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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda BioScience 091808AGENDA Bioscience land Protection Advisory Board September 18, 2008 Town of Jupiter 210 Military Trail 1:30 p.m. Roll Call 2. Approval of May 15, 2008 Minutes 3. Comprehensive Plan Status - City of Riviera Beach Town of Lake Park 4. Scripps Update (by Shannon LaRocque -Baas) 5. Branding /Marketing Subcommittee Update (Lisa De La Rionda) 6. Update from BDB (Andrew Duffell) 7. Update State Funding Corp. Uenni Garrison) 8. New Business 9. Public Comment 10. Next Meeting November 20, 2008 - City of Palm Beach Gardens - meeting date conflicts with the FAC Legislative Conference, (next scheduled meeting is January 15, 2009) 11. Adjournment Patricia Weaver From: Lisa DeLaRionda Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 11:22 AM To: Patricia Weaver Cc: Lisa DeLaRionda; Allyson Maiwurm; Andrew Duffell; Denise Jakows; Donna Giuliana; Kate Moretto; Maryann Guarascio; Patrick Sullivan; Shannon LaRocque; Theresa Klco; Verdenia Baker; Brad Merriman Subject: Update for BLPAB Branding /Marketing Subcommittee Importance: High Hello Trish, Please be advised that I will be unable to attend today's meeting.due to an immediate request to attend a coordination meeting at the Supervisor of Elections Tabulation Center. I apologize for the short notice. The Subcommittee report I was to give today involved the progress that we have had regarding the Ad Fed logo design. The Subcommittee reviewed 22 logo designs submitted by three firms. What we determined was that all were very good and did apply to Bioscience. To achieve the goals of ease of transition and an identity that flowed with the BDB website the subcommittee narrowed the logo possibilities to two based on: Usage on website Usage for Partners How it applies to the concepts or correlates with Bio Science Corridor Usage on Printed material We believe our logo recommendation that will be presented at the next BLPAB, will achieve our goal for the web and usage on the top of all printed agenda and letters. If I can provide additional information, please let me know. Thank you, Lisa De La Rionda Director Department of Public Affairs Palm Beach County The following are just a few of Scripps Florida's impressive accomplishments as presented in the Scripps Florida Annual Report for the year ending June 30, 2008. A few of the scientific and funding highlights include: • In 2008, a record number of new graduate students selected Scripps Florida as their school of choice to pursue their doctoral degrees. OF the nine new students, four came from Florida universities and colleges (UM, UF, FSU, New College of Fla). • Scripps Florida scientists found a clue to Alzheimer's Disease progression in that a specialized form of RNAis directly linked to increased levels of amyloid plaque in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. • Between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, scientists at Scripps Florida were awarded 17 research grants from sources other than the State of Florida. The value of those grants is $22 million. Since inception, Scripps Florida's scientists have received a total of $48 million in research grants from sources other than the state of Florida. • 9 patent applications have been filed on Scripps Florida technology between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. A total of 79 patent applications on Scripps Florida technology have been filed since inception. • Through June 30, 2008, the Scripps Florida Funding Corporation had $183,230,834 of the total grant to Scripps Florida, of which $176,181,500 is principal. A few of the employment highlights include: • Between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007, 84 jobs were created within Scripps Florida. Of the 84 new jobs, 43 people were residents of Florida at the time of hire. As of June 30, 2008, Scripps Florida employs 250 people. • In May, Dr. Larry Wylie was appointed the new Director of Environmental Health and Safety. Dr. Wylie comes from Wyeth, a world leader in the development of pharmaceuticals and other health care products. • Scripps Florida assistant professor Timothy Tellinghuisen received the prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Award for 2008. He is one of only 14 scientists in North America chosen this year. . A few of the collaborative, outreach and spin -off highlights include: • Scripps Florida established a collaborative relationship with Curna, a start -up company in Palm Beach County which is exploring the potentials of micro RNA. The company was founded by local entrepreneur Joseph W. Collard and Scripps Fla professor Claes Wahlestedt, M.D., Ph.D. The company is based on technology that was invented by Dr. Wahlestedt at Scripps Florida. • As of June 30, 2008, Scripps Florida had 39 on -going and new scientific collaborations between Scripps Florida scientists and colleagues from Florida colleges and universities. • Six Florida institutions (UF, FAU, UCF, UM, FSU and Nova SouthEastern) continue to maintain an executed Joint Cooperation Agreement with Scripps. JCAs streamline the scientific collaboration process by including such provisions to make it easier to collaborate on filing patents and to share revenues from commercialized innovations. • 3 high school teachers and 11 high school students served as 2008 paid summer interns; over 50% of student interns were minority students. • As of June 30, 2008, 7 FAU Wilkes Honors College undergraduate students are performing research in the Scripps Fla research facility. • Scripps Florida participated in workforce recruitment activities (career fairs and expositions) at 8 public and private colleges and universities from July 2007 through June 2008.