life sciences

The Techstar team briefed the Fort Worth City Council on the new accelerator program Tuesday. [Courtesy photo]

Public-Private Partners Bring Global Investment Platform Techstars to Fort Worth, Name Managing Director

by | Feb 22, 2022
Trey Bowles, a longtime startup champion in DFW, will helm Fort Worth's Techstars physical therapy-focused accelerator.  "It's a big win for the region," Bowles says. "Customers and capital are the things that help startups grow." 

Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth is the first accelerator for Techstars in North Texas—and the "first true accelerator in Fort Worth," says HSC's Cameron Cushman, a key player in attracting the program.
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Alphabet Biotech Unit Verily to Open Dallas Operations Hub in Cypress Waters
by | Oct 14, 2021
It's the San Franciso company's first office in Texas. Verily expects to hire as many as 115 employees by the end of 2022.
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Signature Biologics Expands Its Irving Footprint With a New Manufacturing and R&D Headquarters
by | Aug 25, 2021
There, Signature Biologics will manufacture perinatal-derived products that improve the body's natural healing processes in wound, musculoskeletal, and pain management applications.
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Renovations Begin for BioLabs’ December Opening at Pegasus Park
by | Aug 10, 2021
A mid-December opening is planned for BioLabs' first central U.S. location in Dallas. Inside the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park, BioLabs will serve as the key operator of the biotech laboratory and 37,000-square-foot flexible life science coworking facility.
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TechFW’s ThinkLab Startup Accelerator Will Expand to Dallas in Partnership with Pegasus Park Next Month

by | Dec 8, 2020
Dallas life science startups are invited to apply to ThinkLab's winter cohort, which will begin in late January 2021.
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Bio Boom: Dallas-Fort Worth Is Emerging as a Hub for Biotech and Life Sciences
by | Nov 27, 2020
Biotechnology is alive and growing in DFW. The region recently ranked 6th on a list of top ten emerging life science clusters in the U.S.
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Health Wildcatters Co-Founder and CEO Hubert Zajicek To Receive 2020 Dennis K. Stone Award
by | Oct 27, 2020
The Dallas-based leader will receive the award from BionorthTX for his contributions to the field of life sciences.
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Caris Life Sciences Raises $310M to Continue Rapidly Growing in the Precision Medicine Market
by | Oct 27, 2020
The growth capital will allow Caris to advance its position as a leading tumor profiling company that aims to reinvent cancer care.
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Here’s How Linesight’s New Dallas Office is Using Tech to Accelerate Construction Speed to Market

by | Aug 27, 2020
Dublin-based Linesight is bullish on Dallas-Fort Worth, which ranks as the second-busiest construction market and second highest data center leasing market in the U.S.
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Pegasus Park: Lyda Hill Philanthropies Unveils Details of 23-Acre Hub for Biotech Innovation, Social Impact in Dallas 
by | Jul 13, 2020
The mixed-use social purpose project—designed to boost local biotech, nonprofit, and corporate innovation—has been in the works for years. Expected to open in early 2021, the future-focused campus is located near the Dallas Medical District.
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Vice President chief Caris Jacobs
DI People: Jacobs, Caris Life Sciences, Infogroup, and One Network Enterprises Make Leadership Moves
by | Feb 11, 2020
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from AspireHR, Rent-A-Center, Jones|Carter, and Kane Russell Coleman Logan.
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Alcon
The (Alcon) Family Tree: How One Company Seeded a DFW Life Science Legacy
by | Jan 21, 2020
Alcon gave rise to a startup ecosystem in North Texas that is spreading into all parts of how drugs, medical devices, and more are created.
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BionorthTX Names Pharma Entrepreneur, Investor, and Philanthropist as Stone Award Recipient

by | Sep 9, 2019
Among the contributions of recipient Paul Dorman, the chairman and CEO of DFB Pharmaceuticals, is paying for the first-year tuition of the entire inaugural class of M.D. students at the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine in Fort Worth.
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Irving-based Caris Life Sciences is Expanding its Footprint Here With a New Corporate Park
by | Aug 20, 2019
The Caris Life Sciences Corporate Park in Irving will increase R&D capabilities with a state-of-the-art precision medicine laboratory, create more than 500 jobs in the region, and help Caris continue to "reinvent cancer care."
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Source Explorer Vets Suppliers, Launches Search Engine for the Life Science Industry
by | May 28, 2019
The women-owned technology company—dubbed the "eharmony of the pharmaceutical industry"—is making it easier for life science professionals to connect with leading industry players such as AstraZeneca, Roche, Genentech in minutes.
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Dallas Area Poised as Growing Hub for Life Sciences Industry
by | Mar 25, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the emerging hotspots in the nation for the life sciences industry—benefiting from the sector’s nationwide momentum—according to a new report from CBRE.
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