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Temple Health & Bioscience District for the November 2020 Focus on Business It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated business conversations across all industries in 2020. While most businesses focus on avenues to maintain and develop new operations amid restrictions and health concerns, Temple Health and Bioscience District (THBD) set its sights on finding opportunities to combat the pandemic head-on. On October 6, THBD participated as a founding partner in the virtual launch of Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium (TEXGHS). A consortium between academia, public sector, and private sector partners, TEXGHS serves as a resource for the Texas innovation community by supporting the development of new technologies and the adaptation of existing technologies that address pandemic infectious disease threats. TEXGHS connects the Texas innovation ecosystem to the world by leading engagement with the broader global health security community and serving as a focal point for outside innovators to support pandemic response and prevention in Texas. The TEXGHS launch event included breakout sessions from Texas State Representative Donna Howard on the importance of scientific innovation, as well as Clay Johnston, Dean of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. As TEXGHS continues to expand, THBD and other members of the consortium work to design a model than can be adopted to develop innovative solutions nationwide. Tami Annable, THBD Executive Director, serves on the founding team of TEXGHS. As a bioscience incubator, THBD operates as a launchpad for entrepreneurs, startups, and small-to-mid-size businesses looking to develop technologies to combat the pandemic. One of the incubator’s tenants, Industrial Genetics, LLC, has been featured in local and national media for its development of wastewater and environmental surface testing of COVID-19. “We are proud to offer our lab and office space and cutting-edge equipment to help researchers create solutions to this global challenge,” says Annable. “As TEXGHS grows, we look forward to supporting new medical innovations that can help fight this pandemic.” As an incubator, THBD offers 5,000 sq. ft of office and laboratory space including seven tenant offices, three tenant labs, a 700 sq. ft of common lab space, administrative offices, two conference rooms, and a break room. Tenants, like Industrial Genetics, benefit from access to the space and technology at a low operating cost, with the hopes that they will establish business roots in Temple, Texas. To learn more about TEXGHS and the innovators participating in the consortium, visit texghs.org. To learn more about THBD, its tenants and collaborative work, visit templebioscience.org.
Temple Health & Bioscience District for the November 2020 Focus on Business It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated business conversations across all industries in 2020. While most businesses focus on avenues to maintain and develop new operations amid restrictions and health concerns, Temple Health and Bioscience District (THBD) set its sights on finding opportunities to combat the pandemic head-on.
On October 6, THBD participated as a founding partner in the virtual launch of Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium (TEXGHS). A consortium between academia, public sector, and private sector partners, TEXGHS serves as a resource for the Texas innovation community by supporting the development of new technologies and the adaptation of existing technologies that address pandemic infectious disease threats. TEXGHS connects the Texas innovation ecosystem to the world by leading engagement with the broader global health security community and serving as a focal point for outside innovators to support pandemic response and prevention in Texas.
The TEXGHS launch event included breakout sessions from Texas State Representative Donna Howard on the importance of scientific innovation, as well as Clay Johnston, Dean of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. As TEXGHS continues to expand, THBD and other members of the consortium work to design a model than can be adopted to develop innovative solutions nationwide.
Tami Annable, THBD Executive Director, serves on the founding team of TEXGHS. As a bioscience incubator, THBD operates as a launchpad for entrepreneurs, startups, and small-to-mid-size businesses looking to develop technologies to combat the pandemic. One of the incubator’s tenants, Industrial Genetics, LLC, has been featured in local and national media for its development of wastewater and environmental surface testing of COVID-19.
“We are proud to offer our lab and office space and cutting-edge equipment to help researchers create solutions to this global challenge,” says Annable. “As TEXGHS grows, we look forward to supporting new medical innovations that can help fight this pandemic.”
As an incubator, THBD offers 5,000 sq. ft of office and laboratory space including seven tenant offices, three tenant labs, a 700 sq. ft of common lab space, administrative offices, two conference rooms, and a break room. Tenants, like Industrial Genetics, benefit from access to the space and technology at a low operating cost, with the hopes that they will establish business roots in Temple, Texas.
To learn more about TEXGHS and the innovators participating in the consortium, visit texghs.org. To learn more about THBD, its tenants and collaborative work, visit templebioscience.org.