Innovating Louisiana Biotech: What It Took, What It Takes
Installment III The people of Louisiana are no strangers to struggle—and their resilience is precisely what the biotechnology industry needs now more than ever. Dr. Trivia Frazier (of Obatala Sciences)…
Where There’s Change, There’s Challenge
Installment II Ushering in a new era of biotechnology is no small feat. Both Dr. Trivia Frazier (of Obatala Sciences) and Dr. Sunyoung Kim (of Chosen Diagnostics) have dealt with…
How the Leaders of Obatala Sciences and Chosen Diagnostics Are Shaping the Future of Biotechnology in Louisiana
Installment I In parsing through today’s landscape of American biotechnology, the concentrations of development are visibly bicoastal. From Seattle to San Francisco, over to Boston and New York, the industry…
News: BioFund Portfolio Company BioAesthetics Raises $2.5 million
News: BioFund Portfolio Company BioAesthetics surpasses $2.5 million target raise BioAesthetics Surpasses Series A Goal, Further Advancing the Nipple-Areolar Complex Graft to Clinical Use BioAesthetics Corporation today announced that it…
Gremillion Technologies Wins BioChallenge and BioFund Prizes
Local physician and entrepreneur Grayson Gremillion presented his company at the 7th annual BioChallenge pitch competition at the Joy Theater on November 14, and was selected as the winner of…
Digital Health Startup RDnote Wins Top Prizes in 2017 BioChallenge
Digital health startup RDnote won the 2017 BioChallenge pitch competition, the Center's annual business challenge for Louisiana life science startups. Four companies pitched in the finals at the Joy Theater,…
Unveiling the Four BioChallenge Competition Finalists
The Center is excited to announce the four Louisiana life sciences startups selected to compete in the 2017 BioChallenge pitch competition on November 8 -- read on to meet them:…
Fluence Analytics Launches ARGEN Protein Monitoring Platform
Tulane spin-out and client startup Fluence Analytics, a manufacturer of realtime, industrial and laboratory monitoring systems, has launched ARGEN, a patented protein and polymer stability monitoring product. By utilizing continuous light scattering…
AxoSim Receives $1.7M Grant from the National Institutes of Health
Tenant startup AxoSim has been awarded a two year NIH Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant for $1,770,000 to advance their nerve-on-a-chip technology for predictive preclinical drug testing. AxoSim is developing clinically relevant models…
ICONIC Protein Closes $8 Million Funding Round
Innovative beverage startup ICONIC Protein has added several industry experts to the company's board and raised $8 million to expand staff, retail sales, and product offerings. The startup, which launched…