New Program at Durham Tech Will Train Students for Growing Jobs in Plant Science
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A new training program at Durham Technical Community College will prepare students for good-paying entry level jobs in North Carolina’s…
Agtech
Roxboro cannabis startup Open Book Extracts hires 3 execs after raising $11.5M
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Open Book Extracts,a provider of cannabinoid-enabled health and wellness products, is adding three executives, including Nicole Lemus, as chief revenue officer.…
A wearable plant sensor: NCSU engineers design patch to monitor for diseases, other stress factors
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RALEIGH – Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can “wear” to monitor continuously for…
B-i-g Hiring Edge
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By PJ Bogdan
Dan Jenkins is the head of regulatory and quality for Pairwise, a biotech company that uses breakthrough genome…
Genetic warfare: Fruit fly battle makes potentially major progress through NCSU research
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by Mick Kulikowski
Populations of Drosophila suzukii fruit flies – so-called “spotted-wing Drosophila” that devastate soft-skinned fruit in North America,…
Pushing the Energy Efficiency Envelope
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By: PJ Bogdan
NC State Plant Sciences Building wins DOE award for energy efficiency
The new NC State Plant Sciences Building, scheduled…
Morrisville firm targets $7M raise for device that vaccinates 100K chicks per hour
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Applied LifeSciences and Systems Poultry Inc. out of Morrisville has raised half of its targeted $7 million that will go…
Biopesticides firm in RTP seeks EPA approval for second line of products
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by Frank Vinluan, NCBiotech Writer
Vestaron’s Spear line of products showed how peptides can point the way to control of…
CHICKEN COOP COMPANY TO INVEST $2 MILLION IN BUTNER
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Governor’s Press Office
Carolina Coops, a custom chicken coop manufacturer, will create 147 new jobs over three years in Granville…