Connecticut is losing more bioscience jobs than it is gaining, despite a sizable jump in research and development jobs over the last three years. Alexion’s departure is the latest in a line that has undercut bioscience growth. Nonetheless, many say New Haven is nearing a “critical mass” after years of effort by Yale and a new cluster is emerging in Farmington after more than $1 billion in state investment.
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Malloy administration approved costly financing for UConn outpatient facility
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration approved the controversial financing method for a University of Connecticut Health Center project that auditors say cost the state $77 million in “unnecessary” interest.
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How Jackson Lab and CT fit Obama’s vision for medical research
FARMINGTON – President Obama is pushing to devote millions of dollars and significant emphasis to a field of research known as precision medicine, and a top White House science advisor said Friday that Connecticut — and the research institute lured here with significant state funds — are leaders in the field.
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Malloy administration resumes ads promoting economy
The administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is spending $403,963 to air television ads in October promoting Connecticut as a place to do business, putting a positive view of the state on regional TV at the height of the governor’s re-election campaign.
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Malloy, Foley on economy: some harmony amidst discord
Despite their seeming ability to disagree about almost everything, Gov. Danel P. Malloy and Tom Foley share plenty of common ground about Connecticut’s future economic development. But it’s their respective track records that lead them to butt heads most frequently.
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JAX Genomic opens to Malloy’s cheers, Foley’s jeers
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy trumpeted one of his administration’s boldest investments Tuesday at the opening of a heavily subsidized genomic medicine research institute on the UConn Health Center campus in Farmington, but Republican gubernatorial challenger Tom Foley called its price tag too high.
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As its first building opens, Jackson Lab has an eye on expansion
Workers are putting the finishing touches on The Jackson Laboratory’s new building on the UConn Health campus in Farmington, but some officials at the genomics lab are already thinking about their next facility.
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A Nobel Prize candidate at CT’s Jackson Lab?
The director of The Jackson Laboratory’s Connecticut institute, an influential researcher, has landed on a list of likely Nobel Prize winners.
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Do ads promoting the CT economy help Malloy?
The administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy began a $569,637 television campaign Monday promoting the state as a place to do business, drawing complaints from a Republican gubernatorial candidate over plans to run some of the ads on cable systems and stations in Connecticut.
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Connecticut’s new partner in science tracks the root causes of disease, mouse by mouse
Bar Harbor, Me. — Every two weeks, the scientists at The Jackson Laboratory get a delivery, the findings from the latest “deviant search.” The caretakers responsible for the 1.25 million or so mice that populate the lab’s island campus at any one time take note of any critters that seem off, and send them over […]