On Oct. 1, 2015, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded a $2.8 million grant five-year grant to researchers…
On Oct. 1, 2015, The Kavli Foundation announced a $20 million award to establish the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery…
On Oct. 1, 2015 the President and CEO of the Research Triangle Foundation (RTP), Bob Geolas, announced RTP’s…
On Sept. 11, 2015, AstraZeneca announced it had purchased the former Synergen LakeCentre biologics bulk manufacturing facility in…
On Sept. 4, 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
On Aug. 20, 2015, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved establishment of the Southwestern Monty…
On Aug. 14, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published “Recommendations on Vaccine Hesitancy” in a special issue…
On Aug. 14, 2015, The Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida (VGTI Florida) announced plans to close…
On Aug. 12, 2015, the Cephalopod Sequencing Consortium announced the first-ever sequencing of the entire octopus genome. Researchers…
On Aug. 12. 2015, the University of New Mexico Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. Cancer…
On Aug. 6, 2015, a Winlock, Washington wood buyer and his lumber mill plead guilty in U.S. District…
On Jul. 30, 2015, Baylor Cancer Center received comprehensive designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The Center…
On Jul. 14, 2015, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) announced that Carla J. Greenbaum, MD, had…
On Jul. 10, 2015, the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center became an National…
On Jul. 7, 2015, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the Siteman Cancer Center​ at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and…
On Jul. 1, 2015, the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine, in collaboration with Emory University in Atlanta and Bellevue Hospital Center…
On Jun. 29, 2015, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund Authority (LSDF) was defunded by the Washington State Legislature,…
On Jun. 26, 2015, The Keck School of Medicine announced it had established the University of Southern California…
On Jun. 24, 2015, Sanford-Burnham announced it had received a gift of $100 million from prominent San Diego…
On Jun. 24, 2015, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) announced it had met Nike co-founder Phil Knight…
On Jun. 24, 2015, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) announced that Sanford-Burnham has received a gift…
On Jun. 15, 2015, UAlberta scientists announced first whole genome sequence of bighorn sheep. With advances in DNA…
On Jun. 10, 2015, Southwestern Medical Center announced it has received a $25 million gift from Lyda Hill,…
On Jun. 5, 2015, the University of Missouri-Kansas City began a $21.5 million modernization of its primary biology…
On Jun. 4, 2015, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced it had named a research building after…
Washington Life Science History is a poster that illustrates significant events in the development of the life science…
On May 31, 2015, the New England Primate Research Center (NEPRC) closed its doors. During its five decades…
On May 15, 2015, Zika virus circulation was confirmed in Brazil, and the Centers for Disease Control and…
On May 6, 2015, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National…
On May 5, 2015, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey was one of seven international sites to offer…