Southeast CC cuts ribbon on new Health Sciences building
Southeast Community College, a member of Bio Nebraska, unveiled its new Health Sciences building located at its Lincoln campus. 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
NEOGEN launches Igenity® Feeder, a new commercial DNA sorting tool
Bio Nebraska member, Neogen, announced the launch of a DNA tool designed to assist cattle producers in the stocker and backgrounder phase to rank and manage feeder cattle according to their genetic potential for carcass traits. Read more
Evonik Wins Governor’s Bioscience Award
Bio Nebraska announced today that Evonik has been named the 2020 recipient of the Governor’s Bioscience Award, presented by Gov. Pete Ricketts. Read more
Bio Nebraska Celebrates Business Innovation Act’s Support of Bioscience Projects
The Nebraska Department of Economic Development reported in their 2019 Annual Report that Nebraska awarded roughly $5.5 million of Business Innovation Act funds in FY2018-2019 to bioscience projects in the state. Read more