Outlook for city’s bioscience sector remains strong in 2016 By Stephen Prescott Copyright © 2016, The Oklahoma Publishing Company For the sake of Oklahoma’s energy sector, let’s hope the New Year brings a bump in oil and gas prices. But even if that doesn’t happen, there are still plenty of economic silver linings to beRead more
OMRF discoveries could lead to better treatment for lymphedema By Ryan Stewart Copyright © 2016, The Oklahoma Publishing Company The human lymphatic system is a network of vessels and lymph nodes that spans the entire body. Lymphatic vessels absorb tissue fluids and return them to the bloodstream. Defects in lymphatic vessels can cause lymphedema, aRead more
Oklahoma City has hit its share of biotech home runs. Alexion, the biotech giant with a market capitalization of almost $40 billion, grew out of discoveries made at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Likewise, work at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center gave birth to Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, which Genzyme purchased for more than $200 million in 2001. And Myriad Genetics acquired OMRF spin-off Crescendo Biosciences in 2014 for $270 million.
In Oklahoma City, Entrepreneurs Aim to Create the Next Cool Startup Scene By Anna Hensel, Inc.com For U.S. cities looking to become the next big tech hub, it’s not enough to just recruit eager entrepreneurs. Cities also have to attract the employees (coders, designers, salespeople) who can keep the startup afloat. A fine example of oneRead more
Bioscience conference a place to highlight Oklahoma successes, opportunities By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2015 The Oklahoma Publishing Co. When i2E was asked to manage the Oklahoma BioScience Association (OKBio) a couple of years ago, we welcomed the opportunity. The promise of Oklahoma’s bioscience sector is deep and wide. The economic impact statewide of bioscienceRead more
When Drs. Alana and Bryan Welm arrived at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation last summer, they brought boxes of lab supplies and equipment, as well as a staff of technicians, students and postdoctoral fellows. They also brought with them an intangible, yet most valuable, asset: hope. For this husband-and-wife team, that hope comes in theRead more
By Jim Stafford Copyright 2014, © The Oklahoma Publishing Company In 1861, the 1st Kentucky cavalry was organized at a call to arms near Liberty, KY. The first recruitment meeting took place seven-tenths of a mile from the farm on which Robert Floyd grew up 78 years later. “I walked to school right there,” Floyd,Read more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2014, The Oklahoma Publishing Company It was Wednesday at the recent Biotechnology Industry Organization convention in San Diego, and Manu Nair engaged a visitor to the Oklahoma exhibition space in animated conversation. Nair was networking and building relationships. It’s a skill that served him well as Senior Licensing Manager for theRead more
