Latest LVC News and Events

July 2015

• The New Orleans BioInnovation Center hosts summer students for the 2015 Biotechnology Workforce Expereince

March 2015

• The Center launches the EDA Biomedical Internship Program

July 2014

• The Center introduces the Summer Biotechnology Experience

November 2013

• LVC wins major grant from Economic Development Administration in partnership with NOBIC

June 2012

• Vaccine Center spin-off MiniVax, Inc. advances research development on vaccine to combat Pneumocystis pneumonia

April 2012

• Vaccine Center co-sponsors Louisiana Mycobacteria Symposium at the Tulane National Primate Research Center in Covington, Louisiana

• Vaccine Center participates in the Louisiana Higher Education and Industry Collaborative Workshop on Biosciences in New Orleans

February 2012

• LSUHSC and LVC researcher Palmer contributes to important discovery about opportunistic fungus as it relates to human health

December 2011

• Louisiana Vaccine Center hosts mini-symposium, Mycobacteria: Host Defense and Disease, with special guest Dr. Gary Schoolnik, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University

October 2011

• LSUHSC awarded NIH grant to develop pneumonia vaccine

September 2011

• New Orleans BioInnovation Center holds dedication ceremony

August 2011

• LVC/LSU researcher Mores receives $3 million MIDAS award to predict emerging viruses

July 2011

• LVC linked to Emory Consortium to Advance AIDS Vaccine Research

May 2011

• LVC’s 3rd Annual External Advisory Committee Meeting held

April 2011

• Groundbreaking of University Medical Center Hospital in New Orleans

November 2011

• Invention to Venture: Workshops in Technology Leadership

February2011

• LVC Steering Committee member Kumar: International partnership to develop a malaria vaccine

October 2010

•New Orleans’ biotechnology industry featured in The Scientist

March 2010

• LVC Summer Student: Mandeville senior’s resume is as big as her heart

January 2010

• Dr. Gregory Poland, Director of the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group, visits the Louisiana Vaccine Center

September 2009

• LVC Director: Experimental vaccine shows promise with AIDS

July 2009

• LVC/LSUHSC’s Jay K. Kolls awarded $1.8 million to improve vaccine strategies for P. carinii pneumonia

• LVC Steering Committee member Clements collaborates with Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH) on vaccine to combat ear infections

May 2009

• LVC Goes to BIO 2009-Atlanta, GA

April 2009

• LVC Exhibits at the 12th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research

• LVC Exhibits at World Vaccine Congress Washington

June 2007

• LSUHSC Awarded $5.5 Million to Develop Vaccine Center