Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Life Sciences
Balm Innovations Gets $100,000 Grant to Launch New Product
Balm Innovations of Little Rock, parent company of Omnibalm skin cream products, has received a $100,000 Seed Capital Investment Program grant from the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority to help launch a new product, to be announced, and expand its c
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Venture Investor Noro-Moseley Expands into Arkansas
After 25 years as a successful venture investor within the Southeastern United States, Noro-Moseley is ready to expand to Arkansas through the Arkansas Institutional Fund. read more >
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Nano Development Seeks New Kind of Cancer Fight
A team of scientists led by Dr. Alexandru Biris at the Nanotechnology Center at UALR in collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is developing a method for attacking cancer cells by killing them from within. read more >
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BioVentures Startup Receives SBIR Grant to Develop Imaging Materials
One of the early-stage companies in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures center is the recipient of Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the Department of Energy, the center announced recently. read more >
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Time Magazine Editor-at-large to Speak at Venture Forum Conference
A week from today Josh Quittner, editor-at-large for Time Magazine, will be the featured speaker at the 2008 Arkansas Venture Forum Conference, organizers announced recently. read more >
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Center Puts ‘Technology’ in Small Business Development
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and other higher education institutions in the state recently acknowledged the Arkansas Small Business Development Center's shift toward assisting high-tech and innovative businesses. read more >
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IA Client Lydia Carson Named to National Innovation Board
Lydia Carson, a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's executive MBA program, has been named to the advisory board of Planet Eureka! USA National Innovation Marketplace. read more >
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UAMS Researcher Awarded $2.7 Million to Study Brain Activity of Addicts
Warren K. Bickel, director of the Center for Addiction Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, recently received his fourth concurrent grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse. read more >
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Arkansas Biotechnology Researchers Pitch to Venture Capitalists
Venture capitalists from Arkansas and seven other states are at the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce today and tomorrow to hear about potential investment opportunities in medical technologies developed at Arkansas universities. read more >
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Registration Open for 2008 National SBIR Conference
Hartford, Conn., has been selected as the location for the next national SBIR conference, to be held Nov. 12-14. read more >
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UA Researcher Awarded Grant to Develop Technology to Treat Diabetes
Kaiming Ye, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has received a $244,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the school announced recently. read more >
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UALR’s Arkansas Small Business Development Center to Offer ‘Advanced Invention to Venture’ Workshop
The Arkansas Small Business Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will soon sponsor the first Advanced Invention to Venture workshop in Arkansas. read more >
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Little Rock MSA No. 54 Among Milken’s Best-Performing Cities List
The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area ranked No. 54 among the Milken Institute's 2008 list of America's Best-Performing Cities Index. read more >
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Report: Arkansas Students Rank Low in Math, Science Proficiency
The American Electronics Association recently released a rather dismal report that analyzes the latest math and science scores for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. read more >
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AEDC Reports Increased Economic Development
Last year was a banner year for economic development in the state, according the Arkansas Economic Development Commission's annual activity report for 2007. read more >
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Economic Literacy Programs Fill Educational Void in State
Educators and nonprofit groups in Arkansas are joining forces to promote economic and financial literacy starting at an early age. read more >
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New CEO of State Chamber Targets Business Climate
Randy Zook, the new president and CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas, is keeping an eye out for legislation or regulations that might hurt businesses in the state. read more >
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Wal-Mart Foundation Donates $369,000 to ASU’s Arkansas Biosciences Institute
The Wal-Mart Foundation donated $369,000 to the Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University today in Gov. Mike Beebe's conference room at the Capitol. read more >
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Commerce Arkansas Power Lunch to Feature Ranger Boats Officials
Forrest L. Wood, founder of Ranger Boats of Flippin, and Irwin L. Jacobs, owner of Ranger's parent company, Minneapolis-based Genmar Holdings, Inc., will be the featured guests at the Oct. 22 Commerce Arkansas Power Lunch in Little Rock. read more >
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Omnibalm Recognized by Chain Drug Review as Top Niche Product
Omnibalm Daily Foot Therapy, a product of Little Rock-based Balm Innovations, has been named a "Small Chain Niche Pick" and a "Key Special Niche Product" in Chain Drug Review's second annual Niche Products Report. read more >
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ARTP Welcomes Winrock, Karen McSpadden
The University of Arkansas Technology Development Foundation welcomes Innovate Arkansas as the newest affiliate in the Arkansas Research and Technology Park. read more >
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