At SCBIO Live 2016, South Carolina’s annual life science industry conference, Dr. John Desjardins of Aravis Biotech and Clemson’s Department of Bioengineering won the SCRA Pitch Contest. The $2,500 prize was sponsored by Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology, South Carolina Research Authority and Carolina Biotech Group. It was awarded at SCBIO’s sixth annual conference, held November 10-11 at Greenville’s Westin Poinsett.
Two CU bioengineering alumni, Rebecca DeLegge, co-founder and president of DeLegge Medical, and Matthew R. Gevaert, co-founder and CEO of Kiyatec, were recognized for their dedication to the advancement of the life sciences in South Carolina. At the career fair that preceded the conference, students with industry representatives advertising 40 open technical positions. A platinum sponsor, Clemson Bioengineering hosted the panel breakfast with keynote speaker Dr. Christopher Austin, Director of the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
SCBIO is a member organization that supports South Carolina’s life science industry through collaboration, advocacy, workforce development, and business operations support. Its goal is to ensure that South Carolina’s companies, research institutions, and citizens reap the economic and societal benefits of a world-class life sciences cluster. The following companies were represented at the career fair: AmbioPharm, AVX, Capsugel, Foster Healing, Milliken Healthcare Products, Nephron Pharmaceuticals, Poly-Med, Inc., SCRA, and The Ritedose Corporation.