R&D

Gov. Jay Nixon Tours the BioGenerator Accelerator Labs

Governor Jay Nixon along with executives from area bioscience companies toured the BioGenerator Accelerator Labs in the Cortex Innovation District to celebrate Missouri’s leadership in new business creation. The BioGenerator Accelerator ... Read More

ICYMI: Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech and President Obama

In case you missed it, here is our July newsletter. You can sign up to receive future newsletters here.   Missouri: A Center of Advanced Manufacturing Excellence President Obama Highlights Missouri’s ... Read More

Missouri Innovation On Display In World’s First Virtual Care Center

Have you ever been sitting at home and feeling unwell but not sure if you should go to the hospital? Have you ever been in the hospital and needed a specialist ... Read More

Missouri’s AgTech Leadership Expands with Nation’s Largest Ag Drone Company

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just announced the first rules for the commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as drones. With these new rules in place, companies ... Read More

President Obama Highlights Missouri’s AgTech Strength in Keynote Address

On June 20, 2016, President Barack Obama gave the keynote speech at the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington DC. At the 2015 “summit, an agricultural tech company from Surat [India] ... Read More

Missouri’s $7 Million AgTech Exhibit Opens June 18

Missouri’s AgTech industry is leading the way with innovative technology and research that is transforming agriculture. And the St. Louis Science Center is ready to open its $7 million GROW exhibit ... Read More

AgTech Innovation District Planned for Missouri

A plan for a new innovation district, much like Cortex in the Central West End, is being planned in hopes of bringing thousands of jobs to the Creve Coeur area. The ... Read More

International animal health company names KC as its U.S. headquarters

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that Jurox Pty Ltd, an Australian veterinary pharmaceutical company, is expanding to North America and has selected Kansas City as to be ... Read More

Missouri Health Services Companies Are Growing, Creating New Jobs, Serving More Customers

Missouri-based Centene Corporation and Cerner Corp. are seeing tremendous success and are demonstrating the limitless potential of health services companies in Missouri. Cutting-edge medical care and research is taking place across ... Read More

Missouri-based AgTech Firm Launches Cloud Biology Software

Benson Hill Biosystems, a Missouri-based AgTech firm located in the Helix Center Biotech Incubator, has launched its cloud biology software, called CropOS, which can be used to dramatically accelerate plant genomics ... Read More