHealth CareEquity CapitalInnovationNeoplasmTechnology DevelopmentTechnology CompaniesHealthcare CompaniesClearBridge InvestmentsOrbiMedMI TranscriptomeCaris Pharmatech

Amendment includes a phased approach to examine the staging requirements of the 2010 Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan. WHEATON, MD – The Montgomery County Planning Department, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), presented the Great Seneca Science Corridor Minor Master Plan Amendment Phase One Scope of Work to the Montgomery County Planning Board at their October 22, 2020 virtual meeting. At the meeting, Planning staff outlined a two-phased approach to the Plan Amendment with the Scope of Work focused on the first phase: a technical amendment to evaluate the staging requirements of the 2010 Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan, which couples new development with investment in and delivery of infrastructure, public facilities and services to minimize impacts to existing communities. The Planning Board approved the Scope of Work.Read Full Story Urban PlannerUrban PlanningMaster PlanPhaseSeneca ScienceProject PlanningProject DevelopmentCommunity PlanningArea PlanningScope Of WorkCCTLSCLife Sciences CenterMaren HillGwen Wright

The Dallas-based leader will receive the award from BionorthTX for his contributions to the field of life sciences. At this year’s Sixth Annual iC3 Life Sciences Summit, investment and innovation catalyst Dr. Hubert Zajicek will be presented with the 2020 Dennis K. Stone Award. Zajicek, who is a co-founder, partner,...Read Full Story EntrepreneurshipLife SciencesInnovationChief Executive OfficerStartup CompanyInvestmentAwardManaging DirectorHealth WildcattersCEOHealth SciencesHealth TechnologyScience And TechnologyDennis K. StoneHubert ZajicekJorge Varela

NEW YORK – Caris Life Sciences said on Tuesday that it has raised $310 million in growth capital, including $235 million in equity financing and $75 million in debt financing. The equity financing was co-led by Highland Capital Management and Coatue, with participation from funds and accounts advised by T....Read Full Story Equity CapitalGrowth CapitalStock TraderEquity FinancingCaris Life SciencesNew YorkDebt FinancingEquity InvestmentCapital InvestmentInvestment CapitalInvestment ManagementOrbiMedT. Rowe Price AssociatesClearBridge InvestmentsNeuberger Berman

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 27, 2020 /CNW/ -- Discovery Life Sciences™ (Discovery), a global leader in biospecimen, genomic sequencing, cell, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) services, announces the launch of GMP-compliant Discovery Leukopaks™ and other cell-based products for use in human cell and gene therapy research, development and manufacturing programs. Cell and gene...Read Full Story Gene TherapyResearch And DevelopmentDNA SequencingAccelerationClinical ResearchCellularDiscovery LifeClinical DevelopmentScientific ResearchTranslational ResearchDrug DiscoveryIHCCNWGlenn Bilawsky

The spark of ingenuity catches on early in life and 4-H programs have always been on the frontier, pressing young people to think a little deeper, work a little harder and give a bit more freely in their communities. Elk County 4-H members, Tate Stewart, Wyatt Fechter, Dakota Wiseman, Rachel...Read Full Story Elk CountyScience Inc.Information ScienceCommunityResearch ProjectKansas State UniversityAgriculture IndustryKansas 4-HTate StewartHannah WhetstoneDakota WisemanRachel HendricksAndrea ArbuckleWyatt Fechter4-H Programs

RUA Life Sciences Plc is a holding company, which engages in the commercialization of biomedical polymer technology, components, and medical devices. It manufactures biostable and implantable polymers under the Elast-Eon and ECSil brands. The company was founded by James Gordon Wright and Edward McDaid in 1992 and is headquartered in Ayrshire, the United Kingdom.Read Full Story  Life SciencesBiomedicineManufacturingHolding CompanyCommercializationAyrshireUnited KingdomBiomedical SciencesMedical TechnologyTechnology CompanyEdward McDaidJames Gordon WrightPolymersComponentsMedical Devices

Proponents of New York's nascent life sciences industry have long claimed there is enough demand for more lab space in the city. Two major developers are banking that is the case, unveiling plans for a vast lab building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Taconic Partners and Nuveen Real Estate are...Read Full Story Life SciencesABC SignatureNew York CityABC StudiosOffice SpaceCampus LifeDevelopment PlansCity LifeTaconic PartnersNuveen Real EstateSilverstein PropertiesAmerican Broadcasting Co.Paul PariserSteve Purpura

The pandemic has accelerated momentum in the U.S. life sciences industry, particularly amid the race to produce a COVID-19 vaccine. The industry’s growth has boosted several markets into emerging life science hubs, including Dallas-Fort Worth, according to a new CBRE report. The new report ranks DFW sixth on its list...Read Full Story Life SciencesCOVID-19 VaccineCBREDallas-Fort WorthNorth TexasExxonMobilSan DiegoHoustonHealth SciencesMedical ScienceMedical City Dallas 876Biotech HubCambridge-BostonNelson Udstuen