December 2011

To Survive, Some Biofuels Companies Give Up on Biofuels

Ten people who mattered this year. 365 DAYS: the year in science

The Coca-Cola Company and Gevo Partner to Develop and Commercialize 100% Renewable Plastic Bottles

Immune Design Corp. Appoints Wayne R. Gombotz, Ph.D. as Chief Development Officer

Gevo Receives Key Patent from USPTO for Efficient Production of Isobutanol

November 2011

Flexible, foldable implant maps brain activity during seizures

Testing Demonstrates Gevo’s Isobutanol-Gasoline Blend is Superior to E15 Fuel for Boaters

Clinipace Worldwide Ranked No. 1 on the Triangle Business Journal’s 2011 Fast 50 List

Sera Secures $19.3 million Financing; Appoints Greg C. Critchfield, MD as Chief Executive Officer

October 2011

John Rogers’s Bendable Microprocessors

Startup Cleave Biosciences raises $42M to develop cancer drugs

Gevo Supplied Isobutanol-Gasoline Blend Runs Well in Small Engines

MC10 – Low power electronics for humans, on humans!

Immune Design Rakes In Another $11M From Prior VC Round

U-M to invest in startup firms

September 2011

Clinipace The INC.5000 Profile

Clinipace Worldwide lands $15M in fundraiser

Gevo Awarded Two Key Patents for Efficient Production of Isobutanol

SolarBridge, AtroWatt get DOE grants

MC10: Tracking Vital Signs, Without the Wires

August 2011

MC10: Bendable electronics will revolutionize healthcare

SolarBridge Pantheon Microinverter Attached to Solar Modules – Offers 25 Year Warranty

Gevo Reports Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results and Announces Definitive Off-Take Agreement with Sasol Chemical Industries Limited

July 2011

Gevo and South Hampton Resources to Build Hydrocarbon Processing Demonstration Plant

Wearable electronics part of MC10′s mission

How’s That Stretchy, Bendy Stuff Working Out for Ya?  MC10 Looks to Turn Flexible Sensors and Solar Cells Into a Growth Business

SolarBridge Technologies Partners With AUO to Launch AC Modules to North American Market

June 2011

SolarBridge Technologies Secures $19 Million in Series C Funding

MC10: Stretchy electronics for better devices

Gevo and Toray Announce Commercial Progress for Renewable PET

Microinverter Rising: SolarBridge Gets $19M in VC

Gevo Announces Strategic Hires for Its Executive Team

The Conformal Electronics Company, MC10, Raises $12.5M in Series B Financing, Led by Braemar Energy Ventures

Gevo Proceeds to Next Stage of ASTM BioJet Fuel Testing

Gevo Enters into Joint Venture with Redfield Energy to Retrofit Plant for Isobutanol

MC10 – Bio-sensor work gets MIT prize

May 2011

Gevo Begins Retrofit of World’s First Commercial-Scale Biobased Isobutonal Plant

MC10 – Commercializing Stretchable Silicon Elctronics

Gevo – Cobalt Technologies Pushes The Green Chemical Envelope

April 2011

Immune Design, Developer of New Vaccines, Adds Former Elan President as New CEO

Gevo and Mustang Sign Agreement for Bio-Jet Fue

Technology Transfer Tactics Article – Osage fund’s ‘co-investment’ concept wins support from top universities

March 2011

Gevo – Ethanol Plant is Switching to Butanol

It Came From Their Lab. But How to Take It to the Bank? (Osage University Partners featured in New York Times Article)

MC10 and collaborators demonstrate electronics on the surface of balloon catheters

Luxtera Unveils New Solicon Photonics-Based Optical Engine

Aerie Pharemaceuticals Completes $30 Million Series B Financing to Fund Further Development of Innovative Glaucoma Product Portfolio

MC10 is developing flexible, high-performance electronics that would make it possible to monitor an athlete’s heart rate without wires or clunky devices

February 2011

Osage University Partners Closes $100 Million Debut Venture Capital Fund, Affliates with Leading Universties

Osage closes lid on $100M war chest for university start-ups

Gevo IPO prices at top of range-underwriter

Gevo: Richard Branson’s New Age Chemical Company Goes Public

Dow scores 8th straight gain; BioFuel Energy up 25%, Gevo debuts up 10%

January 2011

CalTech’s Frances Arndold wins Draper Prize for biofuels-related research

10 Gigabit Ethernet: Molex Acquires Luxtera’s Active Optical Cable Business

MC10: Dynamically tunable hemispherical electronic eye camera system with adjustable zoom capability

Virdante Granted Key U.S. Patent Related to Sialic Switch Technology for Identifying Anti-Inflammatory Compounds