Marine algae for pet supplements? Startup rolls out commercial product
A Brunswick-based maker of marine plant-based nutritional supplements is now manufacturing and distributing its first commercial product. Field Phyto-Nutrients, based at Brunswick Landing’s TechPlace, is refining a production process that uses algae as raw material. [...]
From MRRA: You Can Make It Here
With the former Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB) now being closed for eight years, manufacturing is driving much of the economic development success at the former base properties, now known as Brunswick Landing and the Topsham Commerce Park. The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment [...]
The Jackson Laboratory collaborates to help the NIH fight rare diseases
Independent nonprofit biomedical research institute The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) has teamed with Lovelace Biomedical, Exemplar Genetics, Iontox and the University of Pennsylvania to win a new $17M contract with the National Institute of Health’s National [...]
Startups from Portland and Orono win 2019 Top Gun Showcase competition
Neuright, a biotech spinoff from the University of Maine, and Sticky Sweet, Portland’s first shop featuring plant-based ice cream, are the winners of the 2019 Top Gun Showcase hosted by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs [...]
Winner of Maine BioGENEius Challenge Competes in International Finals in Philadelphia (guest post by Melissa Tian)
Maine BioGENEius winner shares her experience at the International Finals This post was written by Melissa Tian, a high school student from Bangor, who won our very first BioME Student Showcase on April 2019. As [...]
Lots of ‘cool science’ at Bates spurred by federal program
LEWISTON — For most people, mouse poop is a sign they had better get a cat or some traps. But for one class of Bates College students recently, mouse poop samples opened the door to [...]
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