Founder of New Orleans Alternative Fuel Company Wins Fellowship for Entrepreneurs
December 03, 2012 - NOLA.com A New Orleans entrepreneur who started a company that uses algae to create synthetic oil is one of 13 people internationally to win acceptance to…
ReactWell Founder is One of 13 Accepted into Kauffman Global Scholars Program
November 23, 2012 - Silicon Bayou News Brandon Iglesias, Founder of ReactWell and tenant of the New Orleans BioInnovation Center announced his acceptance into the Kauffman Global Scholars Program on…
Local entrepreneur earns lofty science fellowship
November 20, 2012 – New Orleans CityBusiness Brandon Iglesias, founder of the local startup ReactWell, is one of 13 entrepreneurs across the globe chosen to participate in the Kauffman Global…
Startup businesses create demand for lawyer specialization
November 01, 2012 - New Orleans CityBusiness More early-stage companies are looking for attorneys who are well versed in intellectual property law, can think like an entrepreneur and are willing…
New Orleans BioInnovation Center’s Client Awarded $400,000
October 26, 2012 - Silicon Bayou News The New Orleans BioInnovation Center announced today that client Wibi+Works, an emerging biotechnology company, received $400,000 to advance stem cell therapy for treating…
New Orleans BioInnovation Center names women’s health startup as inaugural contest winner
October 17, 2012 – The Times-Picayune / NOLA.com The New Orleans BioInnovation Center, a one-year-old biotech business incubator, has announced the inaugural winner of a contest that provides $5,000 in…
Bioceptive Takes Home $5,000 from First Annual Turner BioChallenge
October 17, 2012 - Silicon Bayou News Bioceptive, a company working towards meeting the needs of women through a developing patent, took home the prize from the first annual Turner…
Newsmaker Q&A: Kris Khalil, manager, New Orleans BioFund
September 19, 2012 - New Orleans CityBusiness Kris Khalil is venturing into relatively new territory with his recent assignment managing the $1.7 million New Orleans BioFund that will provide low-interest…
Biotech startup earns National Science Foundation grant for DNA ID kits
August 13, 2012 – New Orleans CityBusiness Local start-up InnoGenomics Technologies Inc. has been awarded a grant of up to $1 million from the National Science Foundation to complete a…
MiniVax Adds Dr. Bruce Beutler, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, as Scientific Advisor
July 18, 2012 - Market Watch MiniVax, Inc., a company specializing in the development of treatments for opportunistic fungal and bacterial infections, announced Dr. Bruce Beutler as the most recent…