Presents the Friday Keck Center Teleconference*
Reaching for critical mass in Biotech.
Jacqueline Northcut Waugh,
President and CEO,
BioHouston
4:00 pm Friday
22th Sept. , 2006
(Refreshments at 3:45)
5.520 Levin Hall
Abstract: BioHouston is a non-profit organization founded by Houston-region academic/research institutions to establish the Houston region as a vigorous global competitor in life science and biotechnology commercialization. BioHouston’s mission is to create an environment that will stimulate technology transfer and research commercialization, generating economic wealth for the Houston region and making it a global competitor in life science commercialization. To accomplish this, BioHouston convenes people and organizations that need to come together to make the life science industry in Houston ignite; communicates and interacts so that people and organizations can learn from one another, share information and explore opportunities; and catalyzes the discoveries and commercial development so that the true potential of the life science industry in Houston can be unlocked.
Come hear BioHouston President and CEO Jacqueline Northcut Waugh provide an update on the state of biotech in the Houston region, including findings from BioHouston’s annual census and details on the establishment of the BioHouston Resource Center (BRC) and the Genesis Biotechnology Park. The BRC an important new facility will make it easier and more affordable for start-up companies, and academic scientists-turned-entrepreneurs, to walk into the lab and get to work producing data; BRC facilities provide access to wet lab bench space, shared equipment, and the offices and tools that start-up companies need. Commercially minded scientists, entrepreneurs, tech transfer professionals and observers of the region’s biotech cluster should not miss this program. (http://www.biohouston.org )
