Benchmark Biolabs Newsletter
(12 April, 2012)
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Training classes
(11 April, 2012)
On May 1st, 2012, Benchmark Biolabs Inc. is offering a 1-day course designed to provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the selection, specification, testing, and quality systems necessary for proper control of raw materials within the US veterinary biologics industry.
On October 9-11th, Benchmark Biolabs Inc. is offering a 3 day course designed to provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the regulatory processes governing the development, production, testing of veterinary biologics and the requirements that must be met for successful registration for sale in the United States.
Visit our Training page for more information and to register online.
Bio Nebraska member spotlight – Benchmark Biolabs
(31 January, 2012)
Benchmark Biolabs is pleased to have been featured in the member spotlight of the January 2012 Bio Nebraska newsletter!
Bio Nebraska is an association whose mission is to be the champion of biotechnology and an advocate for its member organizations promoting academic, industry, and government partnerships to foster the growth of life sciences within Nebraska. More information about their newsletters, including an archive and sign up form, can be found on the Bio Nebraska newsletter page.
Please welcome Madonna Carlson
(01 December, 2011)
Benchmark Biolabs would like to welcome Madonna Carlson to our team of experts. Ms. Carlson brings thirty plus years of veterinary biologics research and development, quality management, and U.S. and International Regulatory Affairs experience to our staff. Having managed more than 100 successful industrial USDA licensing programs for animal vaccines, and product development for all major domestic animal species, Ms. Carlson will be an outstanding addition to our team. Please join us in welcoming Ms. Carlson as Benchmark’s new Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance.
Governor’s Bioscience Award Presented at Bio Nebraska Annual Meeting
(Omaha, NE; 15 April, 2011) – Bio Nebraska Life Sciences Association celebrated a successful year at their 2011 Annual Meeting on April 14, 2011. The meeting was held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Whittier Research Center, 2200 Vine Street, in Lincoln.
The annual meeting included a discussion on how Nebraska’s academic, government, and industry partnerships have aligned to maximize Nebraska’s strengths in human, animal, and plant science. The discussion was led by Jim McClurg, Ph.D., Bio Nebraska’s Chairman of the Board; J.B. Milliken, J.D., President of the University of Nebraska; Richard Baier, Director of Nebraska’s Department of Economic Development; and Lyle Middendorf, Senior VP and Chief Technical Officer at LI-COR Biosciences.
Gov. Dave Heineman presented the 2011 Governor’s Bioscience Award, created by Nebraska artist and Hastings College art professor, Tom Kreager, to Timothy J. Miller, Ph.D., of Benchmark Biolabs in Lincoln.
“Dr. Timothy Miller has been a leader in biological product development and licensing for nearly 30 years in Nebraska,” said Gov. Heineman. “I appreciate everything this innovative and successful company has contributed to our state and I hope there are opportunities for additional job growth as Benchmark Biolabs continues to grow.”
Dr. Miller engineered the world’s first licensed recombinant DNA vaccine for Norden Laboratories in 1984. In 1996, he started Benchmark Biolabs in Lincoln. It is through his role as president of Benchmark Biolabs that he has been involved with three additional firsts: the development of the first in vitro potency test for live parasite for the USDA with Novus, Matsui/Nippon Soda Corporation’s US subsidiary, the licensing of the world’s first vaccine made from plant transgenic cells with Dow AgroSciences Corporation, and the licensing of the first autogenous fish vaccine based on an oral-delivery platform with PerOs, Inc.
“We congratulate Dr. Miller for this award and are thrilled to recognize his contribution,” stated Bio Nebraska Executive Director, Amy Recker. “Nebraska’s strengths in animal, human and plant bioscience come together under one roof with the leadership of Dr. Miller and his team at Benchmark Biolabs. It was great to celebrate Dr. Miller’s accomplishments on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where Benchmark Biolabs initially leased space in the Tech Transfer Labs.”
Coordinated by Bio Nebraska, the 2011 meeting was the fourth Bio Nebraska annual meeting. More information about upcoming events and membership can be found at www.bionebraska.org.