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Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Launches Small Business Matching Grant Program

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                 Date: 1/27/10
Contact:
Angus G. McQuilken
Vice President for Communications
Cell: 617-921-7749
amcquilken@masslifesciences.com 
 
$3 million available to match federal grant funding for early-stage life sciences companies
 
Waltham, Massachusetts –The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, a quasi-public agency tasked with implementing the state’s ten year, $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, today launched a new Small Business Matching Grant (SBMG) program that will match federal small business grant funding for early-stage life sciences companies in Massachusetts. $3 million will be made available for the program for Fiscal Year 2010. The Center will begin accepting on-line applications for the new program on Monday, February 1, 2010. Applications will be submitted via the Center’s web site at www.masslifesciences.com.

2010 Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest Opens February 1, 2010

 

Showcase your business; get exposure to local investors and business leaders and compete for a chance to win $25,000 in cash!

Open to all for-profit companies headquartered in the nine-county, Greater Rochester New York Region, this annual contest encourages entrepreneurship and recognizes new, high-growth ventures. Learn about the contest. Register for the contest starting February 1, 2010.
 
The finalists will present before a live audience and panel of judges. The winners will be announced at the 2nd Annual Celebration of Entrepreneurship Luncheon Friday, April 30th, 2010. Register for the luncheon.
 
Prizes
 
  • Contest finalists will receive significant community exposure and marketing services from Dixon Schwabl
  • 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will also receive cash prizes and free office space at HTR’s Lennox Tech Enterprise Center or Rochester BioVenture Center
Sponsorships
 
Support entrepreneurship in our community. Become a sponsor of the contest! Contact Jackie Spiro for more information.
 
Contest Information and Guidelines
 
All contest information is available at www.htr.org/bpcontest
Contact BusinessPlan@htr.org  or 585-214-2400 with questions

Science Center Brings Together Innovation and Culture

Bread Board's NextFab Studio opened January 22, allowing students, adults, researchers and companies to fabricate and prototype novel designs in 3D.  NextFab and Bread Board's Esther Klein Gallery which had an opening for the Brower Jet Propulsion Laboratory in conjunction with the open house, brought the public into the Science Center to share in the excitement and possibility that is always present.  

The 3,600 square foot production space much like the gallery across the street meets a number of needs.  It provides access to the materials that will generate both conceptual and physical innovation, so that the life cycle of information and commerce may perpetuate.  

 

Space finally available at the BioCenter


Now, more than ever, start-ups can use all the help they can get. The San Jose BioCenter will provide your biotech or cleantech company with support for fundraising, business development, legal, lab support, HR and payroll activities, as well as, provide you with access to our $15 million dollar state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and shared equipment.

“In just 5 years San Jose BioCenter companies have raised over $1 Billion in deals and financing.” -Melinda Richter, Executive Director, San Jose BioCenter

Our mission is to provide life science and cleantech companies with the infrastructure, resources, networks and expertise they need to develop and commercialize their technology. The San Jose BioCenter was awarded the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) International Incubator of the year award for 2009 because of our exceptional resources, programs and client success rate. After 1.5 years at the San Jose BioCenter, Tacere Pharmaceuticals inked a $145m development deal with Pfizer for its preclinical hepatitis C drug:

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA Testifies before U.S. Congress on Innovation & Entrepreneurship

RoseAnn B. Rosenthal spoke to the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology with advice for
the Department of Commerce’s new Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

WASHINGTON, D.C. (www.sep.benfranklin.org) – RoseAnn B. Rosenthal, President & CEO of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP), yesterday testified before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology’s subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. 
 
Rosenthal was asked to testify because of her track record in Pennsylvania’s technology community, expertise in the industry, and role within Ben Franklin.  Since 2001 alone, Ben Franklin has committed more than $50 million to over 500 early stage companies, which have created or retained over 7000 high-tech jobs.  During that time Ben Franklin’s portfolio companies have raised more than a billion dollars in follow-on investment.

Science Center Appoints Vice President and General Counsel

 

Contact
Jeanne Mell
University City Science Center
215-966-6029
 
 
 
 
 
 
PHILADELPHIA--(January 20, 2010) – Saul Behar has joined the University City Science Center as Vice President and General Counsel.  Behar has worked for the Science Center as a consultant since January 2009.  He reports directly to Stephen S. Tang, Ph.D., the Science Center’s President and CEO. In addition to his role as General Counsel, Behar also has responsibility for government relations at the federal, state and city levels.
 
Behar brings to his new position nearly 25 years of experience as an attorney, senior executive and strategic advisor, managing sophisticated corporate, real estate and securities transactions for both early-stage and established companies in diverse fields.  Most recently, Behar was a partner at Wolf Block LLP in Philadelphia.  Prior to that, he served as General Counsel at Provident Senior Living Trust, a privately owned real estate investment trust based in Princeton, New Jersey that owned 68 senior housing facilities in 19 states.  Before joining Provident, Behar served as General Counsel at Keystone Property Trust, an NYSE-listed real estate investment trust headquartered in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania that focused on industrial real estate.   Provident and Keystone were highly successful real estate firms that were acquired by the leading companies in their industry sectors.

Bell Independent Power Corp. Chooses Tucson’s UA Tech Park for New Solar Plant; Facility to Serve Tucson

 

 

For Immediate Release                                                          
Contact TREO:                                                                                                                   
Laura Shaw, Sr. Vice President, Marketing and Communications                          
(520) 243-1940 office, (520) 609-5972 cell or laura.shaw@treoaz.org
Contact Bell Independent Power Corp.:
Joseph Bell Jr., President
(585) 218-0850 office or jbelljr@bellipc.net
Contact UA Tech Park:
Jessa Turner, Media & Public Relations Coordinator
(520) 382-2485 or jbturner@uatechpark.org 
 
Tucson, AZ (January 19, 2010) – Bell Independent Power Corp., Rochester, New York, is a developer of Thermal Storage Technology for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). Bell has chosen the UA Tech Park as the site of a new state of the art 5-MW solar plant with a Thermal Storage System that will be the first of its kind in the world. 
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