Protea Technology Gives Scientists First Ever Look at Cells in Their Native State

Protea Biosciences Group, Inc.  (“Protea”) a leader in the bioanalytics industry, announces the use of its proprietary LAESIâ technology to allow scientists the ability for the first time to look inside cells in their native state to discover new molecular markers for diagnosing human disease. Steve Turner, CEO of Protea, said, “Much of the new…

Protea Presents at 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference

Protea Biosciences Group, Inc.  (“Protea”), a leading bioanalytics technology company, announces that Stephen Turner, the company’s CEO, presented at the 15th Annual Needham & Co. Growth Conference on Tuesday January 15, at the Palace Hotel in New York City. Mr. Turner will be discussing the Company’s groundbreaking LAESI technology platform and how the company is…

NSF Grant will Help WVU’s Yang Research Clues to Fighting Alzheimer’s Disease

Yong Yang, an assistant chemical engineering professor at West Virginia University’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, is creating a system that mimics the human brain’s cell function to help unlock the clues to curing Alzheimer’s disease. It’s an in vitro system – an artificial environment occurring outside a living organism –…

Hansbarger to Retire from WVU Charleston

After a 10-year career with the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, L. Clark Hansbarger, M.D., associate vice president for health sciences and dean of the WVU School of Medicine’s Charleston Division, will retire effective June 30, 2013. Chancellor Christopher Colenda, M.D., M.P.H., who announced the retirement, will appoint a committee to conduct a national search for Dr. Hansbarger’s successor.…

Chase Selected as President-elect of National Pharmacy Organization

Patricia Chase, Ph.D., dean of the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, has been selected as president-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). AACP is a national organization comprised of 129 accredited colleges and schools of pharmacy that represents the interests of pharmacy education. Dr. Chase will serve as the AACP 2013-2014 president-elect,…

Grants to Help Train Prenatal Educators in Distressed W.Va. and Tenn. Counties

Most expectant mothers take great care to nurture their bodies and avoid behaviors that could put their babies at risk. Prenatal smoking is a major public health issue throughout the Appalachian region, and more pregnant women smoke in West Virginia than in any other state. In West Virginia, 32 percent of pregnant women use cigarettes,…