Member Spotlight: Evonik

Bio Nebraska talks to the 2020 Governor’s Bioscience Award winner, Evonik, for November’s Member Spotlight.
Lincoln animal health company pivots during pandemic to provide human tests

MatMaCorp, a member of Bio Nebraska, was featured in the Lincoln Journal Star discussing how their portable testing system for animals has evolved into testing for COVID-19 in humans.
Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Vaccine Candidate Against COVID-19 Achieved Success in First Interim Analysis from Phase 3 Study

Pfizer, a member of Bio Nebraska, and BioNTech announced that their vaccine candidate has been found to be over 90 percent effective against COVID-19.
Kearney named Top STEM City in Nebraska

Kearney has been named the top STEM city in Nebraska, thanks in part to Bio Nebraska members University of Nebraska at Kearney and Ward Laboratories. Story by Lincoln Journal Star’s Tiffany Stoiber.
Albrecht GFX Celebrates Bioscience Month with Illustration

Albrecht GFX, a member of Bio Nebraska, is celebrating Bioscience Month with their October illustration, a 3D image depicting stages in the coccidia life cycle.
NEOGEN launches Igenity® Feeder, a new commercial DNA sorting tool

Bio Nebraska member, Neogen, announced the launch of a DNA tool designed to assist cattle producers in the stocker and backgrounder phase to rank and manage feeder cattle according to their genetic potential for carcass traits.
Evonik Wins Governor’s Bioscience Award

Bio Nebraska announced today that Evonik has been named the 2020 recipient of the Governor’s Bioscience Award, presented by Gov. Pete Ricketts.
Bio Nebraska Celebrates Business Innovation Act’s Support of Bioscience Projects

The Nebraska Department of Economic Development reported in their 2019 Annual Report that Nebraska awarded roughly $5.5 million of Business Innovation Act funds in FY2018-2019 to bioscience projects in the state.
Alternative energy continues to grow in Nebraska

Bio Nebraska members, Nebraska Public Power District and Omaha Public Power District, are mentioned in a Norfolk Daily News special about the growth of alternative energy in Nebraska.
On Nebraska Innovation Campus, The Combine incubator hatches new agtech startups

Bio Nebraska members, University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Innovation Campus and Invest Nebraska, support agtech startups through The Combine. By Silicon Prairie News.