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Archives for 2017
Spotlighting the Local CR Scene
Due to summer break, there currently are no programs planned on our event’s schedule. Check back soon, however, as we will be listing new opportunities in August.
Insights that Steer CR Growth
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Broad Clinical Connections Await
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Fish 2.0 Workshop Draws Seafood Industry Startups
Oysters, crab, shrimp, lobster and scallops were on the menu at this week’s Fish 2.0 South Atlantic & Gulf Coast Shellfish Workshop, hosted by University of North Carolina Wilmington at the university’s MARBIONC facility.
Fish 2.0, founded by executive director Monica Jain, uses a competition platform to connect seafood innovators, investors and industry experts so that promising ventures could find funding and knowledge resources.
It’s the first time the organization has extended its competition track into the Southeast U.S. and the first time it has conducted a workshop for the region to help entrepreneurs in the shellfish industry prepare to pitch their businesses to potential investors. Entrepreneurs with the strongest proposals, drawn from all regions, pitch to investors from around the world at a global competition next fall, according to Diane Durance, executive director of UNCW’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Durance is a veteran of Fish 2.0’s competition platform, having pitched her own project in Michigan in 2013. When she became head of the CIE in June, she realized there was no Fish 2.0 regional competition track in this part of the country, and set about to change that.
“I’ve had Fish 2.0 on my mind since 2013,” she said at the workshop opening Wednesday morning. “I knew we had a lot of strength in marine technology here. Attending the workshop increases participants’ ability to compete at the global event, which takes place at Stanford University in November.”
The inaugural workshop in Wilmington drew 21 participants from five states. The businesses seeking investor funding ranged from startup oyster farms to shellfish-centric software firms to researchers streamlining the process of diagnosing disease in shellfish populations.
Niels Lindquist of Morehead City is co-founder and CEO of Sandbar Oyster Co. Inc., which has invented a material that can be formed into various shapes and submerged to form an artificial substrate to which oysters can attach.
After trying out his pitch on the workshop audience Friday morning, Lindquist said the workshop had been helpful in understanding how to develop his appeal to investors.
“It gave me a better understanding of the investor side of the equation: what motivates them, what turns them off, and their limitations,” he said. “I also understand how to tailor a pitch to different investors.”
Deborah Keller, owner of Oyster Mom LLC in Oyster Bay, Florida, said the workshop helped her focus on what she wants to accomplish as she expands her business.
“I realize what I need to move forward. I need more tool sharpening,” she said.
Keller is more than an oyster farmer. She takes on apprentices who have disabilities and teaches them the business. Thus far she has trained a blind man and a disabled teenager the routines of growing and harvesting the in-demand bivalves.
“I want to be an oyster fisherman that trains new oyster fishermen,” she said. “There are so many people out there that need that kind of work, and that have the passion for that kind of work.”
Workshop participants spoke of the high demand for shellfish and the ways in which technology and automation can raise the productivity and sustainability of existing aquaculture operations, and make it easier for new ones to get started.
Jain, who moderated the wrap-up pitch session, said she expects more participants in the regional workshop next year. The first year’s competition in a region typically draws what she calls “early adopters,” while other entrepreneurs watch and see how things go.
“The first year in Seattle we had about 20 participants,” she said. “The second year, we had 70 applications in five days.”
Entrepreneurs with shellfish-related ventures located in the 12-state Southeastern U.S. region are encouraged to participate in Fish 2.0, Durance said. The deadline to apply is April 29. Click here for more information.
By Jenny Callison, posted March 17, 2017 on WilmingtonBiz.com
Copyright © 2017 SAJ Media, LLC dba Greater Wilmington Business Journal
Clinical Drug Development in Oncology – the Science and the Art
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 @ 6 p.m.
NC Coast Clinical Research Initiative and UNCW Student Association of Clinical Research Present “Clinical Drug Development in Oncology – the Science and the Art” with speaker Dr. Sandra L. Silberman, Attending Physician, Durham VA Medical Center.
This session will explore:
- New Therapies, New Challenges: The Need for Innovation in Trial Design
- Looking Toward the Future
Come prepared to ask your questions and engage in active discussion with a leading industry professional.
Event will include heavy appetizers and beverages.
Speaker
Dr. Silberman is a Hematologist/Oncologist who earned her B.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, her M.D. from Cornell University Medical College and a clinical fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the Harvard Medical Institutions.
She led the clinical development and managed the regulatory approval of several novel first in class cancer drugs, and now serves the biopharmaceutical industry as a senior advisor with her own consulting company. Throughout her career, she has continued part time in active clinical practice, and is currently an attending physician in the Duke fellowship program at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center Hematology/Oncology clinic in Durham, NC.
**REGISTER EARLY: Space is limited.
FAQs
Where will the event be held?
The event will be held at the UNCW McNeill Hall, Rm. 1051, located on UNCW main campus, in Wilmington.
What are my parking options?
PPlease park in the parking deck on the opposite side of Cahill Dr. from McNeill Hall and beside the Dunkin Donuts. There is a charge for parking.
Who can I contact regarding any questions or concerns?
Please contact Randall Johnson at Randall_Johnson@ncbiotech.org at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center Southeastern Office with any questions or concerns.
This event is hosted by the North Carolina Coast Clinical Research Initiative, sponsored by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center Southeastern Office, and the UNCW Student Association of Clinical Research. The event will enhance the region’s knowledge about topics specific to the clinical research cluster in southeastern North Carolina.
Addressing Global Health Challenges: Vaccine Development Initiatives Against Emerging Disease
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 @ 6 p.m.
Explore the field of drug discovery, including vaccine research and development for infectious diseases, such as the Zika virus and Ebola virus.
This session will:
- Explore the process and business of drug discovery, including vaccine development
- Describe the necessary skills and occupational opportunities for drug discovery
- Look at a typical “Day in the Life” of drug discovery professionals
- Answer your questions with regards to life and work as a drug discovery professional
- Come prepared to ask your questions and engage in meaningful, active discussion with a leading industry professional.
Event will include heavy appetizers and beverages.
Speaker
Kevin Gilligan, Sr. Director of Medical Affairs, Clinical Research Management, Inc. (ClinicalRM)
30+ yrs. experience in health care, biotech, and pharmaceutical development at Bayer Corp., US Dept of Health and Human Services BioMedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Innovative Genetics, and CommonWealth Biotechnologies.
Background in discovery science, vaccine discovery, development and testing, clinical study sample testing, diagnostic development and validation, immunology, virology, bacteriology, biologics process development and manufacturing and pathogen safety.
Extensive experience in management of $100M+ advanced development programs, procurement contracts for antivirals, management of contracts, management of proprietary products in emergency scenarios, emerging threat product development, conceiving and creating bio-threat countermeasures.
Lead inter-agency, interdisciplinary, private/public partnerships, to address outstanding public health crises.
**REGISTER EARLY: Space is limited.
FAQs
Where will the event be held?
The event will be held at the UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UNCW CIE), located at 803 S. College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403.
What are my parking options?
Please park in either the lot in front of or behind the UNCW CIE.
Who can I contact regarding any questions or concerns?
Please contact Randall Johnson at Randall_Johnson@ncbiotech.org at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center Southeastern Office with any questions or concerns.
This event is hosted by the North Carolina Coast Clinical Research Initiative, sponsored by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center Southeastern Office, and the UNCW Student Association of Clinical Research. The event will enhance the region’s knowledge about topics specific to the clinical research cluster in southeastern North Carolina.