Assurant Employee Benefits becomes seventh tenant at BTBC Main Facility

  Assurant Employee Benefits becomes seventh tenant at BTBC Main Facility November 15, 2011 LAWRENCE — The Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas (BTBC at KU) Main Facility has landed its seventh tenant – and this time, it’s a Fortune 500 company. Assurant Employee Benefits, a division of insurance leader Assurant, [...]

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BTBC Names New System Vice President, Executive Director of KUMC Facility

BTBC names new system vice president, executive director of KUMC facility November 8, 2011 LAWRENCE — The Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas (BTBC at KU) has a new system vice president and executive director at its KU Medical Center facility. Frank Kruse, a business leader with more than 20 years [...]

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Mencuro Therapeutics moves into BTBC Expansion Facility

  Mencuro Therapeutics moves into BTBC Expansion Facility October 17, 2011 LAWRENCE — The Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas will house another biotech company with ties to the university. Mencuro Therapeutics Inc., a drug development company focused on pain treatment, has leased space at the BTBC Expansion Facility, located at [...]

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KU Med’s Bioscience & Technology Business Center has official opening

KU Med’s Bioscience & Technology Business Center has official opening Kansas City Business Journal by David Twiddy Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 The University of Kansas Medical Center’s Bioscience & Technology Business Center officially opened its doors Tuesday, looking to attract more life sciences-based startups. A group of university administrators and researchers, as well as [...]

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Bioscience company Gyrasol becomes sixth tenant at BTBC at KU Main Facility

Bioscience company Gyrasol becomes sixth tenant at BTBC at KU Main Facility Sept. 1, 2011 LAWRENCE — The Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas (BTBC at KU) Main Facility has secured its sixth tenant. Gyrasol Technologies, a molecular diagnostics and drug testing company, has relocated from Santa Fe, N.M., to the [...]

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Argenta selects KC Animal Health Corridor to grow its global animal health business

August 30th, 2011   Argenta, a global provider of drug development services and contract product manufacturing for the animal health industry, announced today it will locate a new lab facility and office in the KC Animal Health Corridor. “The KC Animal Health Corridor location fits perfectly with Argenta’s company vision of delivering animal health development [...]

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Translating University Technology – Why, When and How to Start a Company

Recently, Matthew McClorey, President and CEO of the Lawrence Regional Technology Center, presented at a seminar on commercializing technology to the Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation at the University of Kansas.  To view the presentation in its entirety, please click the link at the bottom of the page.   Mr. McClorey serves as the President [...]

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Olathe-based Garmin to open software office on KU’s West Campus

By Chad Lawhorn — Lawrence Journal-World November 11, 2010 The latest set of directions on Garmin’s GPS units leads to Kansas University’s West Campus. The leader of the Bioscience and Technology Business Center on KU’s West Campus confirmed Wednesday that Olathe-based Garmin Ltd. has signed a deal to open a software office in the incubator. [...]

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New Tenants in the Bioscience and Technology Business Center in Lawrence

By Chad Lawhorn — Lawrence Journal-World November 11, 2010 Here’s a look at the two newest tenants at the Bioscience and Technology Business Center. BrightEHR has developed an electronic records system specifically for mental health centers. The mental health niche makes it rare in the growing electronic medical records industry, but its most unusual aspect [...]

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New incubator to drive high-tech growth

By Mark Fagan — Lawrence Journal-World October 8, 2010 A new company developing software and records-management services for behavioral health centers will start making calls on possible customers next week, all from its new home in a business incubator on Kansas University’s West Campus. One employee. One product. Unlimited potential. “Within two years, we expect [...]

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