Final Call: Put Your Company on the KC Life Science Map!

We would like to thank over 60 companies and institutions that have filled out the survey. To insure the research is thorough, we’d like to get our bioscience industry responses in line with the other regions (i.e. Boise, ID had 138 responses and Portland, OR had 280). In return for your time, we will send you a copy of the KC Life Science poster.

The researcher is particularly interested in those who have a relationship to Marion Labs, KU/KUMC or the Stowers Institute. If you haven’t responded, please click here to participate in the survey.

We want to capture the genealogy of the following types of firms located in the Greater Kansas City region:

• Biotechnology and life science firms
• Animal health companies and associated firms
• Spin-offs from Marion Laboratories, the Stowers Institute, hospitals, universities, etc.
• Life science firms that opened an office in the region.
• Service providers (venture capital, public relations, consulting, human resources, etc.)

Click here to participate in the survey.

KansasBio Lobbying Resolution Passed

During the November KansasBio board meeting, the public policy and advocacy resolution was endorsed. This will allow for KansasBio to play a proactive role at the state and federal levels on matters of relevance to the biosciences in Kansas.

Click here to read the resolution.

Members At-a-Glance:

ImmunoGenetix Therapeutics Inc., Lenexa, was recently featured in BioWorld Today, a daily biotechnology print and online newspaper. The article noted the approach ImmunoGenetix Therapeutics was taking with its DNA-based HIV vaccine.

Click here to view the article.

KansasBio 2008 Quarterly Board Meetings

The board meetings will be from 1:30 until 4:00 p.m. on the 3rd Thursday of the 2nd month of each quarter in 2008.

• February 21, 2008
  Stormont Vail Hospital - Topeka, KS
• May 15, 2008
• August 21, 2008
• November 20, 2008

Other locations to be determined.

KansasBio and Agri-Business Council of Wichita Presents the bio nxt Conference

KansasBio has partnered with the
Agri-Business Council of Wichita to host the bio nxt conference, December 12 and 13 at the Wichita Airport Hilton.

Two national speakers will be presenting information on plant biotechnology and food safety, as well as advances in cellulosic ethanol production. KansasBio members who will be presenting at the conference include:

• Scott Deeter, Ventria Bioscience
• Bruce Ferguson, Edenspace
• Mike Good, ViaChristi
• Olga Koper, Nanoscale Corporation
• Jim Millis, Formerly with Cargill Inc.
• Dan Richardson, Hill's Pet Nutrition
• Fred Cholick, Kansas State University
• Gary Miller, Wichita State University
• Tom Thornton, Kansas Bioscience Authority
• Dave Vander Griend, ICM, Inc.
• Randall Phebus, Kansas State University
• Gary Anderson, Kansas State University

Click here to register or contact James Mock at 316-631-1288

Sponsors include Armstrong Shank, Farm Credit,
Kansas Bioscience Authority and Kennedy and Coe, LLC.