Immunic appoints Sanjay S. Patel as CFO

Immunic, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing potentially best-in-class, oral therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced the appointment of Sanjay S. Patel, CFA, as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 15, 2019. Mr. Patel replaces Tamara A. Seymour, who has served as the company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since April 26, 2019.

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Waste carbon streams as resources for Lanzatech's process. © Lanzatech

Novo Holdings puts $72m in Lanzatech

Novo Holdings A/S (Novo Holdings) invests $72m in LanzaTech to support development of the company’s sustainable fuels and chemicals platform
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With the "BigStitcher" software you can reconstruct a sample and then rotate and turn it virtually, get an overview of the big picture or zoom into individual structures. This works both as a user, as illustrated here, and as an algorithm that analyzes the data and cannot load the entire image into RAM. Neurons expressing a specific gene are marked in green. Such data now make it possible for the first time to systematically characterize differences at the single-cell level between normal and genetically modified mice and to draw conclusions about potential behavioral changes that may result. © Preibisch Lab / Treier Lab, MDC

Google maps for tumours and organs

German researchers have developed a software that allows to manage and correct the huge amount of data generated by 3D reconstruction of tumours or organs using light sheet microscopy.
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Vaccinia virus. © wikipedia/commons PHIL

Transgene’s licenced oncolytic virus fails in Phase III

SillaJen, the licensor for French immunoncology specialist Transgene SA, has stopped enrolment into the Phase III Phocus trial after an Independent Data Review Comittee predicted the study endpoint won’t be met.

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Pieris Pharmaceuticals appoints Dr. Maya Said

Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Maya R. Said, Sc.D., has joined the Company’s Board of Directors.

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Wellington Partner's Managing Partner Rainer Strohmenger. © UroMems

Wellington Partners launch €210m Life Sciences fund

Wellington Partners has closed its largest Life Sciences Fund ever. The VC specialist outperformed its intial target of raising €120m to €150m and closed at €210m.

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