http://www.umbbiopark.comUniversity of Maryland BioPark News and AnnouncementsTue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00-0400Copyright 2009 umbbiopark.com All rights reserved.en-usMEDIA ALERT March 1, 2010 For Baltimore reporters, editors and producers Contact: Carrie Handwerker, 301-405-5833, chand@rhsmith.umd.edu Robert H. Smith School of Business Previews New Campus at UM-Baltimore BioPark The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business celebrates the opening of...http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=197http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=197Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Clifford J. Kendall, chair of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents, today announced the appointment of Jay Perman, MD, as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Perman is currently dean and vice president for clinical affairs at the...http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=196http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=196Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT*** MEDIA ADVISORY*** (RESCHEDULED EVENT) Also Will Meet with Students Training for Careers in Life Sciences On Monday, February 22, U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) will visit the University of Maryland BioPark where he will meet with Baltimore City Community College students who are preparing for careers in...http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=194http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=194Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTBALTIMORE, MD. February 15, 2010-- Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a contract research and manufacturing organization (CRO/CMO), is proud to congratulate Michele Dumás for receiving the “Pfizer External Research Award”, for her part in facilitating the company’s outsourcing...http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=193http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=193Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTBaltimore Business Journal - by Scott Graham Staff Here’s some good news for an industry that was short on highlights during the recession: Companies are taking more space in Baltimore’s two emerging biotechnology research centers; at least one firm is mulling a venture capital-backed funding...http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=191http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=191Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTBioWorld Today By Jennifer Boggs Assistant Managing Editor Despite its small size – only five employees – young biotech firm Gliknik Inc. has some big goals. Founded in 2007 by friends CEO David Block and Scott Strome, a scientist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine,...http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=189http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=189Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTFyodor Biotechnologies Inc. announced that it has completed its relocation into a new, state-of-the-art facility in the BioInnovation Center at the University of Maryland BioPark in Baltimore, Maryland. The new facility includes executive office and laboratory space for research and development activities, including...http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=190http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=190Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTBaltimore Business Journal by Julekha Dash As a child growing up in Nigeria, Eddy C. Agbo saw first hand the devastating effects of malaria. “A lot of children died from it in my village,” Agbo said. “It was traumatic.” Agbo now wants to do something about the disease that...http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=188http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=188Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTWashington Post Monday, January 4, 2010 In my senior year of college, I did research with a doctor that got me excited about what a career in medical research was all about. I went through the process of applying to medical schools and going on interviews, but I started having this feeling that what I really...http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=187http://www.umbbiopark.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=187Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT