12/20/07 |
Virginia BioTechnology Research Park signs formal cooperation agreement with Israeli technological incubator |
12/19/07 |
FIRST to unveil 2008 robotics competition challenge |
12/19/07 |
Widespread support for non-embryonic stem cell research, VCU Life Sciences survey shows |
12/14/07 |
VCU ‘Across the Spectrum’ launches in December |
12/13/07 |
HHS secretary appoints VCU Health System CEO to Council on Graduate Medical Education |
12/12/07 |
New School of Business building to be named Snead Hall |
11/14/07 |
VCU School of Engineering to offer nuclear engineering track |
11/14/07 |
VCU Massey Cancer researcher receives $700,000 in research funding to target new cancer treatments |
11/12/07 |
Shumei S. Sun named chair of VCU School of Medicine’s Department of Biostatistics |
11/8/07 |
International relations book co-authored by VCU President Trani published in China |
11/8/07 |
Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine recognizes November as Family Health History Month |
11/8/07 |
Researchers identify molecules with interesting anti-clotting properties |
11/5/07 |
Physician training key in reducing health disparities |
11/5/07 |
VCU physician to receive American Heart Association Lifetime Achievement Award |
11/5/07 |
Genes play important role in risk for dependence on illicit and licit drugs |
11/1/07 |
VCU Health System CEO testifies before congressional committee about proposed Medicaid regulatory changes |
11/1/07 |
Potential new therapeutic molecular target to fight cancer |
10/30/07 |
VCU study: Some clinicians recommend repeat colonoscopies too soon |
10/30/07 |
VCU grant to study impact of hearing loss and related health problems in Virginia children |
10/30/07 |
CDC grant to improve prenatal awareness and reduce infant mortality among African American women |
10/26/07 |
VCU breaks ground for third dental school building |
10/24/07 |
Arterial plaques may be reduced by increasing the amount of a key enzyme in cells storing cholesterol |
10/23/07 |
VCU gets $1.2 million grant to study whether linking patient health information to physician electronic records will improve outcomes |
10/20/07 |
UNOS renames transplant library in honor of colleague |
10/18/07 |
State of Virginia woos Israeli life science companies |
10/15/07 |
Park graduate, Intelliject, expands the use of the InfoStrength Smart Enterprise Suite for due diligence business processes |
10/12/07 |
Park tenant, Boehringer Ingelheim receives top honor as world's most respected biopharmaceutical employer in Science 2007 top employers survey |
10/12/07 |
VCURES researchers target the immune system to improve survival of victims who have suffered severe traumatic shock |
10/11/07 |
NIH grant to expand research training in women's health |
10/11/07 |
NIH grant to improve pregnancy outcomes for African Americans |
10/11/07 |
VCU Adcenter named top design school by BusinessWeek |
10/10/07 |
Tenants learn about regulatory strategies |
9/25/07 |
Third Security closes sixth investment fund |
9/21/07 |
Do not isolate Israel - embrace it |
9/20/07 |
Ernst & Young speaks on the state of the biotech industry |
9/17/07 |
OPTN/UNOS approves resource document regarding informed consent of potential living donors |
9/13/07 |
Governor unveils new Virginia Energy Plan during VCU visit |
9/11/07 |
VCU on research team receiving NIH grant to shed light on standards of scientific conduct |
9/11/07 |
FDA approves use of compound that can stop severe bleeding in minutes |
9/11/07 |
VCU-PSU researchers discover a strong and highly stable aluminum-hydrogen cluster |
8/30/07 |
Setting the bar for women’s health |
8/24/07 |
Keeping transplant patients safe [PDF] |
8/24/07 |
Sightlife’s WPFL efforts led to nearly 10,000 donor designations [PDF] |
8/23/07 |
Park hosts “Meet and Greet Reception” for Jackson Ward community |
8/22/07 |
VCU Health System bets on downtown: While other hospitals place facilities in the suburbs, VCU has a different idea |
8/21/07 |
Fellows selected for Islamic Art Symposium at VCU-Qatar |
8/21/07 |
Theater training helps doctors enhance patient care with clinical empathy skills |
8/21/07 |
Park names two new vice presidents |
8/21/07 |
Scientific Division of ClearPoint Resources wins quarterly award |
8/21/07 |
OPTN/UNOS moves St. Vincent Medical Center from Member Not in Good Standing to Probation |
8/15/07 |
VBDC announces new LeClair Ryan Educational Series |
8/13/07 |
VCU expects synergy between business and engineering |
8/13/07 |
VCU Department of Family Medicine receives awards from the VAFP |
8/13/07 |
Midwest Proteomics announces partnership to study autism |
8/9/07 |
Allied Health Professions dean wins outstanding educator award |
8/6/07 |
IUDs safe and effective in high-risk patients |
8/6/07 |
Genetic factors strongly shape how peers are chosen |
8/6/07 |
Teamwork between two key proteins necessary for normal development and regulation of red blood cells |
8/3/07 |
Acute care medicine unit chosen for Transforming Care at the Bedside project |
8/3/07 |
Park graduate, Commonwealth Biotechnologies Inc., wins CDC approval for flu virus research |
8/3/07 |
Park graduate, Insmed Inc., adds staff for follow-on biologics market |
8/1/07 |
Department of Rehabilitation Counseling receives grant for disability research |
7/30/07 |
The role of the OPTN/UNOS in the evolving practice of donation after cardiac death |
7/24/07 |
VCU physics professor named Jefferson Science Fellow |
7/16/07 |
New method to create nanomaterials discovered |
7/13/07 |
VCU Health System ranks among “America’s Best Hospitals” |
7/9/07 |
Park welcomes newest tenant: NanoMedics, LLC |
7/2/07 |
VCU professor awarded $200,000 grant |
6/28/07 |
A researcher’s quest for a cure |
6/27/07 |
VCU among first in nation to offer Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice degree |
6/26/07 |
VCU human research protection program earns full accreditation |
6/22/07 |
VCU gets $750,000 for K-12 program |
6/21/07 |
$750,000 Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant will advance science and math literacy for pre-college students in VCU community outreach |
6/20/07 |
Researchers develop buckyballs to fight allergy |
6/20/07 |
Park tenant, Castle Technologies, awarded $750,000 grant |
6/14/07 |
Rural hospitals show improvement in patient safety systems |
6/11/07 |
Researchers shed light on mechanism of action used by anti-cancer drug |
6/1/07 |
Recent VCU graduate earns Fulbright Scholarship |
5/29/07 |
VCU Health System names new chief operating officer for hospitals |
5/25/07 |
VCU Adcenter students win national award |
5/23/07 |
Park wins top award |
5/21/07 |
Cure for Hepatitis C announced by VCU researcher |
5/19/07 |
VCU honors newest graduates |
5/18/07 |
Rosenthal named rector at VCU |
5/16/07 |
Clinical guidelines for blood conservation during cardiac procedures developed |
5/15/07 |
Qimonda gives $2 million to the VCU School of Engineering |
5/9/07 |
VCU to hold 45th Annual Child Psychiatry Spring Forum |
5/8/07 |
National Cancer Institute awards $10.7 million to VCU Massey Cancer Center to develop next generation of cancer treatments |
5/8/07 |
Nobel Laureates to speak at VCU-sponsored International Science Symposium |
5/2/07 |
Three VCU Students named NSEP/Boren Scholars |
5/2/07 |
VCU Health System named Greater Richmond Area Employer of Choice |
5/1/07 |
Richmond businessman elected to board of international association |
4/28/07 |
Greystone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces appointment of chief medical director |
4/27/07 |
$4.75 million in gifts announced at VCU School of Nursing dedication |
4/27/07 |
VCU to offer homeland security and emergency preparedness classes at New College Institute |
4/26/07 |
The Bill Police launch their new Web site |
4/25/07 |
VCU announces events to celebrate grand opening of state-of-the-science nursing education building |
4/25/07 |
Incubator director nominated for top award |
4/23/07 |
Statement from UNOS President Sue V. McDiarmid regarding federal oversight of transplantation |
4/18/07 |
VCU professor named Pulitzer Prize finalist |
4/16/07 |
VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers find combination of agents induce cell death in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells |
4/12/07 |
VCU Board sets tuition and fees for 2007-2008 |
4/11/07 |
VCU Institute for Women’s Health awards $86,000 in community-based research grants to improve health of women and girls |
4/11/07 |
Webb to Speak at VCU’s Commencement |
4/11/07 |
Customized transplants permit one donor cornea to treat multiple eyes |
4/11/07 |
RPI reunion festivities planned for April 27-29 |
4/10/07 |
State-of-the-art equipment and strategic faculty recruits put VCU at forefront of genomic research |
4/5/07 |
Scientists decode genome of oral pathogen |
4/3/07 |
VCU Rice Center receives $25,000 gift from Dominion Foundation |
4/1/07 |
Virginia BioTech Research Park success stories |
3/30/07 |
VCU graduate schools ranked among America’s best |
3/27/07 |
Men armed with knowledge of prostate cancer prior to exams less likely to choose screening |
3/26/07 |
National Center for Disaster Preparedness director kicks off National Public Health Week seminar series at VCU |
3/29/07 |
Virginia BioTechnology Research Park announces the creation of the Virginia Israel Biosciences Commercialization Center |
3/23/07 |
OPTN/UNOS board addresses protocols for donation after cardiac death, standards for transplant surgeons and physicians |
3/22/07 |
VCU to host internationally recognized French film festival |
3/19/07 |
Advancing how computers and electronics work |
3/14/07 |
Boyko donates $1 million to VCU Adcenter |
3/13/07 |
Mechanisms involved with tumor relapse identified |
3/13/07 |
VCU researcher awarded NIH grant for study of mast cells |
3/7/07 |
VCU Health System named a top company by the National Association for Female Executives |
3/2/07 |
Director of Human Genome Project to speak at VCU on faith |
3/2/07 |
Erectile dysfunction drugs may trump nitroglycerin for heart protection |
3/1/07 |
IP issues for small bioscience companies |
2/28/07 |
Improving education and other social conditions would save more lives than advances in medicine: VCU study |
2/22/07 |
Park welcomes IBA Molecular |
2/21/07 |
VCU psychology doctoral programs ranked in the top five nationally for faculty productivity |
2/14/07 |
A new approach to anti-cancer drug design |
2/12/07 |
Negotiating a VC term sheet |
2/7/07 |
VCU research physician’s commentary published in Journal of the American Medical Association |
2/1/07 |
VCU researchers develop and patent noninvasive method for measuring blood pressure inside the heart. |
1/30/07 |
Governor Kaine names new director of forensics laboratory |
1/26/07 |
VCU announces $2 million gift for construction of education building at the VCU Rice Center |
1/24/07 |
VCU announces $2 million gift for construction of education building at the VCU Rice Center |
1/19/07 |
Researchers discover new class of compounds with novel chemistry |
1/18/07 |
VCU receives state approval to offer master’s degree in homeland security and emergency preparedness |
1/18/07 |
VCU announces $2 million in gifts from Dominion |
1/18/07 |
American Academy of Forensic Sciences accredits VCU’s undergraduate forensic science degree |
1/16/07 |
Researchers develop new method for fighting leukemia |
1/12/07 |
Got quality? Design and development of biomedical devices |
12/28/06 |
Medical teams are key to patient safety |
12/14/06 |
Americans’ support for embryonic stem cell research declines, VCU Life Sciences survey shows |
12/14/06 |
OPTN/UNOS approves modifications to immunologic matching for transplantation |
12/7/06 |
Venture capital: realistic expectations for life science entrepreneurs |
12/4/06 |
MCV Foundation hires William Kotti as president |
11/17/06 |
David Lohr named to executive committee of international association |
11/17/06 |
Award created in Richard L. Atkinson’s name |
11/16/06 |
VCU Rice Center receives $100,000 gift from Alcoa Foundation
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11/16/06 |
Antibiotics unnecessarily prescribed for acute bronchitis
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11/7/06 |
Researchers develop novel method for treatment of sickle cell disease |
11/7/06 |
Park tenants hear about intellectual property considerations |
11/6/06 |
New treatment strategy for the prevention of recurrent depression |
11/1/06 |
Virginia Biotechnology Association podcast with Living MicroSystems [mp3] |
10/26/06 |
Virginia receives nearly $1.5 million to fund biotech and advanced manufacturing workforce training projects |
10/17/06 |
Potential new therapeutic target for asthma, allergies and cancer |
10/16/06 |
Park tenant, Tissue Technologies, receives NIH grant |
10/16/06 |
Park’s newest tenant fighting childhood obesity |
10/13/06 |
Low doses of anti-depressant may spell relief for some women suffering from moderate-to-severe PMS |
10/11/06 |
Researchers uncover a novel mechanism of action of a potential new drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis |
10/5/06 |
Park tenants hear the importance of developing employee handbooks |
10/3/06 |
Association between neuroticism and risk for depression may be genetic |
10/01/06 |
Virginia Biotechnology Association Podcast with VBDC [mp3] |
9/19/06 |
Park appoints new board members |
9/19/06 |
Kirby Foundation awards UNOS a $1 million grant |
9/18/06 |
VCU researchers develop and patent novel method for measuring blood pressure in the heart |
9/16/06 |
Park tenants raise more than $26 million |
9/15/06 |
Understanding what sets rod and cone cells apart may point researchers to new treatment options for eye disease |
9/7/06 |
VCU Rice Center receives grant to study predators and prey in the Chesapeake Bay |
9/7/06 |
Ernst & Young speaks on the state of the biotech industry |
8/29/06 |
Governor announces new Biotech Partnership board members |
8/25/06 |
Park announces newest tenant |
8/23/06 |
New VCU School of Engineering dean appointed to VBDC Board |
8/22/06 |
$1 million gift establishes neuro-oncology chair at VCU |
8/21/06 |
Genetic variant is associated with higher rate of premature delivery in African-American women |
8/10/06 |
VCU finishes among top 12 in Microsoft’s international software design competition |
8/1/06 |
National research study concludes on blood substitute for use in trauma cases |
7/25/06 |
Clinical guidelines for recalled pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators developed |
7/25/06 |
Veterans Affairs’ top doctor joins nation’s largest health system |
7/24/06 |
Developing alternatives to fossil fuels |
7/21/06 |
Park tenant, Tissue Technologies, receives FDA product approval |
7/17/06 |
New surgical procedure treats irregular heart rhythms |
7/14/06 |
New materials developed for vascular graft |
7/12/06 |
President of BioTrack, LLC appointed to new VCU Advisory Board for technology transfer |
7/5/06 |
Illicit drug use and abuse may be genetic |
7/5/06 |
New study shows antibiotic may protect the heart |
6/28/06 |
Homeland security professor tapped for national advisory committee |
6/22/06 |
Incubator tenants learn about the tax aspects of owning a life science company |
6/21/06 |
Forensics Institute awarded for training program |
6/16/06 |
DCLS scientists develop new pathogen identification technique |
6/16/06 |
Controlled hypothermia: a new take on protecting the brain after cardiac arrest |
6/14/06 |
New materials developed for vascular graft |
6/8/06 |
Statewide nanotechnology partnership wins $600,000 NSF grant |
6/6/06 |
First patient on East Coast to have artificial heart implant goes home from hospital |
6/1/06 |
Senate Finance Committee cites BioTech Park for its success |
6/1/06 |
$1.5 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant will change how undergraduate biology and life sciences are taught at VCU |
5/25/06 |
Electric Book Company receives $100,000 NIH grant |
5/25/06 |
Incubator tenants learn about term sheets for collaborations with large pharma |
5/23/06 |
Park tenant, Castle Technologies, awarded $100,000 grant |
5/18/06 |
Park tenant, Intelliject, LLC, wins top Richmond award |
5/17/06 |
Newborn hearing screening programs may benefit from the standardization of testing protocols |
5/11/06 |
VCU cardiac monitor technician receives highest score on electrocardiography exam |
5/11/06 |
VCU Massey Cancer Center dedicates the Goodwin Research Laboratory |
5/9/06 |
VCU Medical Center physicians listed among America’s Best Doctors |
5/2/06 |
VCU Institute for Women’s Health receives grant for $70,000 |
4/20/06 |
VCU Medical Center physicians among Richmond area’s Top Docs |
4/18/06 |
VCU Institute for Women’s Health hosts 2nd annual Woman’s Health Research Day |
4/18/06 |
VCU School of Pharmacy receives $250,000 from CVS |
4/18/06 |
Intelliject LLC hires new president and CEO |
4/11/06 |
VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers identify role of protein in hemoglobin gene silencing |
4/4/06 |
VCU Medical Center team implants total artificial heart |
4/1/06 |
Systems Biology Summit to be held in Richmond |
3/23/06 |
VCU Trauma Center verified Level I by American College of Surgeons |
3/22/06 |
VCU Women in Science, Dentistry & Medicine honored for leadership and dedication |
3/21/06 |
VCU researcher receives NIH MERIT award for research in heart protection |
3/2/06 |
American Academy of Forensic Sciences accredits VCU’s graduate forensic science degree |
3/2/06 |
Incubator tenants learn about term sheets and business valuations |
3/2/06 |
VCU researchers develop novel method for measuring oxygen level in tissues |
2/23/06 |
VCU Life Evac adds fetal monitoring capabilities |
2/20/06 |
m·u·t GmbH opens U.S. subsidiary at the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park |
2/17/06 |
VCU Health System earns national Magnet nursing designation |
2/14/06 |
VCU study shows Levitra may protect the heart |
2/03/06 |
VCU vice president for Health Sciences testifies before Virginia legislative panel |
2/01/06 |
Park celebrates its 10 year anniversary |
1/25/06 |
Forensic science/biology professor wins forensic DNA research and development grant |
1/23/06 |
Ceres Biotechnology working to bringing ultrasonic medical device to market |
1/23/06 |
Company closes largest seed financing round in BioTech Park’s history |
1/10/06 |
Tenants learn about strategic partnerships |
1/10/06 |
VCU Medical Center combines technologies to offer one of the world’s most precise treatments for cancer and other tumors |
1/09/06 |
VCU researchers find that risk factors for major depression may be largely the same in men and women |
1/07/06 |
Systems Biology Summit to be held in Richmond |
1/06/06 |
VCU Health System adopts new Alaris ‘Smart Pump’ system |
1/02/06 |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation accepts $15,000 for brain injury endowment fund
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