Southern Research taps Stacey Kelpke to head AIMTech initiative
Southern Research announced today that Stacey S. Kelpke, Ph.D., an experienced biomedical/bioengineering researcher, has been named program manager of its medical device technologies initiative,...
View ArticleSouthern Research, NICE team to repurpose used EV batteries as energy storage...
Southern Research and the National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy (NICE) are collaborating on a project to transform retired electric vehicle batteries into energy storage systems for offices...
View ArticleLeukemia drug unites Southern Research, family on journey past cancer
Inside Southern Research’s laboratories, scientists pioneered chemotherapy techniques to successfully battle cancer, discovered seven FDA-approved oncology drugs, and assisted in the development of...
View ArticleProsperity Fund works to help Jasper aviation firm take off
JASPER, Alabama — Business at Sanders Aviation, which operates a flight training center at the Walker County Airport-Bevill Field, is poised to climb to new altitudes amid high hopes for the...
View ArticleSouthern Research first to win accreditation under ISO 14034
Southern Research has become the first organization in the United States to earn accreditation under ISO 14034, a new international standard for evaluating and verifying environmental technologies that...
View ArticleSouthern Research completes $13 million renovation of Frederick facility
FREDERICK, Maryland – Southern Research marked the completion of a $13 million renovation project at its Frederick Infectious Disease Research Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today attended by...
View ArticleDOE funding advances project to turn captured CO2 into key chemicals
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Southern Research for an award of up to $1.5 million to advance technology for carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization. The DOE award, now being negotiated,...
View ArticleSouthern Research tests parts 3-D printed in space for NASA
Could 3-D printers transform the International Space Station into a manufacturing hub and one day function as the heart of an on-demand machine shop in space that enables NASA to mount crewed missions...
View ArticleSouthern Research Recognizes 2018 Presidents Award and Excellence Awards Winners
The winners include 24 individuals and five teams across technical and administrative staff and represent Southern Research’s diverse divisions and departments. All have shown a deep commitment to...
View ArticleSouthern Researchs inaugural Change Campaign advances key research programs
Founded in 1941 as a non-profit organization dedicated to improving lives throughout Alabama and beyond, Birmingham-based Southern Research and its scientists and engineers have made significant...
View ArticleSTEM Day provides students with close-up look at science careers
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – More than 100 students from across Alabama went behind the scenes at Southern Research on Thursday in an event designed to spark their interest in STEM-related careers.read more
View ArticleSouthern Research offers transgenic mouse model for immune-oncology studies
Southern Research announced that it is offering researchers a new transgenic mouse model to speed the development of new cancer therapies targeting a key pathway used in medicines already on the market...
View ArticleSouthern Research investigates novel flu vaccine approach
The 2017-18 influenza season was brutal, with nearly 49 million Americans sickened by the flu and almost 1 million of them ending up in the hospital. The death toll was estimated at 79,400.read more
View ArticleSouthern Research expanding additive manufacturing capabilities with key hire
Southern Research announced today that Robert Amaro, a mechanical engineer with expertise in metallurgy and solid modeling, will spearhead an expansion of the organization’s activities in additive...
View ArticleSouthern Research to host 65 students for statewide STEM GEMS event
A statewide program that encourages girls to pursue careers in STEM fields will hold its annual expo at Southern Research this week, highlighting the ingenuity and creativity of students from across...
View ArticleSouthern Research teams with UAB to launch 3 pilot studies
How certain bacteria may make people more prone to asthma is one topic of three research grants jointly funded by Southern Research and the UAB School of Medicine.read more
View ArticleSouthern Researchs GEMS event inspires students to explore STEM careers
High school and middle school girls from communities around Alabama visited Southern Research on Friday and left inspired about their future studies and possible careers in STEM fields.read more
View Article3 new members join Southern Research Advisory Board
The Southern Research Advisory Board, comprised of emerging leaders in the Birmingham business community who are committed to enhancing the organization’s mission of scientific and engineering...
View ArticleRegistration deadline approaches on internships for STEM educators
The organization’s Summer Internship Program for STEM Educators, or SIPSE, is entering its second year, and big changes are on the horizon.read more
View ArticleSouthern Researchs AIRS technology records spacecrafts return for NASA
Southern Research’s unique high-altitude HD video recording system provided NASA with dramatic close-up images of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft as it descended through Earth’s atmosphere for a...
View ArticleProsperity Fund tackling Walkers linked transportation, opioid problems
Southern Research’s Prosperity Fund, created to help revitalize Alabama’s Coal Country, is taking aim at a pair of problems burdening Walker County – limited transportation options and the opioid...
View ArticleSouthern Research employees provide $150,000 for internal research projects
Southern Research employees continue to contribute funds to spark research projects that can lead to major discoveries and funding opportunities.read more
View ArticleSouthern Research team targets new, safer drugs for malaria
Scientists at Southern Research’s Drug Discovery division have joined the fight against malaria through efforts aimed at discovering new drugs and improving the safety and efficacy of current...
View ArticleAlabama Power Foundation grant accelerates research on potential ALS drugs
A Southern Research scientist’s early-stage work on potential new therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is getting a push thanks to a grant that will speed the project.read more
View ArticleSIPSE program inspires educators with real-world STEM experiences
Teachers from high schools across Alabama spent the summer working alongside scientists in the labs at Southern Research, and now they’re excited to take what they learned back to their classrooms and...
View ArticleSouthern Research aims to speed drug discovery with 3-D bioprinting
Inside a Southern Research lab, a new 3-D bioprinter is silently stitching together a gelatin structure that mimics a human tumor, the device’s precise movements directed by a computer program’s highly...
View ArticleSouthern Research's Drone Academy propels students creativity to new altitudes
High school students from across the state and beyond have reached new heights in engineering and innovation this summer at Southern Research.read more
View ArticleSouthern Research to develop smart robots for next-gen nuclear reactors under...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a team led by Southern Research a $2.8 million grant to develop smart maintenance robots that will work autonomously in the challenging conditions inside...
View ArticleSouthern Research SIPSE intern wins Milken Oscar of Teaching award
Raisa Eady, a biology teacher at Jefferson County’s Pinson Valley High School, last month received the Milken Educator Award, known as the “Oscars of Teaching,” during a surprise assembly at her...
View ArticleResearcher: Indicator points to active flu season, urges vaccination
Are we headed for a rough flu season? Southern Research scientist Landon Westfall, who specializes in influenza and vaccines, says one indicator is flashing a warning sign that the months ahead could...
View ArticleSouthern Research expands STEM Ambassadors program to train new teachers
Southern Research continues to expand its efforts to transform STEM education in schools across Alabama.read more
View ArticleSouthern Research, Tonix team to develop potential vaccine against new...
Southern Research announced today that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with New York-based Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, to support the...
View ArticleSouthern Researchs Johns tapped for Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
Southern Research Vice President of Engineering Michael D. Johns has been inducted into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to game-changing technologies...
View ArticleScientist Mark Suto: Southern Research intensifying therapeutic efforts to...
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Southern Research has accelerated its drug discovery and development activities to identify and test vaccines and therapeutics against coronavirus that could save...
View ArticleSouthern Researchs screening center searches for clues to COVID-19 treatments
Inside a high-tech laboratory at Southern Research, a team led by Robert Bostwick , Ph.D., is screening vast numbers of compound samples to identify agents that could become a new treatment for...
View ArticleSouthern Research makes key leadership announcements
Southern Research has named Michael Catalano and Mark Suto , Ph.D., chief operating officer and vice president for Life Sciences, respectively. Previously, Catalano served as interim COO, and Suto...
View ArticleSouthern Research and Tonix Pharmaceuticals COVID-19 Vaccine Research Update
On the 16th of November, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced preliminary results for a live attenuated COVID-19 vaccine candidate engineered...
View ArticleSouthern Research Testing New Cost-Effective Methods for System Performance...
When the Southern Research Engineering Division talks about testing materials in extreme environments, it usually is referring to measuring properties at very high temperatures up to 5500 °F. However,...
View ArticleSouthern Research Welcomes Dr. Mark Opeka to the Engineering Team
Southern Research is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Mark Opeka to our Engineering team at Southern Research as a Materials Engineering Fellow.read more
View ArticleSouthern Research Appoints Josh Carpenter as President and CEO and Allen...
Two prominent Birmingham leaders have been named to leadership posts at Southern Research – the scientific discovery and research institution headquartered on Birmingham’s Southside.read more
View ArticleBirminghams Southern Research under new leadership
Josh Carpenter, PhD, has been appointed president and CEO and Allen Bolton executive vice president for strategy and finance at Birmingham-based Southern Research.read more
View ArticleSouthern Research selects new president and CEO
Birmingham’s Southern Research announced today that Josh Carpenter will be its new president and CEO, effective June 1.read more
View ArticleBirminghams Southern Research appoints CEO, EVP
Southern Research, the groundbreaking scientific discovery and research institution headquartered in Birmingham, on Thursday announced that its board of directors has appointed Josh Carpenter, Ph.D.,...
View ArticleSouthern Research neuroscience lab wins grant for Parkinsons, ALS research
The grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke include $3.3 million to study Parkinson’s and $594,000 for research related to frontotemporal dementia, a disease that is...
View ArticleSouthern Research employee honored by national LGBTQ+ science organization
A national organization devoted to LGBTQ+ individuals in scientific or technical careers is honoring a longtime Southern Research employee with a new scholarship specifically geared to individuals in...
View ArticleBirmingham Business Journal: Josh Carpenter looks to boost IP and job growth...
Josh Carpenter, the former director of innovation and economic opportunity for the city of Birmingham, took the reins at Southern Research on June 1.read more
View ArticleWall Street Journal: GeoVax Labs Shares Rise 12% After Licensing Deal for...
GeoVax Labs Inc. shares were up 12% to $4.68 after the company said it entered into an assignment and license agreement with PNP Therapeutics Inc., granting GeoVax exclusive rights to develop and...
View ArticleSouthern Research sells Maryland site, paves way for new jobs in Birmingham
The sale of the property in Frederick, Md., will allow Southern Research to invest nearly $20 million in its Birmingham campus and bring 50 new high-paying jobs to Alabama.read more
View ArticleSouthern Research announces plans for new biotech building
Birmingham, Ala. (Nov. 17, 2021) — Southern Research announced plans today for a new facility on its Birmingham campus that will allow it to hire more than 100 new scientists and become a hub for...
View ArticleSouthern Research breaks ground on new biotech center and campus renovations
Birmingham, Ala. – Southern Research today broke ground on a flagship biotech center that will anchor the development of 200,000 square feet of new or renovated wet lab space for life sciences. The new...
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