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Dr. Christine Hsiao visits iCubed for Seminar Series

Dr. Christine Hsiao will be the guest speaker for iCubed’s next Seminar Series event planned for this Friday, June 14 at 12 p.m. Dr. Hsiao was most recently a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin. She received her Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology from the University [...]

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2013 Vax Ren guest speakers announced

iCubed has announced its list of guest speakers who will be participating in this year’s Vaccine Renaissance Conference taking place October 16-18, 2013. The speakers will be featured in several different sessions covering topics including cancer immunotherapeutics, gut microbiome, immune modulation, heterologous immunity, biodefense, emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases and a “one health” session focusing [...]

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HV&I publishes paper on 2012 Vaccine Renaissance Conference

The online journal Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics has published a paper on iCubed’s 6th Annual Vaccine Renaissance Conference. The paper, which can be found in the July 2013 edition of the journal, provides an overview of the conference that took place in Providence, Rhode Island last  October. iCubed’s Dr. De Groot and Dr. Spero authored [...]

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URI researchers honored at Bioscience Awards

iCubed’s top brass were honored at a ceremony in Cranston this month as part of Tech Collective’s first Rhode Island Bioscience Awards. Among the award recipients were Dr. Annie De Groot and Dr. Denice Spero of iCubed. University of Rhode Island Professor Dr. Edward Bozzi and EpiVax, Inc. Science Director Dr. Leslie Cousens were also honored. [...]

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Tech Collective to honor De Groot and Spero at awards ceremony

Tech Collective, Rhode Island’s bioscience and information technology industry association, will be honoring its inaugural group during the first Rhode Island Bioscience Awards on May 2 in Cranston. Among the award recipients are Dr. Annie De Groot and Dr. Denice Spero of iCubed. University of Rhode Island Professor Dr. Edward Bozzi and EpiVax, Inc. Science [...]

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Seminar Series event scheduled for Friday, April 26

iCubed’s next Seminar Series event is scheduled for this Friday, April 26 at 12:00 p.m. The seminar will feature University of Rhode Island Professor Dr. Paul Cohen. Dr. Cohen’s lecture is titled “The Lives of Commensal and Pathogenic (O157:H7) E. coli in the Mouse Intestine.” The seminar will be held in the iCubed offices located [...]

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Of hamsters and men: a new perspective on host cell proteins

Over many years, recombinant protein biologics developers have addressed product immunogenicity with a focus on the active pharmaceutical ingredient. Recently, immune responses to the native host cell proteins (HCP) have gained attention, as they too may have an effect on the immune response to the formulated drug, namely diminished drug safety and efficacy. Click here [...]

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Garrett: Is this how a pandemic would start?

Courtesy: Denverpost.com Here’s how it would happen: Children playing along an urban river bank would spot hundreds of grotesque, bloated pig carcasses bobbing downstream. Hundreds of miles away, angry citizens would protest the rising stench from piles of dead ducks and swans, their rotting bodies collecting by the thousands along river banks. Click here to [...]

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Sierra Valois, URI biotech student, accepted into internship

University of Rhode Island student Sierra Valois has been accepted into the SURF INBRE internship for the summer of 2013. Valois, an undergraduate in the biotechnology program, will dedicate her time in the Laboratory of Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis, working alongside Dr. Alan Rothman and Dr. Carey Medin. Sierra worked in the lab as an iCubed intern [...]

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Dr. De Groot to speak at URI Research & Innovation Showcase

iCubed Director Dr. Annie De Groot will join a panel discussion on Wednesday, April 10 as past of the University of Rhode Island’s Research & Innovation Showcase. The event will highlight the intellectual productivity of students and faculty and demonstrate how that work can contribute to economic development. The discussion is titled “Forming your own company: [...]

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