MEDIA, NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

► Check out the companies at the research park in the media, the disrupters of the norm, and the impact they are making around the world... industry game changers! {More}:

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Tenants in the news:

• New insights on how ABA might improve diabetes bring it one step closer to clinical testing in pre-diabetic patients → Researchers at the NIMML Institute and Biotherapeutics have characterized how abscisic acid (ABA)-enriched fig extract promotes glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity while decreasing obese-related systemic inflammation in mice with obesity. The findings have been recently published in Scientific Reports. {More}

• The research park has companies making a critical impact with exponential technology; game changers in the software industry → Congrats to David Long and William McGrory both alumni of Virginia Tech → 360Quadrants has listed Lanner Inc, Comsol, Transvalor, Phenomatics Virtual Reality Software, Vitech, Simulistics, Mynah Technologies, Wolfram, Simulia, Siemens, SenSat, Solargis, Electromagneticworks, Fieldscale and Aerosoft as top vendors in the Simulation Software Market. {More}

• Proud to be a research park with purpose → MOVA Technologies’ panel-bed filtration system is designed to help the environment and economy. It passed its proof-of-concept testing, bringing it one step closer to the market. Dr. Joseph Meadows and a small team at the Advanced Propulsion and Power Laboratory, located in the research park, has been testing a prototype of the filtration system for the last 11 months. {More}

• EPC and VPT, Inc. Announce Joint Venture – EPC Space – Targeting the Radiation Hardened Power Electronics Market for Mission Critical Applications {More}

COVID-19 updates:

• We are making updates to our operations as we monitor COVID-19 and recommended guidelines. The Administrative Office (1715 Pratt Dr., Suite 1000) remains closed. Visit Research Park Alerts for more and "Ramp up guide to reopening." {More}

Event spotlight:

• Virtual Career Summit Event: Recruitment of talent for companies at the VTCRC and in the New River Valley: Register your company

Global Entrepreneur Partnership news and happenings:

• 2021 dates announced: August 19 - 28, 2021 to include trips to Washington, D.C., Newport News, Virginia and Blacksburg, Virginia {More}