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Model Medicines announces AI-driven drug discovery partnership with Sanford Burnham Prebys

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

LA JOLLA, Calif., March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Model Medicines, an AI drug discovery software company, today announced they have entered into a multi-target collaboration agreement with Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute to identify and develop drugs for novel antiviral targets.

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  • LA JOLLA, Calif., March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Model Medicines, an AI drug discovery software company, today announced they have entered into a multi-target collaboration agreement with Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute to identify and develop drugs for novel antiviral targets.
  • The collaboration leverages Model Medicines' ActivPred AI Drug Discovery Platform, an unbiased drug, target, and disease agnostic digital chemistry engine, in conjunction with Sanford Burnham Prebys' identification of novel antiviral targets and deep scientific expertise, to discover and develop new treatments for SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases.
  • Model Medicines has created an infectious disease specific version of their ActivPred AI Drug Discovery Platform that focuses exclusively on identifying safe and effective, non-obvious therapeutics with activity against the novel biological targets identified by Sanford Burnham Prebys.
  • Model Medicines is transforming drug discovery by leveraging the historical compendium of drug development data, a drug and disease agnostic discovery platform, and unbiased AI to create Phase II/III ready drug candidates in months rather than years.

Healthpeak Properties Announces Callan Ridge Life Science Development in Torrey Pines

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

DENVER, March 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PEAK) announced today that it will proceed with the densification of its Callan Ridge campus located at 3020-3030 Callan Road in the Torrey Pines submarket of San Diego.

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  • DENVER, March 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PEAK) announced today that it will proceed with the densification of its Callan Ridge campus located at 3020-3030 Callan Road in the Torrey Pines submarket of San Diego.
  • Located in the heart of Healthpeak's 20+ acre Torrey Pines Science Park, Callan Ridge will feature stunning architecture, a green roof viewing deck with unparalleled coastal and canyon views, as well as flexible floor plates and building systems designed to support life science uses.
  • "We are extremely excited to kick off this incredible project and continue to contribute to San Diego's world-class life science ecosystem," said Michael Dorris, Healthpeak's Senior Vice President and Co-Head of Life Science.
  • Healthpeak owns and develops high-quality real estate in the three private-pay healthcare asset classes of Life Science, Medical Office and CCRCs.

Leaps.org & Aspen Institute Feature “COVID Vaccines & the Return to Life,” March 11 Webinar with Major Health & Science Experts

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Thursday, March 11, 2021

Onyema Ogbuagu, MBBCh , Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Medicine infectious disease specialist treating COVID-19 patients and leading Yales COVID-19 vaccine trials.

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  • Onyema Ogbuagu, MBBCh , Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Medicine infectious disease specialist treating COVID-19 patients and leading Yales COVID-19 vaccine trials.
  • , cardiologist, scientist, professor of molecular medicine, and the director and founder of Scripps Research Translational Institute.
  • With generous support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
  • Leaps.org publishes award-winning journalism, popularizes scientific progress on social media, and hosts forums about innovation, ethics, and the future of humanity.

Altium and AWS Collaborate to Advance Electronic Design

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Thursday, February 25, 2021

To achieve this goal, Altium selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host Altium 365 , the cloud platform for collaborative PCB design and realization.

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  • To achieve this goal, Altium selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host Altium 365 , the cloud platform for collaborative PCB design and realization.
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    The Altium 365 cloud-based platform and Altium Designer elevates PCB design by creating seamless collaboration points across the development process, making it the most connected design experience in the industry.
  • With Altium 365, users can bring together the stakeholders and participants in the electronic design processeven if they do not have Altium Designerwhile keeping IPs secure and designs under control.
  • From individual inventors to multinational corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium software to design and realize electronics-based products.

Vera Bradley Announces Reporting Date for Fiscal Year 2021 Results

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

FORT WAYNE, Ind., Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vera Bradley, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRA) (Vera Bradley or the Company) today announced that it plans to report results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

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  • FORT WAYNE, Ind., Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vera Bradley, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRA) (Vera Bradley or the Company) today announced that it plans to report results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
  • The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time that same day.
  • Vera Bradley, Inc. operates two unique lifestyle brands Vera Bradley and Pura Vida.
  • In July 2019, Vera Bradley, Inc. acquired a 75% interest in Creative Genius, Inc., which also operates under the name Pura Vida Bracelets (Pura Vida).

Altium Empowers High School STEM Teachers with a Virtual Electronic Design Curriculum and Tools

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210208005934/en/
    Upverter Education has the opportunity to help high school STEM teachers transition into the virtual classroom.
  • Teachers can utilize the materials to supplement their existing lesson plans, either as standalone units or as a full, 4-6 week educational program.
  • Educators are currently using the program to teach robotics, engineering, digital electronics design, principles of engineering and STEM intro classes.
  • From individual inventors to multinational corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium software to design and realize electronics-based products.

Altium Empowers High School STEM Teachers with a Virtual Electronic Design Curriculum and Tools

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210202005349/en/
    Upverter Education has the opportunity to help high school STEM teachers transition into the virtual classroom.
  • Teachers can utilize the materials to supplement their existing lesson plans, either as standalone units or as a full, 4-6 week educational program.
  • Educators are currently using the program to teach robotics, engineering, digital electronics design, principles of engineering and STEM intro classes.
  • From individual inventors to multinational corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium software to design and realize electronics-based products.

Kinetic Vision Improves PCB Workflow by 500% with Altium 365

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Altium customer Kinetic Vision , a Cincinnati-based design, engineering, and development firm, is an innovators one-stop-shop for transforming even the wildest ideas into real products.

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  • Altium customer Kinetic Vision , a Cincinnati-based design, engineering, and development firm, is an innovators one-stop-shop for transforming even the wildest ideas into real products.
  • As Michael Weston, Lead Engineer in Kinetic Visions Product Design and Development Group, explains, Altium Designers 3D visualization, multi-user collaboration, and export standardization are essential for our work here at Kinetic Vision.
  • Where stay-in-place orders have slowed many businesses down, with Altium 365, Westons team actually improved their workflow processes.
  • From individual inventors to multinational corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium software to design and realize electronics-based products.

Buck Institute Names Malene Hansen as Chief Scientific Officer

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

NOVATO, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Buck Institute for Research on Aging is pleased to announce the appointment of Malene Hansen PhD to the position of Professor and Chief Scientific Officer.

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  • NOVATO, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Buck Institute for Research on Aging is pleased to announce the appointment of Malene Hansen PhD to the position of Professor and Chief Scientific Officer.
  • In this role, and in conjunction with Eric Verdin, MD, Buck President and Chief Executive Officer, Hansen will be responsible for providing leadership and guiding the strategic scientific direction of the Institute.
  • Hansen comes to the Buck from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute where she is a professor in the Development, Aging and Regeneration Program.
  • The Buck Institute for Research on Aging is dedicated to ending the threat of age-related disease for this and future generations.

Scripps Research Names Jin-Quan Yu to Newly-Endowed Bristol Myers Squibb Chair in Chemistry

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Scripps Research today announced that Bristol Myers Squibb has endowed a chair in chemistry at Scripps Research to advance scientific research critical to drug discovery.

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  • Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Scripps Research today announced that Bristol Myers Squibb has endowed a chair in chemistry at Scripps Research to advance scientific research critical to drug discovery.
  • Scripps Research has named Professor Jin-Quan Yu, PhD , a pioneering chemist whose research has paved the way to powerful new techniques used in fields ranging from drug discovery to materials science, to be the inaugural holder of the Bristol Myers Squibb Endowed Chair in Chemistry.
  • Bristol Myers Squibb and Scripps Research have had a long-standing relationship and we are proud to endow this chair to support transformative research with unrestricted funding, said Rupert Vessey , M.A., B.M., B.Ch., F.R.C.P., D.Phil., Executive Vice President and President, Research & Early Development, Bristol Myers Squibb.
  • Im honored that Scripps Research has named me to be the Bristol Myers Squibb Endowed Chair in Chemistry, says Yu.