Igniting the Spark: High School Scholars Explore Biotech Frontiers at QIAGEN

Published on : Published by : Ezekiel Kelley

The sounds of curiosity resonated through the hallways of QIAGEN’s sprawling Germantown, Maryland, campus last week, as I joined a group of eager high school students from Georgetown University’s Biotechnology for Science and Health Academy summer program. This program, designed to enlighten young minds about the vast universe of STEM, brilliantly organized this field trip to broaden the scholars’ horizons and present them with a taste of the real-world biotech industry.

Deka Biosciences Raises USD 20 Million in Series A Financing

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Maryland-based biotech company Deka Biosciences (“Deka”) today announced that it has successfully closed a USD 20 Million Series A financing with a syndicate of life science investors led by Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment arm of Bayer AG, and new investor Lumira Ventures. Additional investors include O-Bio (Echo Investment Capital), Viva BioInnovator, and Alexandria Venture Investments.

Germantown’s QIAGEN Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for NeuMoDx Multiplex Test Expanding COVID-19 Portfolio

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QIAGEN Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for NeuMoDx Multiplex Test Expanding COVID-19 Portfolio GERMANTOWN, Md. & HILDEN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)– QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the Emergency [….]

5 Questions with Martha Schoonmaker, Executive Director, Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology at Montgomery College (PIC MC)

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Martha Schoonmaker is the first Executive Director for the PIC MC Foundation, the entity that develops, manages and markets the Germantown campus on behalf of Montgomery College for company locations. PIC MC is an integrated academic, business, and research campus and is the only community college with a hospital, Holy Cross Germantown Hospital, located as the anchor resident partner.