Bio Nebraska Welcomes New Board Members
Bio Nebraska is happy to announce that Amy Thompson, McCarthy Building Companies, and Laurie Reagan, BD, will join the Bio Nebraska Board of Directors, beginning in 2021. Read more
Member News
Husker research team earns grant to improve nitric oxide sensors
A team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a member of Bio Nebraska, has earned a $1.77 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to make nitric oxide sensors easy to use and to utilize them to study both healthy and diseased cells. Read more
U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith Receives 2020 Champion of Health Care Innovation Award
Bio Nebraska, together with local organizations including member Becton Dickinson, partnered with the ALSIC to present the 2020 Champion of Health Care Innovation Award. Read more
Streck launches rapid, modular qPCR instrument with market-leading speed
Streck, a member of Bio Nebraska, announced that they have developed the Zulu RT®, a modular, rapid qPCR instrument capable of performing 40 cycles of qPCR in less than 20 minutes. Read more
Member Spotlight: Evonik
Bio Nebraska talks to the 2020 Governor’s Bioscience Award winner, Evonik, for November’s Member Spotlight. Read more
Lincoln animal health company pivots during pandemic to provide human tests
MatMaCorp, a member of Bio Nebraska, was featured in the Lincoln Journal Star discussing how their portable testing system for animals has evolved into testing for COVID-19 in humans. Read more
Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Vaccine Candidate Against COVID-19 Achieved Success in First Interim Analysis from Phase 3 Study
Pfizer, a member of Bio Nebraska, and BioNTech announced that their vaccine candidate has been found to be over 90 percent effective against COVID-19. Read more
Kearney named Top STEM City in Nebraska
Kearney has been named the top STEM city in Nebraska, thanks in part to Bio Nebraska members University of Nebraska at Kearney and Ward Laboratories. Story by Lincoln Journal Star’s Tiffany Stoiber. Read more
Albrecht GFX Celebrates Bioscience Month with Illustration
Albrecht GFX, a member of Bio Nebraska, is celebrating Bioscience Month with their October illustration, a 3D image depicting stages in the coccidia life cycle. Read more