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A Johns Hopkins University faculty member will be helping advise the National Institutes of Health about research topics with the most promise for addressing public health challenges.

Janice E. Clements, vice dean for faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been selected to serve on the Council of Councils for NIH. Clements was among 10 individuals newly selected to serve on the 27-member council. Her term ends in October 2015.

Venture capitalists are pushing to allow more highly educated immigrants into the U.S., saying this is essential to ensuring that the country remains an innovation leader.

One argument they use is that immigrants create jobs by starting companies. Scott Sandell, general partner at New Enterprise Associates who leads the venture firm’s technology investing, wants to support this assertion with better data.

I had the privilege to meet with and speak to the local Healthcare meet-up recently (thanks to Pete Kanee at www.healthcare.mn) and as part of my discussion, I shared a list of things that I’d encourage the local (healthcare) startups to continue to keep in mind as they grow their companies.  

These are relevant to not only healthcare-focused startups but all startups for that matter.  They’re pretty common, but in my recent conversations with healthcare entrepreneurs, I found many of these needing to be brought up as part of the dialogue.

Thursday, May 23rd at 5:00 p.m.

Join NFTE Baltimore as an honored guest at out Regional City Wide Business Plan Competition. The top size finalists will present and defend their business plans before a prestigious panel of judges and an audience of top buiness and school leaders. The networking reception will include a Student Showcase and we will also honor NFTE’s biggest supporters of youth entrepreneurship.

University of Baltimore
William T. Thumel Sr. Business Center
11 West Mount Royal Avenue

Seating is limited RSVP here by May 20th.

The University of Maryland Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) invites you to participate in the 5th Biennial NMR Day symposium on Friday, May 17, 2013, at our facility in Rockville, Maryland.

IBBR (formerly CARB) hosts a biennial meeting, designed to promote discussion and collaboration among scientists active in the application of biomolecular NMR to modern problems in structural biology and biotechnology. The symposium speakers are internationally recognized in the application of NMR to biological systems

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced its participation in the Defence against Terrorism Programme of Work (DAT POW) workshop conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Emerging Security Challenges Division at the Counter Terror Expo in London. An initial session of the workshop was focused on the future capabilities and protection of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community on areas such as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR), Biometrics and Forensics, Information Sharing Systems, Tactical Computer, Communications, Command and Control (C4), and Force Protection.

“Emergent strongly supports NATO’s initiatives to educate on protecting those who protect the population,” said Allen Shofe, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Emergent BioSolutions. “NATO DAT POW workshops are highly relevant and informative as they cover various activities undertaken and coordinated by NATO countries.”

TOPIC: 

Leveraging USDA-ARS Partnerships and Capabilities to Help Your Business

PRESENTERS:  

Robert Griesbach, Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Technology  

James Poulos, III
Technology Transfer Coordinator  

Cathy Cohn
Technology Transfer Liaison      

Abstract:  

Agricultural Research Services (ARS) is the research arm of the Department of Agriculture that develops and transfers solutions to agricultural problems affecting Americans every day, from field to table.  To accelerate the development of new products and help move technologies into the marketplace, ARS often partners with companies and research institutions early on in the research process.  Working collaboratively alongside ARS, partners are able access and implement ARS technologies, resources and expertise to further develop specific products and create new ones.  ARS conducts research in 800 projects at 90 locations including six pilot plants and six human nutrition centers.  With a long standing commitment to technology transfer, ARS works closely with the private sector to ensure research outcomes are adopted.  Please join us to learn about the wide range of expertise and capabilities from ARS that can be used to grow your business  

The National Capitol Area Local Chapter of SoPE in concert with JHU Carey Business School, MedChi, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Center for Biotechnology Education, Montgomery County Medical Society, and the Medical Society of Northern Virginia presents:

“Working with Industry in the Life Sciences – What does it Really Take?”

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013–6:00PM to 8:00PM

Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery County Campus, Building III – 9605 Medical Center Drive, Room 121

Johns Hopkins says it is working on its largest-ever fundraising campaign, which aims to raise $4.5 billion by the end of 2017.

The university and health system announced the effort Saturday. The idea is to create as many as 300 endowed professorships and generate nearly $700 million for undergraduate financial aid and graduate student fellowships.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 finalists have a lot to celebrate. They’ve built their dream companies. Expanded. Innovated. And now Ernst & Young is recognizing them for their achievements. Help us congratulate these outstanding entrepreneurs. Join us at this years event and see who will take home top honors.