DETROIT - Asterand plc, a leading provider of human tissue and human tissue-based services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies engaged in drug discovery research, has been awarded a five-year, $24.3 million contract with the National Cancer Institute to supply clinically annotated human biospecimens for The Cancer Genome Atlas project, which attempts to understand the molecular
ANN ARBOR ? Bank of Ann Arbor's Technology Banking Group will provide working capital to the best and brightest start ups nurtured at Wayne State University's TechTown. "Detroit's TechTown is one of the nation's leading business incubators and an important catalyst for Detroit's new economy," said Michael Cole, Group President of Bank of Ann Arbor's
DETROIT - Do you protect your precious IP without bankrupting your fledgling enterprise? On Oct. 12, at the TiE Detroit monthly meeting you'll learn key Strategic Intellectual Property Management Best Practices, including how to navigate through the dreaded NDA with customers and partners. Before allocating a significant portion of your product or business development budget
MARQUETTE ? Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said the state's tourism Pure Michigan marketing campaign would be fully funded under his Value for Money budgeting proposal, which would prioritize state spending to those programs that return value to taxpayers and would eliminate the annual status-quo budgeting process that often times lacks rhyme or reason. Snyder
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Detroit chapter of TiE (Talent, Ideas, Enterprise) is bringing back the TiE Women's Forum at TiECon Midwest 2010, Michigan's largest Conference on entrepreneurship to be held Oct. 28-29 at The Henry in Dearborn. Recognizing the economic impact of women-owned businesses, TiE Detroit is organizing an exclusive track for women at TiE's
WASHINGTON ? Loans guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration to small businesses and entrepreneurs continued to rebound in fiscal year 2010 as a result of the successful loan enhancements first put in place under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and extended last week in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.
DEARBORN ? The two-day SecureWorld Expo conference kicks off Wednesday with a keynote at 9:30 am from William Hugh Murray, Executive Consultant Information Assurance; Associate Professor - Naval Postgraduate School, focused on Essential Security Practices. The Day One Luncheon Keynote at 12:15pm features Patrick Gray, Senior Security Strategist, Cisco Systems who will be covering Security
SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to malware infections by industry sector, education took the lead during the first half of 2010, according to the findings of the Trend Micro semi-annual 2010 threat report. Nearly 50 percent of all malware infections occurred within schools and universities where IT and security staffers face the challenge of
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University has received a grant of $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation to upgrade the life sciences research laboratories in its College of Arts and Sciences. Lawrence Tech's next-generation Life Sciences Research Facility will include a molecular and cell biology research lab, a chemistry lab, an instrumentation room, and a
WASHINGTON ? With the publication Monday of a final rule in the Federal Register, the U.S. Small Business Administration will begin implementation of its women-owned small business contracting program, which is expected to start in early 2011. The rule is part of the Obama Administration?s overall commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses to compete