collaboration

First Look: Amazon Picks Las Colinas as the First Location for its New Neighborhood Health Center Pilot Program

by | Jul 15, 2020
It's the first of six to be established in the Dallas region this year. Amazon is collaborating with Crossover Health to establish health centers near its fulfillment centers and operations facilities. Each center will provide full-spectrum acute, chronic, and preventive primary care for employees and their families.
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DFW CPG to Support the ‘Nation’s First Consumer Products Accelerator’ Coming Soon to Dallas-Fort Worth
by | Jul 13, 2020
SKU DFW is an eight-week program being kicked off this fall by former Whole Foods co-CEO Walter Robb. Later-stage startups focused on consumer packaged goods can apply now for the chance to receive best-in-class curriculum taught by top CPG leaders.
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Bottle Rocket Founder and CEO Calvin Carter working at home in May. [Photo: courtesy of Bottle Rocket]
Bottle Rocket’s Calvin Carter: ‘We estimate we are 10% more efficient working from wherever.’
by | Jul 1, 2020
The CEO talks with us about how the company is adapting to the future of work and business in the time of COVID.
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Local Economic Recovery Task Force Launches Dallas Forward Initiative to Help Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses
by | Jun 23, 2020
According to Mayor Eric Johnson, restoring Dallas' small and medium-sized business ecosystem is the key to our economic recovery from COVID-19. The new online portal hosts resources on supplies, funds, reopening and more, including what was donated by some of Dallas' leading companies.
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AT&T Collaborates With Plano’s VitalTech On Telehealth Services During COVID-19 Outbreak

by | Mar 31, 2020
The collaboration will allow physicians to virtually diagnose medical conditions, heightening safety for everyone.
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Mercado Labs Gets $3.2M in Seed Funding for Global Supply Chain’s ‘First Mile’
by | Jan 29, 2020
Mercado's platform "brings order to your imports" by optimizing the first 120 days of the supply chain. The Dallas-based tech startup said the recent funding will be used for new product development and marketing outreach.
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Discovery: NASA Selects UTA Team to Examine ‘Space Weather,’ UTD Research Focuses on Chronic Pain
by | Jan 24, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about a collaboration between the University of North Texas Health Science Center and Quest Diagnostics to address preventable diseases.
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Lantern Pharma Teams Up with National Cancer Institute to Predict Drug Effectiveness on Tumors
by | Oct 7, 2019
This alum of Dallas startup accelerator Health Wildcatters is working with the National Cancer Institute's Developmental Therapeutics Branch on precision research and treatments.
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McKesson and TrakCel Form a Collaboration to Commercialize Cell and Gene Therapies

by | Sep 12, 2019
Together, the two companies aim to increase access to complex medications and ensure that patients more quickly receive the correct drug at the right time.
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Tyler Station in Oak Cliff's Elmwood neighborhood attracts artists, craftsmen, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits
‘A Collaborative Village’: Artists, Makers, and Entrepreneurs Embrace Creative Collisions as Tyler Station Hits 100%
by | Sep 5, 2019
The mixed-use creative development in Oak Cliff was the brainchild of new urbanist pioneer Monte Anderson. As one tenant puts it: "I don’t know of anything like it in Dallas or really any other city.”
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Discovery: UTA Investigates Coral Reef Disease; SMU Team Tests New Chemo Approach
by | Jun 14, 2019
You’ll also find out about a McKinney-based scientist who’s been invited to join the Scientific Advisory Council by the Evidence-Based Toxicology Collaborative in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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Discovery: UTSW Gets $14M to Recruit Researchers; UTA Professor Studies Brain Injuries
by | May 31, 2019
You’ll also find out about how a UT Dallas professor is trying to speed up transistors for chipmakers, and about how Caris Life Sciences’ new collaboration is developing a cancer diagnostic test in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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Discovery: Neuro Rehab VR Teams Up With Schools for Robotic Glove; UTD Explores Roots of Chronic Pain

by | Mar 29, 2019
You'll also find out about Caris Life Sciences' data that shows a novel pathway to treating Non-Hodgkins lymphoma in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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Discovery: UTA Prof Gets $6.575M in Grants; UNT, University of Dallas Put Telescope Online
by | Mar 22, 2019
You’ll also find news about how SMU Cox School MBA students are doing research for Arcis Golf, and how a $625K grant is aimed at improving healthcare at the Dallas VA Medical Center in this report on research and development activity in North Texas.
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Discovery: UTD Scientist Finds Cause for Hot Batteries; BRIT, UNTHSC Collaborate on Research
by | Mar 15, 2019
In this roundup of research and development activity involving institutions in North Texas, you'll also read about a UTA professor that's using $900K in research grants to focus on monitoring structural integrity.
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Rising of the Rest: Collaboration, Clusters, and Commerce Charge the Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Ecosystem
by | Jan 28, 2019
There's an underlying connectedness between people and companies that transcends our geography, says Tech Titans' Bill Sproull. Collisions between industries, startups, universities, and civic leaders start a chain of events that we can predict only to a certain point. And that unknown is exciting.
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