2011-10-28 Charleston, SC – SCRA, on behalf of its SC Launch program, today announced that Portfolio Company Immunologix has been acquired by Virginia-based synthetic biology company Intrexon Corporation. The Charleston-based Immunologix team is now part of Intrexon’s Protein Production Division. “We congratulate Immunologix on this next stage of growth and welcome Intrexon Corporation to South Carolina,” said SCRA Executive Vice President and SC Launch Executive Director Dave McNamara. “This acquisition will allow the antibody technology to reach further markets and introduces Intrexon Corporation as the latest member of South Carolina’s Knowledge Economy.” Rest
2011-10-31 Google is flying an 8-member team to Jammu and Kashmir in its attempt to help local talent become part of the surging knowledge economy. “The team led by Ms Mary Himminkool, the head of Google’s global entrepreneurship outreach division is landing here on Monday,” Usman Ahmad, the head of American charity Mercy Corps’s Srinagar operations head said in a statement in Srinagar on Sunday. Rest
2011-11-01 Qatar: Speaking at the Qatar University annual research forum (QURF 2011) ‘Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy: Partnerships to Meet National Challenges’ the General Secretariat for Development and Planning’s secretary general Dr Saleh Mohamed al-Nabit yesterday maintained that research findings in a knowledge-based economy need not be “quick wins.” He urged researchers to consider longitudinal researches that require data to be collected over a number of years, in order to come up with results that would help fine-tune efforts geared at creating a knowledge-based economy as well as have direct impacts on the people and the society. Rest
2011-11-01 It is India’s future that keeps Mr. Kapil Sibal, India’s Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, awake. Last week, the World Bank hosted Mr. Kapil Sibal who spoke to a 120 strong crowd about “India and the World – Lessons Learnt and Contributions Towards the Global Knowledge Economy. “ During the lively discussion chaired by World Bank’s Tamar Manuelyan Atinc (Human Development Network Vice President) and moderated by Michal Rutkowski (South Asia Human Development Director. Mr. Sibal highlighted how India can contribute to the global knowledge economy. Rest
2011-11-02 Guangzhou, China is accelerating the development of economic and business zones to support the city’s next round of economic development. Zones highlighted in the city’s strategic development plan include China-Singapore (Guangzhou) Knowledge City, Tianhe CBD and Intelligence Town, Guangzhou South Railway Station Business District, Nansha New District, the airport economic zone and Guangzhou International Healthcare Industry Town. The planned 123-square-kilometer Knowledge City, in the east of the city in the Guangzhou Development District, is expected to become a vanguard for high-end industrial development and the knowledge economy. Rest