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Fargo biotech firm is a global leader in finding antibodies and turning them into new drugs
Genovac, recently spun off from Aldevron, has clients in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. The firm has technology that enables rapid antibody screening and development of drugs to fight infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Written By: Patrick Springer | ×
Development and production scientist Donovan McGinley-Coleman demonstrates filling the wells of a test tray in a biosafety cabinet Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at Genovac in the Batcheller Technology Center at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
FARGO Genovac is a biotechnology company that specializes in discovering antibodies that can be used to make vaccines and other drugs including antibodies that are effective in neutralizing two troublesome variants of the coronavirus.
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BISMARCK, N.D.– Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Jeffry Volk of West Fargo to a four-year term on the state Board of Higher Education and reappointed Dr. Casey Ryan of Grand Forks to a second four-year term on the board.
Volk is president and CEO of Moore Holding Co., an engineering consultancy, and he previously served as president and CEO of its subsidiary, West Fargo-based Moore Engineering Inc., from 2005 to 2018. Volk worked for Moore Engineering for more than 40 years and led the employee-owned company through a period of expansion. As a water resources engineer, Volk played a key role in some of the region’s largest water projects, including the Sheyenne River Diversion, Maple River Dam and the planned Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project.