BioHouston Newsletter 21-May-09 

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Welcome to the BioHouston newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs and more from our membership.

Events

Homeland Security Conference
Day: Wednesday 27-May-09 9:00 AM
Location: InterContinental Hotel, 2222 W. Loop South, Houston, TX 77027
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CEO Dinner
Day: Thursday 4-Jun-09 5:30 PM
Location: Strip House 1200 McKinney Street Houston, TX 77010
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Breakfast Forum-- Update on State of Texas Bioscience Initiative
Day: Wednesday 10-Jun-09 7:30 AM

Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Life Science Technology Venture Forum
Day: Thursday 11-Jun-09 9:00 AM
Location: Rice University, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School of Management
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Associate Advisory Board
Day: Wednesday 17-Jun-09 11:30 AM
Location: BioHouston Offices 2555 Holly Hall St., Ste. 100 Houston, TX 77054
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A Moderated Discussion with Serial Entrepreneur Dale Pfost
Day: Thursday 18-Jun-09 4:00 PM
Location: BioHouston Offices 2555 Holly Hall St., Ste. 100 Houston, TX 77054
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Advances in Tissue Engineering 2009
Day: Wednesday 12-Aug-09 8:30 AM
Location: Duncan Hall at Rice University
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JAIMA SHOW 2009
Sponsor: JETRO-Houston
Day: Wednesday 2-Sep-09 8:30 AM
Location: Chiba, Japan
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BioHouston Annual Luncheon
Day: Friday 11-Sep-09 11:00 AM
Location:
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The Fall 2009 Engineering Career Fair
Day: Thursday 17-Sep-09 9:00 AM
Location: University of Houston Hilton Hotel 4800 Calhoun Rd Houston, TX 77004
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The UP Experience
Day: Thursday 15-Oct-09 8:30 AM
Location: The Stafford Centre 10505 Cash Road Stafford, TX 77477
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Texas Life Science Conference
Day: Wednesday 11-Nov-09 to 13-Nov-09
Location: Houston, TX
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News

VGXI, Inc. Presents at the ASGT 12th Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA May 27-31

VGXI Inc. Presents Issues Related to High Concentration, Multi-Component Plasmid Products at the American Society of Gene Therapy 12th... [More Info]

FDA clears new KCI abdominal wound-care product

Kinetic Concepts Inc. has received Food and Drug Administration approval on its newest product designed to help patients heal from an... [More Info]

Stericycle to buy MedServe for $185 million

Medical waste handling company MedServe Inc. is being acquired by Stericycle Inc. for $185 million in cash. Houston-based MedServe is... [More Info]

MedSource Awarded Services Contract for a Phase III Epilepsy Clinical Trial

(Houston, Texas) – May 12, 2009 - MedSource, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing Phase I-IV clinical trials support, announced... [More Info]

Blausen Introduces New 3D Animations iPhone App

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Emerging Biotechnology Clusters

Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, and Cambridge are on everyone’s list of the top biotech clusters. Medicon... [More Info]

KCI claims partial victory in patent fight against Smith & Nephew

Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) said Friday that the Patents Court of the High Court of England and Wales has entered a judgment against Smith... [More Info]

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Jobs 

Human Factors Design Engineer --new

Company: MEI Technologies, Inc.

This position will be within the Anthropometry and Biomechanics Facility (ABF) that is part of the Space Human Factors Laboratory within... [More Info]

Health Outcomes Research Team Leader

Company: Pharm-Olam International Ltd.

Pharm-Olam International ('POI'), a multi-national Contract Research Organization seeks an experienced Health Outcomes Research Team Leader... [More Info]

Senior Support Specialist

Company: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

POSITION SUMMARY: Performs a variety of advanced and complex tasks to support assigned area. Decisions could impact assigned area. ... [More Info]

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