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[Esther Lumsdon]

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From: Ann Burns <Ann_Burns at ncbiotech.org>
Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Subject: BT Catalyst from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center
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WEEKLY E-NEWS FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER
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April 3, 2008


IN FOCUS FEATURE

Marine Blue: the New Green

FROM OUR WEB SITE
SCYNEXIS Completes $13.5 Million Financing
$100 Million Grant Initiative for Global Health Solutions
Chelsea Therapeutics Reports Positive Results for Preclinical Study
Quintiles to Provide Central Lab Services in Japan
Metabolon Signs onto Boston Study of Warfarin Gene
Center Grant Named for Oliver Smithies



DEPARTMENTS

News from Other Sites
Community Watch
Events Calendar






>From Our Web Site

SCYNEXIS Completes $13.5 Million Financing
SCYNEXIS Inc., a drug discovery and development company headquartered
in Research Triangle Park, has raised $13.5 million in financing.

$100 Million Grant Initiative for Global Health Solutions
Grand Challenges Explorations, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, is a $100 million grant initiative that will fund bold and
unconventional global health solutions.

Chelsea Therapeutics Reports Positive Results for Preclinical Study
Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. found positive results from a
preclinical trial of the compound CH-4051 to treat rheumatoid
arthritis. CH-4051 is the second compound from Chelsea's portfolio of
metabolically inert antifolates.

Quintiles to Provide Central Lab Services in Japan
Quintiles agreement with Medca Japan extends reach in Asia.

Metabolon Signs onto Boston Study of Warfarin Gene
RTP-based Metabolon ties into Boston group's study of genetic
variability in warfarin's effects.

Center Grant Named for Oliver Smithies
The grant program will now be known as the Oliver Smithies Faculty
Recruitment Grant to recognize one of its earlies recipients. The
announcement was made last week at a reception honoring the
achievements of Smithies, other Biotechnology Center faculty recruits,
and student science fair competition winners.


In Focus

Marine Blue: the New Green

The color of the year along North Carolina's coast is marine blue,
thanks to a new initiative to raise awareness that being
earth-friendly doesn't just include land.

MARBIONC, which is abbreviated from Marine Biotechnology in North
Carolina, has launched a Go Blue initiative. Water covers about 70
percent of the earth. What lies beneath the ocean's surface hold
answers for medicines, cosmetics and renewable energy. MARBIONC is at
the forefront of identifing and commercializing those products here in
North Carolina.

Read about the Go Blue initiative in this week's In Focus.


News from Other Sites

Officials hope state can be nanotechnology leader
The frontiers of medicine are becoming increasingly tiny - the size of
nanomaterials to be exact. A group in the Piedmont Triad is working to
bring together a variety of research, business and academic partners
to commercialize products and raise the prominence of North Carolina
in this area.
>From the Winston-Salem Journal

Catawba seeks Research Campus role
Catawba College's incoming president looks to add a biotechnology
major and work in partnership with the North Carolina Research Campus
in Kannapolis. The college may have an in - Lynne Scott Safrit, who is
directing the research campus' development, is a Catawba alum.
This story is part of a two-day profile of Lynne Scott Safrit.
>From the Salisbury Post


Community Watch

Martin Lancaster, president of the North Carolina Community College
System, will join Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &
Jernigan LLP as an "of counsel" attorney after his retirement. More
George Esgro, who has a 20-year background in pharmaceutical sales
management, has been named vice president of sales and marketing at
Cornerstone BioPharma Inc. More
John Didsbury, Ph.D., has been named President and Chief Operating
Officer of Raleigh-based DARA BioSciences. Didsbury was previously the
company's Chief Scientific Officer. More
Pharmaceutical Strategic Initiatives, a Durham-based provider of
marketing consultation and content development services to the
pharmaceutical industry, named Anne L. Sexton as its vice president of
medical activities. More
PPD Inc. appointed Mike Wilkinson, Ph.D., executive vice president of
global clinical development. More
Durham-based Expression Analysis has expanded its product line to
include a Genome-Wide Association Study program. The new offering will
support regulatory compliance while providing researchers the ability
to run many more specimens faster. More

Please send Community Watch items to Jim Shamp.


Events Calendar

Five Ventures Conference in Charlotte
The seventh annual Five Ventures(R) Conference & Competition is set
for April 10 at UNC Charlotte. Listen to panel discussions, network
with colleagues, and watch as 14 emerging start-up companies compete
for over $100,000 in cash and prizes.

Register by Tuesday to receive the discounted registration fee.
University students, faculty and staff can attend for free.


Apr. 4-8
Therapeutic Hyperthermia Problems in NanoMedicine
(Winston-Salem)

Apr. 8-10
NCCCS BioNetwork BioForum
(Winston-Salem)

Apr. 8
Healthcare Businesswomen's Association
(Durham)

Apr. 9
Charlotte Research Institute Lecture Series
(Charlotte/Webcast)

Apr. 10
Five Ventures Conference
(Charlotte)

Apr. 14
Plant Molecular Biology Seminar
(Research Triangle Park)

Apr. 15
SBIR Seminar
(Charlotte)

Apr. 15
Using Canadian Partners to Stretch Research Dollars
(Research Triangle Park)

Apr. 16-18
Venture 08
(Durham)

Apr. 22
Biomedical Engineering Research and Design Symposium
(Research Triangle Park)


Save the Date

May 19-20
Biotech 2008
(Winston-Salem)

June 17-20
BIO 2008 Conference
NC Pavilion Sponsorship
(San Diego)

Dec. 4-5
SE BIO Investor Forum
(Palm Beach, Fla.)


View our complete listing of events across North Carolina.
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