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BOCA COMPANY DEVELOPS MEDICINES FROM MARINE LIFE
STEPHEN POUNDS - PALM BEACH POST STAFF WRITER (Dec. 27, 2004) -
Russ Kerr seems perfect to father the first U.S. medicine from marine life. The Stanford-educated
research professor lived on a sailboat off Fort Lauderdale until his family outgrew it. His office
walls are cluttered with pictures from ocean expeditions. He even dresses the part, wearing a lime-
and forest-green Hawaiian shirt as he patrols his laboratory at Florida Atlantic University.
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RESEARCH CENTER SET UP IN DELRAY
MARCIA HEROUX POUNDS - BUSINESS WRITER/SUN SENTINAL (Dec. 09, 2004) -
The second spin-off from the Center of Excellence in Biomedical and
Marine Biotechnology at Florida Atlantic University has set up shop in
Delray Beach.
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FAU CENTER OF EXCELLENCE SPAWNS SECOND SPIN-OFF COMPANY
DEBRA KAIN - FAU MEDIA CONTACT (December 6, 2004) - Building upon the successes of the Center of
Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology at Florida Atlantic University, a second start-up company
has been established as part of what is anticipated to be a biotech boom in Palm Beach County.
Dr. Salvatore Lepore, assistant professor of chemistry at FAU, and his wife, Susan Lepore, have recently
teamed to establish Custom Synthesis Inc. (CSI), a company based in Delray Beach, Florida. CSI specializes
in the synthesis of custom organic compounds for biotech and pharmaceutical researchers. The firm has
already been retained by Scripps Florida to support its medicinal chemistry group.
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WOOING CAPITAL IS KEY FOR GROWTH
MARCIA HEROUX POUNDS - BUSINESS WRITER/SUN SENTINAL (Nov. 14, 2004) -
Chemistry professor Russell Kerr toiled for 13 years in a Florida Atlantic University lab
developing a topical drug for itchy, irritated skin derived from molecules collected
from Florida's reefs.
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FAU CENTER OF EXCELLENCE SPAWNS FIRST SPIN-OFF COMPANY
Tequesta Marine Biosciences is also the first start-up company resulting from
Scripps Florida Initiative
DEBRA KAIN - FAU MEDIA CONTACT (November 7, 2004) - Building upon the successes of the Center of Excellence in Biomedical
and Marine Biotechnology, the first Scripps Florida-related startup company, Tequesta Marine Biosciences (TMB),
is poised to develop therapeutic drugs that will bring relief to millions who suffer from inflammatory diseases.
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ON THE HEALTH FRONT - MINING THE OCEAN FOR NEW MEDICINE
SARAH LESHER - MIAMI HERALD (Jun. 29, 2004) - Going to the Amazon -- and then to a Caribbean resort -- to look for
drugs isn't like making quick stops at Walgreen
or Eckerd. But Eloy Rodriguez and his students from the University of Miami and Cornell University aren't getting a
prescription filled. They're trying to find naturally occurring compounds that can ultimately go into those little
bottles to help fight intractable pain, or cancer, or other illnesses.
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TECH TRANSFER CONFERENCE APPLICATION
BOCA RATON, FL (May 17/18, 2004) - Florida's most promising info-tech, bio-tech, & nano-tech research.
The Florida Research Consortium and the Tampa Bay Technology Forum are pleased
to invite you to the first annual Florida Tech Transfer Conference in
St. Petersburg, Florida on May 17th & 18th, 2004. This must-attend event
showcases emerging technologies and commercialization opportunities from
the state's leading research universities in the areas of information
technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.
Download an application here.
For more information visit the Florida Tech Transfer website at http://frc.accrisoft.com/techtransfer/
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