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Author Archive: George Goodno
George is the Director of State Policy Communications at BIO and enjoys the opportunity to advocate for and educate audiences about the positive societal and economic impact of the bioscience industry. Another great aspect of his job is getting to work with BIO’s broad network of state bioscience associations to help advance legislative and regulatory initiatives that will continue to improve this high-skill, high-wage industry. In his spare time, he enjoys running, skiing, hiking, gardening, and most of all, spending time with his awesome wife and two daughters.
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Latest Posts
Maryland Awards $1 Million to Five Biotech Small Businesses
In effort to spur commercialization and advance treatments for cancer and other diseases, the Maryland Biotechnology Center (MBC) announced earlier this month that it awarded a total of $1 million to five promising life sciences companies through its Biotechnology Commercialization Awards and Translational Research awards. The companies, which received up to $200,000 each, will use the funding to advance cancer therapies, ensure food safety, more quickly detect infectious disease and develop more efficient cardiac repair. Read More >
Governor Chris Christie Will Headline BioNJ 2012 Annual Meeting
BioNJ, the trade association for New Jersey’s biotechnology industry, will welcome New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to address attendees at the association’s 2012 Annual Dinner Meeting, Awards Program and Networking Event on Thursday, February 2. The event will be held at the East Brunswick Hilton in East Brunswick, NJ beginning at 5:00 p.m. Celebrating its 19th anniversary in 2012, the BioNJ Annual Dinner Meeting, Awards Program and Networking event with its theme of Friends Hope Read More >
Cornell to Build Applied Sciences Campus in NYC
Earlier this week New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city will be providing land for the development of a multi-billion dollar high-tech science college. The science and research facility to be built on little-used property on Roosevelt Island is hoped to become a leading incubator for high-tech research and innovation. Plans are for classes to start in 2012, although the campus will take years to be completed. By 2018 it aims to Read More >
Biotech is a Cornerstone of New Orleans’ Economic Renaissance
New Orleans shows the signs of a city reborn from the destruction brought on by Hurricane Katrina. The changes in the city’s infrastructure and building projects have certainly been among them. The Crescent City reached a milestone in its renaissance last June when the New Orleans BioInnovation Center opened for business. The center is a 65,000-square foot biotech business incubator created to foster entrepreneurship within the New Orleans bioscience community and help commercialize technologies developed at Read More >
Biotech Remains Strong in Florida
Florida has always attracted visionaries – from Walt Disney to Kennedy Space Center. The ambition of great men helped transform inhospitable swamps into engines of the economy. However, with no income tax, and a large retiree population, Florida’s revenue long depended on booming tourism and the sales tax revenue it brought in. In the 1990’s, Florida’s leaders began to change that. Enterprise Florida was born. This public/private partnership was designed to identify and provide incentives Read More >
