BrewFest attracts more than 500 people. It’s a unique opportunity for the entrepreneurial community in Oklahoma to come together for a few hours to network and enjoy tasting products from yet another emerging and nontraditional segment of Oklahoma’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Events like BrewFest draw together people from across Oklahoma who are interested in the innovation economy here. In this casual environment, they learn things they didn’t know about making wine, brewing beer and about what’s happening in innovation across Oklahoma.
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Led by the Greater Oklahoma Chamber and OKBIO, with support from i2E and others, Oklahoma hosts a large pavilion with more than 40 Oklahomans helping our biotech startups take advantage of BIO’s unique opportunity to directly interact in person with business development leaders around the world.
For OU graduate student Amanda Curtis, the 2016 BIO show required some unique multi-tasking skills. Curtis greeted visitors to the Oklahoma exhibition booth, participated in Oklahoma Bioscience networking events and sat in on multiple partnering meetings with her colleagues from OU’s Office of Technology Development. All in a day’s work.
It’s a rare moment that the leaders and scientists of Oklahoma’s bioscience industry can come together to share the collaborative spirit that is such a part of who they are and what they are creating. The annual OKBIO Summit and BioScience Awards dinner is one of those moments.
The Oklahoma Bioscience Association on Thursday put a human face on the work of health care professionals and scientists involved in research and clinical trials. Suleika Jaouad, 27, shared her story at the annual OKBio Summit of how a clinical trial four years ago rescued her from what appeared to be a losing battle with leukemia.
On March 24, OKBIO, the Greater OKC Chamber and PhRMA (representing the country’s leading biopharmaceutical research and discovery companies) are hosting a unique opportunity for Oklahomans, from doctors to patients, to learn more about the power and the working parts of clinical trials.
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 bioscience exceeds $6.7 billion, supporting 51,000 Oklahoma jobs and annual revenues from Oklahoma bio companies of more than $4.1 billion.
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2015 The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Creating a startup in bioscience is different than creating a startup in any other industry. For starters, the research and invention can take years. Last week I wrote about Biolytx, an Oklahoma startup that is on a track to concluding clinical testing. It’s taken threeRead more
Farjo is chief operating officer of both EyeCRO and Charlesson, which are involved in research to advance treatments for eye disease such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and ocular inflammation.
At the BIO Convention, Oklahoma State University’s tech transfer office is pitching several projects from its research scientists for possible commercialization.
A presentation at a graduate research symposium in Oklahoma City led to one doctoral student’s trip to attend the international convention of the Bioscience Industry Organization.
A representative from the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore is attending the 2015 international convention of Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) to promote that organization’s work in agriculture.
By mid-day on Tuesday, people from China, Texas, Japan and New Mexico had met with Justin Briggs from Oklahoma City’s Accele BioPharma Inc., at the 2015 international convention of the Biotechnology Industry Organization .
The Noble Foundation annually has a presence among the group of about 80 people who showcase Oklahoma to the world through the OKBio booth on the floor of the BIO show
My company, EpimedX, was fortunate to be awarded the OKBio-sponsored BIO scholarship, allowing me to attend the convention for the first time.
State’s presence at international event provides opportunities for small, local companies. By Scott Meacham I recently attended my first Biotechnology Industry Organization annual convention. BIO International is the world’s largest biotech gathering, and the scope and scale of this event was startling. A lot of times we see the word “international” stuck into the nameRead more
There were some natural concerns among Oklahomans back in 1998 when Texas native Tommy Harlan put together a venture capital fund and began investing in life science startups spun out of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
The 2014 Biotechnology Industry Organization convention is a whirlwind of potential success for Darren Head, president and CEO of Oklahoma City-based Cytovance Biologics Inc.
The flow of visitors past the Oklahoma booth on the first day of the Biotechnology Industry Organization 2014 Convention brought many of them directly into the sight of Karen Waddell
Co-founded by Oklahoma entrepreneur Mike Moradi, Oklahoma City-based Sensulin is advancing a patented technology that regulates the release of insulin in diabetes patients throughout the day.
