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7/17/2008 - Manufacturing consolidation results in 50 new jobs for Lowell

7/17/2008 - VAI launches middle school science program, adds three jobs

7/10/2008 - First tenant opens doors in Grand Rapids’ new $23M Women’s Health Center

7/10/2008 - $178M VAI expansion on track for 2009 opening

7/8/2008 - Four programs make cut for 21st Century Jobs Fund

7/2/2008 - MSU Unveils Push For Half-Billion-Dollar Nuclear Project

7/2/2008 - At least 16 Oakland businesses apply for 21st Century state funding

7/2/2008 - Nathan Bomey: Jobs Fund applications showcase Michigan's shifting economic focus

7/1/2008 - 109 Jobs Fund applicants seek $451.6 million

7/1/2008 - MSU unveils leadership committee for half-billion-dollar nuclear research project

6/26/2008 - Spectrum opens $92M cancer pavilion and 75 new healthcare jobs

6/26/2008 - Holland entrepreneur's innovative software drawing the publishing industry's interest

6/24/2008 - MichBio Calls on Congress to Pass R&D Tax Credits Legislation

6/16/2008 - Many out-of-state investors call state VC funds too small

6/14/2008 - U-M Life Sciences fund created

6/11/2008 - New Product, SafeScratch™, Provides Relief

6/10/2008 - W. Michigan job outlook improves

6/10/2008 - Innovation Michigan 2008 finalists named

5/31/2008 - The value of creating a 'welcoming' community

5/30/2008 - Study: Health Care Continues to Create Good Jobs in Michigan

5/29/2008 - Michigan life sciences exec Stephen Rapundalo calls for businesses to embrace internships

5/23/2008 - Member News - Miller Canfield law firm explores Middle East office

5/21/2008 - Seminar shows off new medical devices

5/20/2008 - Teens lead new wave of West Michigan science researchers

5/15/2008 - GVSU’s new MBA prepares students for careers in burgeoning health sector

5/15/2008 - Deadline Extended for 2008 21st Century Jobs Fund Business Plan Competition

5/14/2008 - Tech Tour Lands In Tech-Booming Grand Rapids

5/12/2008 - Member News: Designer looks to be recognized as regional economic player

5/8/2008 - Expect continued medical and life-sciences growth in West Michigan, experts say

5/8/2008 - Grand Rapids’ Women’s Health Center offers innovative surgical suites, new jobs

5/5/2008 - Med School Begins Taking Shape, Focus

5/2/2008 - West Michigan medical device consortium growing

5/1/2008 - MichBio director: Michigan needs life sciences focus

5/1/2008 - Influx of med students expected to boost GR economy

5/1/2008 - MichBio director: Michigan needs life sciences focus

4/30/2008 - West Michigan Medical Device Consortium Launches Web Site, Enjoys Membership Growth

4/29/2008 - Linda Chamberlain - Regional Thought Leader

4/24/2008 - $90M MSU Med School breaks ground

4/21/2008 - Research company's expansion in Mich. to create 3,300 jobs

4/10/2008 - GVSU business competition seeds entrepreneurial ventures

4/9/2008 - Michigan wants high-tech companies to compete for state loans

4/7/2008 - ATEK Opens Medical Device Manufacturing Facility in Costa Rica

4/7/2008 - Building Grand Rapids' medical mecca

4/1/2008 - PharmOptima among finalists for national award

3/27/2008 - State aims to create jobs with $30M business plan competition

3/26/2008 - Creative Byline Signs First Three Publishers - Doubles Stable Of Writers

3/22/2008 - Build better identity, life sciences urged

3/20/2008 - Grand Rapids electronics firm adds nine employees, plans for more

3/20/2008 - Panel backs new Jobs Fund round

3/20/2008 - Saint Mary's steadily builds talented staff for new neurological center

3/17/2008 - DornerWorks, Ltd. Grows into New Headquarters

3/17/2008 - Lambert, Edwards & Associates Named Agency of Record for The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative

3/14/2008 - Life sciences demand urgency, investor says

3/13/2008 - State must boost its life-sciences identity, exec says

3/12/2008 - SARANAC-BASED CONCEIVEX, INC. RECEIVES INFUSION OF CAPITAL

3/10/2008 - Is Michigan behind life sciences?

2/22/2008 - Forum: Is Michigan behind life sciences?

2/22/2008 - ALS clinic reflects med school's promise

2/19/2008 - West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative Seeks Exhibitors for Annual Life Science Showcase

2/19/2008 - Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - Axios, Inc.

2/18/2008 - Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge

2/18/2008 - Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - Wolverine Printing

2/18/2008 - Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - Comerica Bank

2/14/2008 - Executive Director Report Podcast

2/14/2008 - GVSU selected for nationwide sustainability rating pilot project

2/14/2008 - 10th annual Tech Trends conference eyes technology of the future

2/14/2008 - QIAGEN And Center for Molecular Medicine Create Research Collaboration for Molecular Diagnostic Markers for Breast Cancer, Other Women’s Health Issues

2/13/2008 - Starting Small, Growing Fast

2/13/2008 - Device co. hopes for 'compounded' success

2/7/2008 - New women’s health research lab taking shape on Medical Mile

1/30/2008 - Collaboration Sparks Creation of New Grand Rapids Laboratory

1/30/2008 - Equipment for Start-ups

1/29/2008 - Alum helps life science industry

1/27/2008 - Boom during the bust

1/24/2008 - UFP Technologies Acquires Stephenson & Lawyer, Inc.

1/24/2008 - GVSU eyes biomed engineering minor

1/23/2008 - MEMBER NEWS - Independent Bank has profit despite loan losses

1/23/2008 - The Center for Molecular Medicine Doubles Lab Staff

1/19/2008 - Van Andel Institute: Closing in on a killer

1/17/2008 - Manufacturers weigh challenges of leaving auto behind

1/9/2008 - CLINXUS JOINS INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE CONSORTIUM

1/8/2008 - Center for Molecular Medicine Selected to Provide DNA Analysis For Children’s Oncology Group Leukemia Study

1/8/2008 - Know the major healthcare players in the 75 most significant metro markets

1/3/2008 - To do or not to do

12/20/2007 - Area will become life-sciences leader, officials say

12/17/2007 - New signs may help guide Michigan Hill visitors

12/11/2007 - Auto manufacturing breaking into the production of medical devices

12/5/2007 - Medical Industry Grows, Despite Economic Woes

11/30/2007 - Life saving lung device: Local company's transplant alternative

11/29/2007 - Grand Rapids lab among first to offer highly specialized breast cancer test

11/27/2007 - Fresh start - BBK Studio is now People Design

11/15/2007 - Van Andel Institute awarded $400K for groundbreaking breast cancer research

11/15/2007 - Michigan ranks sixth most entrepreneur-friendly state, up from 10th

11/15/2007 - Granholm in Kalamazoo for ribbon cutting

11/15/2007 - Device consortium ready for new members

11/13/2007 - Grand Rapids lab offers groundbreaking breast cancer blood test

11/12/2007 - GR lab among first to offer advanced cancer test

11/12/2007 - CUSTOMER FOCUS: OLIVER MEDICAL

11/8/2007 - Bio R&D center progressing

11/5/2007 - WMSTI Member - JS Die & Mold Announces New Conformal Mold Cooling Technology

11/1/2007 - 'A good idea whose time has come'

11/1/2007 - Device consortium ready for new members

10/8/2007 - MichBio Expo Opens in Lansing Next Week

9/27/2007 - Panelists Announced for 2007 Manufacturing Forum

9/27/2007 - NEW YORK FASHION DESIGNERS MAKE ONE OF ONLY TWO PERSONAL APPEARANCES TO PRESENT SPRING COLLECTION IN GRAND RAPIDS

9/27/2007 - With momentum building, Technology Initiative names new leader

9/24/2007 - Breathing new life into lungs

9/18/2007 - WEST MICHIGAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE NAMES

8/30/2007 - Collaborative life sciences initiatives blaze trails to new businesses, jobs

8/30/2007 - VARI Graduate School welcomes first two students

8/30/2007 - VARI scientists closer to finding leukemia gene

8/23/2007 - Spectrum Health among first in MI to offer alternative hip replacement procedure

8/23/2007 - Center for Molecular Medicine pioneers test to protect nursing infants

8/16/2007 - West Michigan's life sciences industry sixth largest in the nation, and growing

8/14/2007 - New companies put Grand Rapids on biotech map

8/2/2007 - GR’s Surge Medical on track for 40 percent growth and more employees

7/26/2007 - High-Flying Innovations

7/26/2007 - Van Andel Institute researchers step closer to drug for prostate cancer

7/26/2007 - Medbio hires 5, will add 4 more jobs by year’s end

7/19/2007 - Medical manufacturers team up to capture potential $500M in sales

7/12/2007 - Grand Rapids is home to breakthrough in prosthetics

7/12/2007 - From GR to Detroit, 21 cutting-edge labs lure life sciences entrepreneurs

7/11/2007 - Grand Rapids Lays Foundations for a Health Mecca

6/28/2007 - Medical device manufacturers in West Michigan join forces to promote their expertise

6/21/2007 - Health Hill's children's hospital boosts plans by $60M

6/21/2007 - Praxis is Changing the Economic Trend in West Michigan

6/21/2007 - Be more like GR, Boston writer says

6/18/2007 - New Soy Products being developed in West Michigan

6/18/2007 - WZZM 13 Launches Healthy You!

6/13/2007 - Center for Molecular Medicine First Midwest-Based Lab Offering

6/12/2007 - New tenant at the Innovation Center

6/2/2007 - Bioscience center gets $100,000

5/31/2007 - 21st Century Jobs Fund Spared in Compromise

5/31/2007 - GR firm opens city’s first professional podcast studio

5/3/2007 - RG TV Life Science Starters

5/1/2007 - 2007 Tech Tour

4/26/2007 - MI farmers produce 12M lbs of soy flour for innovative GR food maker

4/26/2007 - WMSTI leverages over $23M for life sciences start-ups, pursues patents

4/21/2007 - Be more like GR, Boston writer says

4/12/2007 - GR's Soy Ultima predicts first year sales of $7M

4/5/2007 - Rich Cook joins WMSTI as Venture Center Director

3/30/2007 - Chamberlain Named Interim Director of WMSTI

2/21/2007 - Life Science bright spot in Michigan economy

2/19/2007 - The West Michigan Public Relations Society of America announced its new board of directors

2/6/2007 - Regions role in life sciences to be examined

1/18/2007 - WMSTI Shows Initiative in 2007 Life Science Business Showcase

1/17/2007 - WMSTI leads effort to make Grand Rapids a biotech center

10/3/2006 - GVSU & VAI co-host MichBio Student Career Day

8/23/2006 - NSF Funds Innovative Prosthetics Company

7/19/2006 - New Partnership to Create Innovative Clinical Research Infrastructure in West Michigan

5/18/2006 - WMSTI Holds Product Development Seminar

5/5/2006 - GREAT LAKES 2007 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION WILL

2/27/2006 - Innovative software eases informed consent

1/10/2006 - WMSTI hosts Life Science Business Showcase 2006

1/12/2005 - Sordal and the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative announce graduation from Grand Rapids Product Development Center.

10/10/2004 - Helping Cutting Edge Health Research

10/5/2004 - The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative meets local demand with new program

6/10/2004 - Sordal & GVSU awarded $100,000 U.S. Missile Defense grant

4/13/2004 - California Company Relocates to GR