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Topic: Biomedical Discovery District

Minnesota legislative preview: For healthcare, defense is the best offense

Minnesota legislative preview: For healthcare, defense is the best offense

January 4, 2011 2:45 pm by | 0 Comments

Life science current events will collide with political realities in Minnesota. Last year the medical industry made important strides, including winning an angel investment tax credit. This year healthcare interests ... Read more
Vision unrealized? University of Minnesota faces new reality

Vision unrealized? University of Minnesota faces new reality

November 9, 2010 4:28 pm by | 0 Comments

Dr. Frank Cerra has hitched his wagon to outgoing University of Minnesota president Robert Bruininks. Cerra, medical school dean and head of the school's Academic Health Center, is retiring at ... Read more
Cerra leaves University of Minnesota with a mixed legacy

Cerra leaves University of Minnesota with a mixed legacy

September 29, 2010 12:47 pm by | 3 Comments

A quick scan of Dr. Frank Cerra's 14-year tenure as head of the University of Minnesota's health science programs causes one word to come to mind: "Big." Yet big doesn't ... Read more
Minnesota Science Park (or at least the idea) makes its debut

Minnesota Science Park (or at least the idea) makes its debut

September 16, 2010 6:25 pm by | 0 Comments

Organizers of the planned Minnesota Science Park officially unveiled plans for the 32-acre, one million-square-foot private research park adjacent to the University of Minnesota's Biomedical Discovery District during Thursday's Association ... Read more
University of Minnesota researcher to lead $30M brain study

University of Minnesota researcher to lead $30M brain study

September 15, 2010 5:21 pm by | 0 Comments

A University of Minnesota researcher will co-lead a $30 million international effort to map the complex electrical/chemical connections of the human brain. Kamil Ugurbil, director of the school's Center for ... Read more
Minneapolis to host annual conference of university research parks

Minneapolis to host annual conference of university research parks

August 9, 2010 6:35 pm by | 0 Comments

The University of Minnesota’s Biomedical Discovery District has the land. It has the money. Now it will get some serious validation.Next month, the university’s medical school will host the annual ... Read more
The research parks and the railroads: a collision course in the making?

The research parks and the railroads: a collision course in the making?

July 29, 2010 7:12 pm by | 0 Comments

By all accounts, the University of Minnesota’s ambitious Biomedical Discovery District and a planned adjacent private research park are proceeding nicely.Last month, the university christened the Winston and Maxine Wallin ... Read more
Tim vs. Tim feud is good for Minnesota. Beers and burgers on me.

Tim vs. Tim feud is good for Minnesota. Beers and burgers on me.

July 16, 2010 1:31 pm by | 1 Comments

Can’t we just all get along?Tim Mahoney and Tim Mulcahy share a lot more than their first names and initials. The two men have been allies on everything from angel ... Read more
Could Minnesota’s budget fiasco derail angel credit, economic development?

Could Minnesota’s budget fiasco derail angel credit, economic development?

May 7, 2010 3:21 pm by | 1 Comments

Not to sound paranoid … but …Just when you think Minnesota has turned the corner in stimulating high-tech innovation, the nagging pest otherwise known as the budget has once again ... Read more
BIO 2010: Minnesota faces crossroads in its high-tech future

BIO 2010: Minnesota faces crossroads in its high-tech future

May 3, 2010 9:33 am by | 0 Comments

To BIO or not to BIO? That’s the question confronting Minnesota as it ponders its economic future.In some ways, the answer is obvious. The state boasts a lot of expertise ... Read more
Minnesota guv candidates try to woo biotech crowd (with, um, mixed results)

Minnesota guv candidates try to woo biotech crowd (with, um, mixed results)

April 20, 2010 4:02 pm by | 0 Comments

It’s always a tough act to follow Howard Root, the sometimes volatile, always interesting CEO of Vascular Solutions Inc. But when you’re one of a gazillion candidates running for the ... Read more
Former Pawlenty aide now university champion. Not as weird as you think.

Former Pawlenty aide now university champion. Not as weird as you think.

March 22, 2010 4:37 pm by | 0 Comments

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the state’s top research university are not exactly close allies.At The Collaborative’s annual venture capital conference last year, Pawlenty criticized the University of Minnesota for ... Read more
Upwind Medical Partners to create $8 million early stage fund

Upwind Medical Partners to create $8 million early stage fund

March 2, 2010 3:22 pm by | 2 Comments

Another day, another new local early stage fund.Upwind Medical Partners is launching a $6 million to $8 million early stage fund that will focus on commercializing intellectual property from health ... Read more
University of Minnesota and developers plan $20M venture fund to anchor major science park

University of Minnesota and developers plan $20M venture fund to anchor major science park

February 1, 2010 3:38 pm by | 3 Comments

The park should be Minnesota's answer to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, a place where academics, scientists, investors and entrepreneurs converge to create breakthrough innovations developed and sold by ... Read more