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Closure of Plant Protein Alliance of Alberta a hasty defunding decision Your Feedback Yes By Letter to the Editor on May 1, 2021. Editor: On April 20, the Plant Protein Alliance of Alberta (PPAA) announced it would be closing its doors due to the termination of financial support by the Government of Alberta. This represents a perplexing and sad turn of events. PPAA’s work to promote the diversification of Alberta’s agri-food economy represents a subject that is commonly recognized by government officials to be of a high level of priority. In its capacity as a member-based industry ...

By Staff Maine’s growing bioscience industry will get some additional support with the formation of a new “bioscience cluster” initiative. Launched yesterday by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs in Portland, the initiative will aim to support bioscience innovators, entrepreneurs and startup companies involved in human and animal biology, pharmaceutical, marine and agricultural science, and healthcare innovations, according to a news release. The cluster is made up of business incubators, accelerators and research partners committed to advancing the commercialization and ...

In 2020, Gray Optics saw a surge in demand from manufacturers of COVID-19 point-of-care tests. Founded in 2017, the Portland company develops advanced imaging technologies and optical systems for biomedical, life sciences and industrial applications. With the pandemic, manufacturers of point-of-care tests, which provide disease detection and diagnosis within minutes, asked founder Daniel Gray and his team to design custom optical systems that are an integral part of the tests. The challenge? Many rapid tests rely on fluorescence detection using a lens that must be precisely aligned, with rega...

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dan Snyder, MBA, local medical diagnostics corporate executive, will lead 2021 Oregon Bioscience Association (Oregon Bio)’s board of directors.With Snyder, Executive Committee members include Sandra Shotwell, Ph.D., cofounder at Elex Biotech, LLC; Tim Brown, site head and general man...

Maine colleges lend critical research freezers as state mobilizes for historic vaccine rollout UNE, SMCC, Bates and Colby lend ultra-cold freezers needed to store the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer. Karen Houseknecht opened the email and read what could have been a line from a spy novel. The state of Maine needed help from the University of New England and the matter had to be kept strictly confidential. It was Tuesday, Nov. 17, and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention needed an untold number of ultra-cold freezers by that Friday. An initial shipment of COVID-19 vaccine from ...