Posts tagged “N.C. Research Campus”

Updated June 9, 2011

NC Research Campus has 'turned the corner,' UNC system exec says

In wake of shakeup at the biotech research center, Steven Leath tells the Salisbury Post that NCRC's Murdock institute is catching up on bills and is increasing revenues.

The dome in NCRC's main lab  The dome in NCRC's main lab

June 9, 2011

Murdoch Research Institute head steps down

NC Research Campus Dr. Michael Luther, formerly with pharmaceutical companies Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, will remain with the David H. Murdock Research Institute but has moved to business development.

April 11, 2011

Effort underway to sequence blueberry genome at NC Research Campus

NCRC Students are also involved in the effort being led by NCSU Professor Dr. Allan Brown.

Updated March 10, 2011

SAS co-founders remain on Forbes' 'Billionaires' list

Jim Goodnight Jim Goodnight and John Sall lead North Carolinians on the list. Charlotte's C.D. Spangler and NC Research Campus founder David Murdock also are among the elite.

Updated March 7, 2011

Billionaire David Murdock wants to live to age 125

David Murdock at a recent NCRC event. The founder of the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis and the owner of Dole Food says a strict diet is keeping him healthy at age 87. "I never have anything go wrong," he tells The New York Times magazine.

February 28, 2011

BTEC offers career experience in biomanufacturing

The Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) at N.C. State University offers hands-on training for students in a growing industry in North Carolina and throughout the U.S.

At Work at BTEC At Work at BTEC

January 7, 2011

Kannapolis website touts the city as 'mecca for biotechnology'

The city is home for the North Carolina Research Campus. The new site is devoted to economic development.

"ThinkKannapolis" website "ThinkKannapolis" website

Updated December 14, 2010

Kannapolis OKs cost-cutting provision for NCRC-related bonds

NCRC 's main lab By utilizing federal subsidy, the Kannapolis City Council cuts costs for financing that will in part help infrastructure projects at the N.C. research campus.

December 13, 2010

Kannapolis mulls $2.1M in savings for NCRC-related bonds

NCRC "Build America Bonds," a type of financing subsidized by the federal government in an effort to help the struggling bond market recover, could reduce costs.

Updated November 22, 2010

Financing for N.C. Research Campus, related improvements gets backing

NCRC Cabarrus County agrees to partner with city of Kannapolis in $35 million infrastructure funding.

October 25, 2010

N.C. Research Campus scientists get a caffeine boost

NCRC The opening of a coffee shop satisfies top wishes of researchers in recent survey.

September 28, 2010

Kannapolis to pursue NCRC financing options other than bonds

The dome in NCRC's main lab  Standard and Poor’s rating is not good enough to make a $168 million bond issue affordable, Kannapolis city manager says. The bonds were to help boost N.C. Research Campus.