HOUMA — From the Cardiovascular Institute of the South: Dr. Peter Fail, interventional cardiologist at Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Houma, is the first in Louisiana to use the TriClip Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair System to treat tricuspid valve…
BATON ROUGE — From Louisiana Economic Development: LED is responding to the expansive growth of scientific research and innovation throughout the state by recognizing life sciences as a key industry and launching a new website focused exclusively on the companies,…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Chosen Diagnostics is pleased to announce the receipt of a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for the completion of the group’s NECDetect prototype to identify necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Mayor’s Office of Utilities announced that it is actively working on solutions that leverage distributed, renewable energy to make the city’s infrastructure more resilient and affordable. Hurricane Ida’s impact demonstrated the importance of…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a $4.5 billion clean energy commitment Thursday from industrial gas manufacturer Air Products. The company pledged the investment to build “the world’s largest permanent carbon dioxide sequestration endeavor to date,” and…
NEW ORLEANS — State officials and video game development executive Jeff Strain announced the launch today of Possibility Space, a game development studio that will “build large-scale video games for a…
NEW ORLEANS — A Tulane University scientist is teaming up with researchers across the country as part of a $15 million initiative by the National Science Foundation to establish a new field of study that has the potential to transform…
NEW ORLEANS – From Ochsner Medical Center: Ochsner is now offering patients a new, minimally invasive option for lung biopsy using the Ion endoluminal system—a robotic-assisted tool for bronchoscopic biopsy of the lung. On Sept. 28, Ochsner pulmonologist Susan Gunn performed…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana-based tech company Waitr announced a new partnership with LSU football star Derek Stingley Jr. to promote its food delivery app. Under the deal, Stingley will get his own delivery code that customers can use to get…
NEW ORLEANS — Reactwell LLC — in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Trimeric, Inc. — has announced it has secured a $1,833,476 grant for the research and…
NEW ORLEANS - The University of New Orleans has launched eSports programming with the opening of a new on-campus eSports Café and plans for intramural, club and varsity teams in the future. The new facility, which features an array of…
NEW ORLEANS - This week’s Biz Talks podcast features native New Orleanian Scott Wolfe, a lawyer and entrepreneur who founded the New Orleans-based technology startup Levelset in 2012 to…
LAFAYETTE — Acadian Capital Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm, is investing in Iconic Moments, an NFT marketplace exclusively for museums and cultural institutions around the world. Acadian Capital Ventures joined VentureSouth, Cultivation Capital,…
NEW ORLEANS - From the Tulane University communications department: In 2019, nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from opioid overdoses, bringing the total of number of deaths from the opioid crisis to half a million over the past…
NEW ORLEANS - The American Heart Association in Greater New Orleans and Oschner Health will host a free webinar at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 highlighting digital practices as part of a comprehensive employee wellbeing program. Physicians and program members from…
The mission of IDEAinstitute is to provide innovative entrepreneurs and potential startup founders with the tools they need to turn an idea into a scalable venture. Applications to the fall 2021 accelerator program are open until Tuesday, September 21st and…
NEW ORLEANS - From Tulane University: Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed an inhaled vaccine against Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that can cause pneumonia in hospital settings. The vaccine was able to protect mice against several strains of…
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Rodney McKellip has achieved federal senior executive service status and been appointed to lead NASA’s Center Operations Directorate at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He is a native of Picayune, Miss., and…
NEW ORLEANS - From Tulane University: An award-winning Tulane researcher has led a team in discoveries that could result in significantly faster charging electric vehicles and portable devices such as cell phones and laptops. The team, led by Michael Naguib,…
WASHINGTON — On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which, up until now, had only been available through the agency’s emergency use authorization. The move is likely to encourage more vaccine mandates by…
NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans and Cleancor Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of Seacor Holdings, signed a memorandum of understanding on Aug. 17 to "collaborate on ways to provide liquefied natural gas fueling solutions to ship owners and…
NEW ORLEANS – Ochsner Health announced its participation in an acute respiratory illness study sponsored by Pfizer Inc. The study is seeking to enroll healthy adult volunteers ages 18 and above who have not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine and…
NEW ORLEANS – Inc. magazine today revealed that New Orleans-based IDScan.net is recognized on its annual "Inc. 5000" list, a ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their…
NEW ORLEANS — On Aug. 16, Delgado Chancellor Larissa Littleton-Steib was joined by local officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a new $9.3 million Advanced Technology Center at the Delgado Community College West Bank Campus in Algiers. The Delgado…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are week's top business stories: Notes from the Pandemic The City of New Orleans has announced that proof of vaccination or a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test will be required to participate in activities with…
NEW ORLEANS - The UNO Research and Technology Foundation and The Beach at UNO, A Sandbox for Collaboration have promoted four members of their team. Darlene Fredricks has been promoted to property coordinator. She will lead tenant relations and real…
NEW ORLEANS - The UNO Research and Technology Foundation and The Beach at UNO, A Sandbox for Collaboration have promoted four members of their team. Troy Carmichael has been promoted to director of operations. His new role includes oversite of…
NEW ORLEANS - The UNO Research and Technology Foundation and The Beach at UNO, A Sandbox for Collaboration have promoted four members of their team. Blair Bourgeois was promoted to project manager. She will continue to serve as the administrator…
NEW ORLEANS - The UNO Research and Technology Foundation and The Beach at UNO, A Sandbox for Collaboration have promoted four members of their team. Greg Hammarstrom will serve as vice president and chief operating officer. He will oversee strategic…
