Last week, several testifiers voiced their support for a project that would expand health care education at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, a member of Bio Nebraska, by utilizing federal funds from the American Rescue Plan. Read more
A Nebraska Today article from this week highlights LB 703 and LB 904, state bills that have been introduced to establish an ag/tech incubator and a supercomputing center at Nebraska Innovation Campus, a member of Bio Nebraska. Read more
BD, a member of Bio Nebraska, was recognized by Healthcare Ready as “Hero of the Supply Chain” for partnering with the U.S. Government on a $70 million infrastructure project to expand BD’s Holdrege, Nebraska manufacturing facility. Read more
The Nebraska Business Development Center, a member of Bio Nebraska, is offering ongoing training events to support Health and Medical Innovations in anticipation for the April 5, 2022 deadline for the SBIR and the STTR programs. Read more
UNeMed, a member of Bio Nebraska, kicked off Innovation Week today and will host a series of events throughout the week. Read more
The University of Nebraska at Omaha, a member of Bio Nebraska, will receive a $1.1 million federal grant from the National Science Foundation that will support STEM learning in the Omaha community by preparing future teachers in biology, chemistry, environmental studies, and physics. Read more
This month, we talked to the UNeTech Institute for our Member Spotlight. Learn about the support they provide to entrepreneurs, their work to grow Nebraska’s startup ecosystem, and community partnerships and projects, like Opportunity Corps. Read more
Merck Animal Health a member of Bio Nebraska, announced the release of SenseHub® Feedlot, an Allflex Livestock Intelligence product that is proven to detect sick cattle earlier, more efficiently and more accurately than traditional visual observation. Read more
Aldevron, a company that manufactures high quality biologics, announced its acquisition of Nature Technology, a developer of innovative and proprietary plasmid constructs and manufacturing solutions that are used in the field of cell and gene therapy. Read more
Streck, a member of Bio Nebraska, announced MDx-Chex™ for BCID2, a first-of-its-kind quality control designed to meet the standards for verifying the performance of the BioFire® BCID2 Panel for sepsis, has been granted FDA clearance for In Vitro Diagnostics Use. Read more