http://lifesciences.georgiainnovation.org/feature_projects Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:02:22 GMT Feature Projects for Life Sciences /feature_projects/details/19 Many wonderful and remarkable new technologies are discovered year after year at research institutions around the world. However, for scientists, advancing beyond the discovery stage to the market place can be extremely difficult. "There are huge gaps from the research and development stage to the industry stage," explained John Edwards, president of Apeliotus Technologies, a medical device and life sciences company dedicated to helping validate and commercialize product concepts. Apel... Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:21:45 GMT /feature_projects/details/19 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/18 In a laboratory in Augusta, Georgia young scientists, Dr. Michael Stump and Erin Worthy, are working hard to win the fight against bioterrorism. Their primary enemy is anthrax. In order to stop this enemy, six months ago Dr. Stump and Ms. Worthy formed EMThrax, a start-up bio-tech company dedicated to developing a new and more effective vaccine for anthrax, as well as other bioterrorism agents. "Our ultimate goal is to produce an FDA approved vaccine that the U.S. government will cont... Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:25:31 GMT /feature_projects/details/18 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/16 Bar coding - as common today as price stickers once were - started in 1974 with a tiny pack of gum being scanned in a Ohio store. Now everything from groceries to library books are bar-coded. But how do these bar codes benefit companies and organizations? For one start-up healthcare company in Augusta, Georgia, this bar-coding technology distinguishes them from their competition and ensures their clients receive accurate and efficient laboratory results. ClariPath Laboratories proce... Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:59:59 GMT /feature_projects/details/16 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/15 "They came and got me," explained Dr. Ying Song, Director of Research for Xytex Research, Inc., speaking on how Xytex International Ltd. hand-picked him to oversee their latest R&D laboratory for reproductive and regenerative medicine. "I left the beach - Charleston for Augusta," chuckled Dr. Song. Although miles from the sights and sounds of the beach, Dr. Song is certainly making waves and great strides in developing advanced technologies in the cryopreservation of reproductive tissue ... Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:57:19 GMT /feature_projects/details/15 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/2 REACH MD. Consult, a freestanding corporation based at MCG Health System, has won $100,000 in funding and $150,000 in in-kind services from the first-ever Georgia Research Alliance/Technology Association of Georgia Business Launch Competition. The prize money will help REACHMD Consult commercialize its telehealth stroke care services. Dr. David Hess, Chief of Neurology, presented REACH at the May 18 GRA/TAG awards ceremony on behalf of REACHMD Consult's founders. The event was recorded a... Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:46:55 GMT /feature_projects/details/2 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/41 AUGUSTA - After opening for business in the Life Sciences Innovation Center less than two years ago, success and rapid growth is forcing ClariPath Laboratories to find a new home. The young company, which provides anatomic pathology services among other services, has experienced so much growth that it no longer fits in the LSIC business incubator. The company will soon relocate to the Augusta Bio-Business Center, part of the Georgia Medical Center Authority. According to Director of La... Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:02:32 GMT /feature_projects/details/41 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/42 AUGUSTA - Officials with the Life Sciences Innovation Center at the Medical College of Georgia and the Hull College of Business at Augusta State University learned recently that they have been awarded an ICAPP grant to help recruit ASU students into the burgeoning biotechnology industry. The joint project between the two institutions will hopefully result in more science-minded graduates who can partner their business skills with a newfound knowledge of biotechnology. Jonathan Goolsby, ... Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:42:22 GMT /feature_projects/details/42 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/61 Augusta â For nine Augusta State University (ASU) senior-level business students, spring semester brought an opportunity to experience one of Georgia's hottest strategic industries â biotechnology. The students participated in internships focused on combing management skills with biotechnology-specific knowledge sponsored by the Life Sciences Innovation Center (LSIC) at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) and ASU's Hull College of Business. The program was funded by a $25,000 Intellectu... Thu, 01 May 2008 15:47:32 GMT /feature_projects/details/61 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/67 _Georgia to host conference in 2009_ Jonathan Goolsby, marketing outreach specialist with Georgia's Life Science Innovation Center (LSIC) and Dr. Charles Nawrot, vice president for Technology Transfer and Economic Development at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) recently represented the LSIC at the 2008 BIO International Conference in San Diego, California. The conference, produced by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), is the world's largest gathering of the biotechnology in... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:22:16 GMT /feature_projects/details/67 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/55 Life Sciences Innovation Center graduates first incubator client â ClariPath Laboratories Augusta â The Life Sciences Innovation Center (LSIC) at The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) recently celebrated its first biotech incubator graduate â ClariPath Laboratories. After two years housed in the LSIC incubator, ClariPath moved into a larger laboratory space in late February. "Since opening our anatomic pathology laboratory in January of 2006, we have steadily grown," said Mark Repko, di... Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:22:59 GMT /feature_projects/details/55 info@georgiainnovation.org