Biotech business is booming in former Waterville mill that once made shirts for Union soldiers
Using small pieces of tails and ears to identify the genetic makeup of mice and rats for research clients, a Waterville company expects to boost sales 60 percent, triple its production lab space and hire [...]
Portland panel endorses sale of city-owned plot to local biotech firm
A city-owned business subdivision in Portland may get its second tenant – five years after the property opened. The City Council’s Economic Development Committee on Tuesday night endorsed granting an option to buy a 3½-acre [...]
Life Biosciences funds MDI Biological Laboratory aging course
BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Life Biosciences, a biotech company co-founded by David Sinclair, Ph.D., a leading researcher on aging and age-related diseases, has contributed $100,000 to fund its biomedical innovation course on [...]
New University of Maine president puts her science and math background to work
ORONO — Joan Ferrini-Mundy sees the connection between her past work developing new ways of teaching science and math and her new job as president of the University of Maine. At the university system’s flagship [...]
Saint Joseph’s College lands $180K grant to spur interest in STEM fields
Saint Joseph's College will receive a $182,845 grant from the National Science Foundation for the college's "Chemistry for the Community" initiative. Through the initiative, Saint Joseph's College will create a service-learning chemistry curriculum that will [...]
Ellsworth’s haven for startups is looking for ‘the next IDEXX’
Christine Soto, a New York native and graduate of Drexel University in Philadelphia, worked 15 years for various companies in the research and development. But she was interested in focusing on the development of novel [...]
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