Monday, August 2

SCV Entrepreneur’s Breakfast

8:00 – 9:15am

Southern Capitol Ventures, 21 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 105, Raleigh, NC

Want to start a company? Starting a company? Already an entrepreneur? Come join us for bagels and coffee. Meet some of your peers.

Sign up here.

Tuesday, August 3

Seminar: Regulation of androgen receptor transcription by MAGE-11

12:00 – 1:00pm

NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Exec. Conference Room

Speaker:  Dr. Elizabeth M. Wilson – Prof. of Pediatrics, Biochemistry & Biophysics – Laboratories for Reproductive Biology – UNC Chapel Hill. Details.

Wednesday, August 4

Health Care Reform: Myths vs. Facts

7:30 – 10:00am

North Ridge Country Club, 6612 Falls of Neuse Rd., Raleigh

Health care reform is expected to transform one of the Triangle’s fastest growing industries. This panel will explore and explain the implications of the landmark legislation for patients, physicians and employers.  Learn the facts, without the noise.

Cost: $30. More info.

Triangle Get Ready for Plug-in Electric Vehicles Education Forum

11:30am – 4:30pm

RTP HQ, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709

Lunch will be provided. Space is limited so register today for this FREE forum to learn about plug-in electric vehicles and the infrastructure required to make electrified transportation a success!

Reserve your spot today.

Thursday, August 5

NC State University Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

8:00am – 5:00pm

McKimmon Center, 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC 27606

This 9th NC State University Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium showcases the hands-on scholarship of students from across the nation and from NCSU who have received funding from one of 20 different grants to conduct research during summer 2010. About 92% of participants are in biotechnology-linked disciplines.

Click here for details.

Durham Critical Mass Bike Ride

5:35 – 7:35pm

Ride Starts at the Bronze Bull Downtown Plaza, Durham

A monthly ride which calls attention to the rights of cyclist to the roads as a vital form of transportation.

Friday, August 6

Fault Lines in Global Health: Launch of CSIS Debate Series

9:30 – 11:00am

Live Webcast

On August 6, 2010, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center is launching a year-long debate series— Fault Lines in Global Health —intended to generate an informed, civil, bipartisan, and open airing of opinion on critical global health controversies. Ambassador Princeton Lyman will affirm the resolution.

Watch the live webcast from Washington D.C. here.

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Monday, July 26

Health Care in the 21st Century

8:00am (Mon. 7/26) – 5:00pm (Thurs. 7/29)

The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1 Towerview Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Broaden your knowledge and your professional network by joining us for this four day intensive course on current health care issues and trends. Led by distinguished faculty from The Duke MBA Health Sector Management (HSM) program, the course is open to executives and managers from all industries.

To register, go here.

Certified ScrumMaster with Jeff Sutherland – Back in RTP!

9:00am (Mon. 7/26) – 5:00pm (Tues. 7/27)

Four Points Sheraton at South Point, 7807 Leonardo Drive, Durham, NC  27713

n this course, participants will learn how to stop thrashing and start executing along with everything necessary for getting started with Scrum. Following the course, each participant is enrolled as a Certified ScrumMaster, which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance.

Read more here.

Tuesday, July 27

PEPH Webinar: Community Health Workers – Methods and Models to Improve Environmental Public Health

1:00 – 2:00pm

Online (www.gotowebinar.com)

Open to the public. Find out more at NIEHS’s website.

Super Cool Liquid Nitrogen Show

Shows at 1:30pm AND 3:00pm daily (Tues. 7/27 – Sat. 7/31)

Museum of Life + Science, 33 Murray Avenue, Durham, NC 27704

The liquid nitrogen show is back by popular demand! Come see this exciting, engaging and chilly show to discover what happens to different objects when they get “super cool.” You’ll even get to sample your own liquid nitrogen ice cream!

Free, with museum admission. Reserve tickets at desk day of show. Museum events.

Wednesday, July 28

Grand Opening of South Regional Library

10:00am – 6:00pm

4505 S. Alston Ave at NC Hwy. 54, Durham

The day will begin with a ribbon cutting ceremony, with comments from Durham County Commissioners and other library guests, from 10-10:30am, in front of the building. Visitors will check out the new library, participate in a special gathering of historic stories and photos, and sample some of the programs that will be available at their library.

Local Tech Wire’s Executive Exchange: The “Immersive Internet”

11:30am – 1:30pm

American Tobacco Campus – Bay 7, 324 Blackwell St, Washington Bldg, Durham, 27709

How can you and your business take advantage of opportunities created by virtual worlds, real-time collaboration, and the life-like experience of 3D? Internationally published and recognized expert in all things 3D, Dr. Tony O’Driscoll (Duke professor and fmr. IBM/Nortel exec) will discuss and demonstrate the potential of the Immersive Internet.

Register here.

Acrolinx Executive Forum

12:00 – 3:00pm

RTP Marriott, 301 Residence Inn Blvd., Durham, NC

This event is a complimentary networking luncheon, followed by a discussion surrounding Information Quality strategies and the impact on Machine Translation for companies with global content and products. Co-hosted by SDI.

Headshot Tweetup

7:00 – 10:00pm

MindWorks Multimedia – 807 East Main Street – Durham, NC 27701

Come meet other people who are active in the Triangle social media world that want a new/better profile picture. You hang out and try the awesome FREE BEER from our friends at LoneRider Brewing Company. Professional photographers present.

Free! Full as of now: page.

Thursday, July 29

Seminar: Biomolecular Simulations Using Implicit Solvent Models

1:00 – 2:00pm

NIEHS, Rall Bldg, Rm F193

Speaker: Professor David Case, Rutgers University. Open to the public. More.

IBM Supplier Development, Global Entrepreneur, and SME Toolkit

6:00 – 9:00pm

Brier Creek Country Club

TiE Carolinas monthly networking dinner. IBM program managers panel on supplier development, innovation programs, and small business resources. Details and registration.

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Tuesday, June 29

Seminar: Career Options in the Biomedical Sciences

10:00am – 3:00pm

NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Rodbell ABC

Summer of Discovery Speaker Series. Web.

USAID’s Dr. Rajiv Shah: Webcast Keynote on Global Health

1:00 – 2:30pm

Online (live stream)

Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Taking place as part of the ongoing CSIS Statesmen’s Forum series. Details.

Wednesday, June 30

Risk e Learning: Ecological Risk: New Tools and Approaches, Session II: Using Ecological-Based Tools and Approaches to Assess Bioavailability

1:30 – 3:30pm

Offsite: EPA Clu-in website

Will cover work conducted in both freshwater and estuarine ecosystems that investigated the factors that influence the trophic transfer of methylmercury from the bottom of the food web up to fish that humans consume.

Presented by NIEHS. Register here.

Postnatal GI Development: The Journey from Steroids to Stem Cells

5:00 – 8:00pm

NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Rodbell AB

Speaker: Dr. Susan Henning. Presented by The Rho Tau chapter of the Graduate Women in Science.

Details at NIEHS and CED.

Thursday, July 1

Durham Critical Mass Bike Ride

5:35 – 7:05pm

Ride Starts at the Bronze Bull Downtown Plaza, Durham

A monthly ride which calls attention to the rights of cyclist to the roads as a vital form of transportation.

Friday, July 2

First Friday Video Art at Edge Office: Can recycling culture create change?

6:00 – 9:00pm

Edge Office, 400 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603

Recycled visuals paralleled with audio backdrops create a filmscape that represents the over-indulgent culture we live in today. This series of films titled Lather, Rinse, Repeat attempts to expose this indulgence by creating artwork entirely made of previously used material and 100% recyclable.

Check out Edge Office’s website for more.

Saturday, July 3

Festival For The Eno

10:00am (Sat. 7/3) – 6:00pm (Mon. 7/5)

West Point on the Eno, 5101 N Roxboro Rd Durham, NC 27704

Crafts, games, music, and more! The Festival features a variety of activities, all with an environmental or cultural connection to the river. All proceeds go to preserve and protect lands along the Eno River.

Children and seniors free. Official website.

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Museum cocktails at the 2009 IASP Conference

Monday, June 21

NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting

8:30am – 5:00pm (Mon. 6/21 – Tues. 6/22)

NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Rodbell ABC

Open to the public. Find out more.

UNC-Duke Water Resources Research Institute Water Allocation Research Seminar

1:00-2:30pm

The Arboretum at NC State University

How current limitations in hydrologic models produced by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources can be overcome to make those models useful for water allocation and planning.

Free and the public is invited to attend. More info here.

Tuesday, June 22

SpeedLink: Speed Networking in the Triangle

5:45 – 8:45pm

Wyndham at RTP, 4620 South Miami Blvd, Durham, NC 27703

Based on the format of speed dating, attendees will have five minutes to network with each new person you meet. Once the five minutes is up, you will move to the next person and continue networking.

Limited to first 50 registered. Reserve your seat now!

Wednesday, June 23

The Golden Modes: Triangle Commuter Awards and SmartCommute Challenge Results Revealed

3:00 – 5:00pm

Bay 7 at American Tobacco Campus, 318 Blackwell Street Durham, NC 27701

Winners and results of the SmartCommute Challenge and the Photo Contest will be unveiled, including the $1,500 cash grand prize winners. Other prizes include transit friendly staycations, an Amazon Kindle, commuter bikes, new laptop computers, and several iPods.

For more, email Lauren Parker.

Tips for Using LinkedIn to Build Your Business and Career

6:30 – 8:30pm

Skyline Exhibits & Events, 600 Airport Boulevard #1300, Morrisville, NC 27560

Many people think of LinkedIn as a résumé site, but the potential for this social media network is so much greater. Martin Brossman will share tips on how to avoid common mistakes and get the maximum benefits from LinkedIn.

$10 for ICA members; $15 for others. RSVP.

Thursday, June 24

UpLink Professional and Business Luncheon

1:30 – 3:30pm

The Matthews House, 317 W Chatham St, Cary, NC 27513

If you are looking for a new job or career, to hire, for new business relationships, to get the word out about your business, or for someone with a solution…then you need join us for lunch!

Get tickets.

MTBE and TBA Cleanup-New Research Perspectives

2:00 – 3:30pm

Online (www.clu-in.com)

Speaker: Dr. Krassimira R. Hristova. Determining which technologies were necessary for safe drinking water production, via sites contaminated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA).

Learn more and register here.

Friday, June 25

NCTech4Good Conference

8:00am – 5:00pm

Friday Center, Chapel Hill

This conference will be a day long interactive conversation between nonprofit leaders, technology experts, and volunteers that leads to real results for you and your team. Reception afterward from 5-7pm.

Details.

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Eric Hallman, PhD, and Doug Baker of Kryosphere, Inc. came to the RTP Headquarters Wednesday to give an overview of their company and its success at the June installment of the Innovation@rtp speaker series. Kryosphere is the only independent commercial biorepository in the Southeast. Hallman, the company’s CEO, and Baker, the company’s president, co-founded Kryosphere in 2007. Essentially, Kyrosphere stores important biomaterial samples for labs and research centers in a failsafe freezer factory to insure their preservation. It weathered its infancy during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and since then has grown into a shining example for the biomaterial management/organization (BMO) industry, passing the 2 million sample milestone last October.

A Chilling Lesson of Loss: “It was with the realization that in this area there are over ten thousand -80° storage freezers that contain biological samples. And hearing horror stories that almost every week someone was losing valuable research assets because of freezer failure, we realized there was a need for a place like a bank* that could store this stuff safely and maintain scientific assets,” Hallman said. Let’s do some quick math, here. With the amount of biosamples one freezer can hold — at an average of $10 per sample — the content value of the Triangle Region’s biofreezers alone is estimated at $4 billion. One power failure, short circuit, or human error could cost years of research and testing budget.

*The Kryosphere facility is often referred to as a ‘biobank’ – much like a data repository – but providing freezers instead of servers. The pair, however, was quick to point out that what they do is not to be confused with Hollywood cryogenic freezing ‘science’ in films like “The Shining” and “Austin Powers”.

Experiencing their formative first years during such a tumultuous economic backdrop, the founders of Kryosphere had an “educational sell” to convince consumers that this start-up wasn’t just another flash in the pan, Hallman said. Even after the market was beginning to show signs of recovery, people were reluctant to outsource what traditionally hadn’t been outsourced before. “We had to assure people we knew what we were doing,” Hallman said. The sell was slow, but it worked. Now their demand is rapidly exceeding their supply.

Baker and Hallman chose RTP because “it’s the crown jewel of biotech”. North Carolina is the third largest state in the country in terms of biotechnology-based development. Hallman and his partners have lived in the area for over 20 years, maintain good connections with the universities (for which they store many samples), and share a love for the community; in his spare time, Hallman plays jazz trumpet and is a founding member of the Triangle Jazz Orchestra and the Jazztones sextet.

In the future, Kryosphere is looking to expand their brand out of RTP. From the beginning, they have recognized that the BMO secret is in proximity to its clientele. They have identified several biotech hot spots around the Southeast with the goal of building the “mothership” facility in RTP, then opening up satellites all over the East Coast: Atlanta, Richmond, Winston-Salem and the Triad, Charleston, and many places in Florida. From there, they can pivot west and hit Birmingham, Knoxville, and Louisiana. And as if a national presence isn’t enough, Kryosphere is soon to announce partnerships in Europe and India.

“Instead of building one centralized facility and try to bring in samples from all over,” Hallman said. “we see ourselves as kind of the FedEx-Kinko’s of the biorepository business—we’re putting a biorepository around the corner from where the major research is.”

Both Hallman and Baker have backgrounds in entrepreneurship. Prior to Kryosphere, Baker was the president and Chief Operating Officer of HumanCentric Technologies, a product development and design services firm, where he led the company through strong growth and operations revitalization. He was also president at Constella Clinical Informatics and COO and Rho, Inc., both emerging growth contract research organizations. Hallman had founded SARCO, one of the first companies to commercialize combinatorial chemistry technology. He guided the company from launch to a $7.8 M acquisition in less than two years.

-Ross Maloney

Catch the entire innovation@rtp program on the RTP YouTube channel.