The North Carolina Biotechnology Center (http://www.ncbiotech.org/) has announced its Faculty Recruitment Grant has been renamed the Oliver Smithies Faculty Recruitment Grant in honor of Nobel Prize recipient, Dr. Oliver Smithies. The North Carolina Biotechnology Center created the Faculty Recruitment Grant to assist universities in attracting top scientists to North Carolina and outfit their labs after arrival. Dr. Smithies was one of the program’s earliest recruits.
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Diversity Alliance for Science, Inc. (DA4S) (http://www.diversityallianceforscience.com/) will hold its inaugural networking conference and expo on May 19-20 at the Westin Governors Morris in Morristown, N.J. The two-day event will focus on developing and integrating more minority, women, veteran and disabled-owned businesses into the life sciences space.
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Lou Jurkowski, founder and chief executive officer of "BJAC pa":http://www.bjac.com, one of the largest woman-owned architectural design firms in the Southeast, has announced that the firm has won the Business Champions award presented by Business Leader Magazine and Wake Technical Community College.
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The North Carolina Biotechnology Center (http://www.ncbiotech.org/) has announced the release of a podcast featuring Dr. Oliver Smithies, co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. In the podcast, Smithies discusses how he was recruited to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center; the past, present and future of the state of life sciences in North Carolina; winning the Nobel Prize; the importance of continued investment in the research of life sciences; and the benefits of community support.
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