14 Apr Partnership to send 25 Wisconsin businesses to BIO 2014
In partnership with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and University Research Park, BioForward is awarding 25 attendees from Wisconsin companies scholarships to participate in the BIO International Convention, the largest biotechnology conference in the world.
Recipients will receive access to one-on-one partnering with internationally recognized companies in the bioscience industry and access to BIO’s business partnering system, which provides access to more than 3,000 companies attending the convention. Additionally, WEDC will host meetings for the scholarship recipient companies with international delegations and companies at the convention, which will be held June 23-26 in San Diego.
The scholarship recipients are:
- Aldevron (Madison), a world-class service organization specializing in plasmid DNA and protein production technologies, antibody technologies, and custom services with operations in the United States and Europe and a client base spanning the entire globe www.aldevron.com
- Aztalan Engineering Inc. (Lake Mills), an employee-owned manufacturer of precision machines parts and assemblies www.aztalan.com
- Biology Based Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Lodi), an early-stage pharmaceutical company that provides flexible cell based and immunology based assay solutions which include development, production, purification, and quality analytic services under GLP and cGMP www.biobasedpharma.com
- BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Blood Research Institute. (Milwaukee) www.bcw.edu
- Bridge to Cures Inc. (Wauwatosa), a nonprofit corporation created to help scientific entrepreneurs in southeast Wisconsin start and grow companies that turn their research and inventions into products that target unmet medical needs. www.bridgetocures.com
- Centrose LLC (Madison), a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of new technologies that improve patient health; developed the first-ever synergistic drug targeting systems called the Extracellular Drug Conjugate System (EDC) www.centrosepharma.com
- DNASTAR, Inc. (Madison), a global software pioneer company offering the best in sequence analysis software, next-gen sequencing software, primer design software, and gene expression software for over 25 years www.dnastar.com
- EigenBio LLC (Madison), a newly formed subsidiary of ioGenetics LLC that has developed breakthrough informatics capabilities and an applied mathematical system to provide rapid and accurate immunome analysis of proteins www.eigenbio.com
- Intense Engineering (Madison) designs, develops, and builds custom instruments, devices, and automated systems providing product development and engineering services for companies in the bioscience sector and high-tech start-up community www.intense-engineering.com
- InvivoSciences, Inc. (Madison), a leading developer and supplier of proprietary 3D cell/tissue culture models for highly-predictive, multi-parameter phenotypic assays in pharmacology safety and discovery screening; unique combination of tissue engineering technology with assay automation and sample miniaturization offers a rapid and cost effective platform for unprecedented therapeutic discovery www.invivosciences.com
- ioGenetics LLC (Madison), a holding company with platform technologies in immunoinformatics and recombinant protein expression that is developing novel first/best-in-class anti-infectives called “DBAF” (Directed Biocide® antibody fusions) to treat difficult infections such as MRSA and Strep. Pneumonia www.iogenetics.com
- Isomark, LLC (Madison), has developed the Canary TM Breath Delta Value (BDV) analyzer, which uses patented, breath monitoring technology and offers a unique non-invasive method for rapid detection of invasive infections www.isomark.com
- Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (Marshfield) a division of Marshfield Clinic consisting of research centers in clinical research, agricultural health and safety, epidemiology/population health, human genetics, and biomedical informatics www.marshfieldclinic.org
- Nexcyon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Madison), a global veterinary pharmaceutical company located in Madison and London focusing on developing medically-needed therapeutics for companion animals, obtaining regulatory approvals in the USA and EU, and setting up manufacturing process and manufacturing the approved medicines www.nexcyon.com
- Next Generation Clinical Research (Madison), a Clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Functional Service Provider offering development consulting, clinical trial management and medical safety services to biopharma and medical device organizations with particular expertise in Critical Care, Chronic Kidney Disease and Central Nervous System Disorders www.nextgenclinical.com
- PeptiMed (Madison), a seed-stage biopharmaceutical company that is developing a potent siRNA molecule to down-regulate an oncogene target to treat cancer, as well as a novel nanoparticle delivery system to enable its use in animals and humans www.peptimed.com
- Primorigen Biosciences, Inc. (Madison), provides innovative solutions for stem cell maintenance, proliferation, characterization and assay development, including Vitronectin XF, MesoTotal, a variety of human growth factors and cytokines, and high qualities antibodies and proteins for developmental markers www.primorigen.com
- Quintessence Biosciences, Inc. (Madison), a private, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel anti-cancer compounds based on patented EVADE TM Ribonuclease technology www.quintbio.com
About the sponsors:
BioForward— BioForward is the member-driven state association that is the voice of Wisconsin’s bioscience industry and a state chapter of the national Biotechnology Industry Organization. We advocate actively on our members’ behalf for public policy that supports the industry, save our members money through our Select Savings group purchasing program, and provide a variety of opportunities for connections to funding, partners, customers, and employers and employees through our events and online resources. Our professional, service oriented staff also provide one-on-one support to members with specific requests. Our members include bioscience companies, universities, non-profits, service providers, and government agencies.
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation— As Wisconsin’s lead economic development agency, with more than 600 regional and local partners, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) fosters the cooperation necessary to support sustainable business growth and job creation. Our model is customer-service focused and aligns with the needs of businesses. To ensure we are effective and efficient, we collaborate with our state economic development network to deploy tools, provide financial and technical support, encourage entrepreneurship, and advance industries.
University Research Park— University Research Park, established in 1984 and located three miles west of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, is home to more than 126 companies that employ over 3,500 people. The non-profit, internationally-recognized research and technology park has 37 buildings with more than 1.8 million square feet of office and laboratory space used by a broad range of start-up companies, many of which are focused on biotechnology. URP’s groundbreaking approach and innovative tenant solutions encourage the development and commercialization of new, cutting-edge ideas. Its efforts enhance the state and local economies, while benefiting research and educational programs at the UW—Madison. The park is a partner of UW—Madison, where the world-renowned research faculty holds more scientific patents than at any other public university in the country. The partnership generates great jobs in the community while affording tremendous access and support for URP companies at the university.