Southern Research announced today that Kazutoshi (Kazu) Nakazawa, M.D., Ph.D., whose work has explored how abnormalities in brain circuitry can trigger complex mental disorders, has joined the Birmingham-based organization’s Neuroscience […]
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Southern Research to vet technologies in Carbon XPRIZE Finals
The teams in the final round of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition are advancing clean technologies that turn harmful carbon dioxide emissions into useful products such as enhanced concrete, […]
CORNET Award in Drug Discovery and Development goes to project targeting novel treatments in anti-tumor immunity
Sue Chin Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has been awarded the UTHSC/Southern Research (SR) Collaborative […]
Prosperity Fund works to boost Fayette small businesses
FAYETTE, Alabama — As the point man for the Fayette Area Chamber of Commerce, Danny White sees the hopes and struggles of small business owners in this northwest Alabama town, […]
Southern Research makes key hire for Industrial Water Practice
Southern Research announced today that Young Chul Choi, an experienced environmental engineer, has joined the Birmingham-based organization to lead its Industrial Water Practice, which focuses on clean water technologies benefiting […]
With Prosperity Fund help, startup CHONEX aims to turn waste into profit
Southern Research’s Prosperity Fund is assisting an Alabama startup that sees one of nature’s great recyclers – the black soldier fly – as an instrument to convert chicken poop into […]