Banyan Biomarkers News
David Flagg, Gary Ascani, Nancy Denslow, Paul Metts, Ron Hayes and Kevin Wang recently met to discuss the need for a simple blood test to detect the severity of brain trauma.
August 21, 2007: Paul Metts, Florida Deputy Secretary of Health, and David Winialski, Legislative Planning Director for the Florida Department of Health, visit Banyan Biomarkers to learn about the Company's progress to utilize biomarkers for the detection of head injury.
Gainesville Sun
Read this in full HERE .View a video of Metts and Banyan Founders, Hayes and Wang, discussing head injury.
March 2007: Progress Corporate Park NBIA Incubation Awards Finalist (Banyan Biomarkers Inc. Featured) - Each year, the NBIA Incubation Awards honor the business incubation programs, graduates and client companies that exemplify the best of the industry. The winner will be announced at the NBIA International Conference on Business Incubation in Seattle, Washington.
Read this in full HERE .
August 2006: Receipt of SBIR Phase I funding for development of liver biomarkers for ischemia/reperfusion in jury. PI: Dr. M. Oli
July 2006: Drs Wang, Hayes and Oli published on liver biomarkers: Identification and preliminary validation of novel biomarkers of acute hepatic ischaemia/reperfusion injury using dual-platform proteomic/degradomic approaches S. I. SVETLOV, Y. XIANG, M. W. OLI, D. P. FOLEY, G. HUANG, R. L. HAYES, A. K. OTTENS2, & K. K. W. WANG, Biomarkers, July_August 2006; 11(4): 355_369
Read this in full HERE .
June 2006: $2 Million Secured For Banyan's Ongoing Research
"The War on Terror takes our military personnel around the world in dangerous deployments and we owe them the training, supplies, and equipment needed to complete their missions," stated Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Ocala). "Brain injury is the second largest cause of death for our troops on the battlefield, and I am proud to have secured $2 million for ongoing research in developing a non-invasive blood test that rapidly diagnoses the severity of traumatic brain injury," explained Stearns. "This research is conducted by Banyan Biomarkers of Gainesville in cooperation with the University of Florida..."
Read this in full HERE .
The Gainesville Sun had the following to say about the funding: Read excerpt HERE .
November 2005: Rep. Cliff Stearns toured Banyan Biomarkers in Alachua to see firsthand the progress in developing a test that will benefit troops suffering from head injuries. "In cooperation with the University of Florida, Banyan is developing a non-invasive blood test that rapidly diagnoses the severity of traumatic brain injury," said Stearns. "For the past few years, I have worked to support this effort by helping to secure research funding from the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee." Read this in full HERE .
September 2005: Dr. Hayes and Dr. Wang have been invited to serve as scientific program organizers for the 4th International Conference on Biochemical Markers for Brain Damage (BMBD 2005). This year the venue is the U.S. They plan a meeting embracing four general themes: Acute Brain Injury; Chronic Brain Injury; Biomarker Validity, Uses in Drug Discovery and Testing and Biomarker Compliance; and New Technologies at Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
February 2005: Dr. Wang is Co-organizer, Systems Biology Minisymposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
In press 2005: Banyan's scientific founders (Hayes, Wang, Denslow) were invited to publish a major scientific review on the application of proteomics technology to brain injury in the Journal of Mass Spectrometry.
October 2005: Drs Wang, Denslow and Hayes published review on Neuroproteomic of Traumatic Brain Injury (Wang, K.K.W., Ottens, A., Haskins, W.E., Liu, M.C., Denslow, N., Chen,S.S., Hayes, R.L. (2005) Neuroproteomic Studies of Traumatic Brain Injury in Human brain Proteome: International Review of Neurobiology (L. A. NEUHOLD Ed.) pp. 215-240, Elseiver)
September 2005: Dr. Wang was an invited speaker, "Utilities of Novel Protein Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury in Preclinical and Clinical research and Drug Development" Cambridge Healthtech Institute Protein Biomarkers 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
September 2005: Dr. Wang spoke on "Applying Proteomics in Brain Injury Studies", 7th International Neurotrauma Symposium, Adelaide, South Australia
June 2005: Receipt of SBIR Phase I funding for development of single novel biomarker of stroke. Invited speaker, "Applying Proteomics in Brain Trauma Research", Proteomics Workshop II (Medical Applications and Protein Networks), ULCA-IPAM, Los Angeles, CA (August 2005)
May 2005: Dr. Wang was awarded the Florida Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute Award as a funded investigator for proposed work identifying linkage between TBI and Alzheimer's disease and was inducted as a member in the Florida Scientific Consortium studying these problems.
February 2005: Banyan Biomarkers moves into offices and labs at Sid Martin Biotechnology Development Incubator in Alachua, FL.
January 2005: Lance Award, received by Dr. Hayes, is given once per year by the Lance family and NBIRTT (National Brain Injury Research, Treatment and Training Foundation). The Lance Award is given to an individual or group who has made a major contribution to the field of brain injury research, treatment or support. Dr. Hayes was recognized for his scientific contribution to the well being of persons with brain injury and for his outstanding research. He was presented the award at the annual black tie event called The Checkered Ball on Jan. 30, 2005 in North Carolina.
December 2003: Banyan Biomarkers featured in issue of Fortune in China.
September 2003: Banyan Biomarkers featured in issue of Fortune in US.
December 2002: Dr. Kevin Wang was invited to speak at the first NIH conference on applications of proteomics to brain injury. Bethesda, Maryland. This resulted with: Wang, K.K.W., Ottens, A., Haskins, W.E., Liu, M.C., Denslow, N., Chen,S.S., Hayes, R.L. (2005) "Neuroproteomic Studies of Traumatic Brain Injury". International Review of Neurobiology, 61, 215-240.
SUPPORT
"Banyan Biomarkers continues to be funded significantly by the U.S. Department of Defense and Appropriations reflecting Congressional interest in Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnostics and Treatment R & D", David Flagg, Government Relations Consultant.
Pictured left to right: Nancy Denslow, David Flagg, Kevin Wang, and Congressman Cliff Stearns. Congressman Bill Young (not pictured) |
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