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DARO announces $2.5 million fund close to expand disease testing capacity for the swine industry
The Nebraska-based startup is led by a UNMC veteran and the former program manager at The Combine, the agtech incubator and accelerator in Lincoln. Like many local agtech startups finding success, DARO was incubated at The Combine.
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SPN Exclusive: An early look at MCC’s completed $3 million biotech lab
As part of Metro Community College’s new biotech program, the college invested in a lab to train students that is based on real bioscience labs. The workforce development program is supported by industry partners in Nebraska, who have been impressed with how MCC has listened to companies and their needs.
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New Bio Nebraska white paper hopes to bring the state together on biotech industry growth
Bio Nebraska, together with the Nebraska Corn Board, conducted a study on biotech industry needs. While there are some infrastructure improvements that can be made, most recommendations are about leadership from state stakeholders and more investment in workforce development.
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Prairie Portraits: Jason Thomas
The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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Goldenrod Therapeutics raises $6.5 million to test UNMC-created drug that could change modern medicine
Incubated by Houston-based Fannin Innovation Studio, the 11h drug created in Nebraska will move toward phase 1 clinical trials in humans. If successful, it could serve as a miracle treatment for incurable neurodegenerative diseases.
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Gross-Wen Technologies sees algae as the solution to wastewater treatment
The Midwest has some major water quality issues, and it’s spreading. Nitrogen and phosphorus used to fertilize farms runs off into rivers, resulting in a record “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico resulting in massive toxic algae blooms that feed on the chemicals. Gross-Wen Technologies, an Ames, Iowa, startup, wants to use algae to…