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Two UMass Chan professors receive grant to fund rare disease research

Microbiology professors Jun Xie and Guangping Gao at UMass Chan Medical School have received $74,000 from Tennessee foundation EndAxD to fund their research into a treatment for Alexander disease, a fatal neurological disease.

UMass Chan given official approval to open Burlington campus

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has received official approval from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education to establish its new regional campus in Burlington in partnership with Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.

To fill void left by late professor, UMass Chan names cancer center director, interim department chair

Following the unexpected death of Dr. Michael Green, UMass Chan has selected two faculty members to fill the void left by the former professor and vice provost for strategic research initiatives.

Forum: Housing costs limit out-of-state hiring for growing Central Mass. life sciences industry

Hiring remains a challenge at companies still focused on growth and recruitment, in part due to the high cost of living in Massachusetts.
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UMass Chan laying off 26 at vaccine manufacturing division

UMass Chan Medical School is consolidating its workforce at MassBiologics, its Boston-based biologics and vaccine manufacturing arm. The affected positions will be eliminated in 60 days.

UMass Memorial names first female board chair and first female, Latina vice chair

UMass Memorial Health has appointed Dr. Lynda Young as board chair and Elvira Guardiola as vice chair of the board of trustees. Young is the first woman to be chair, and Guardiola is the first woman and the first Latina to be vice chair.

Report: UMass Chan suing UMass Memorial for $40M

A legal battle is being fought between UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Health over millions of dollars from UMass Memorial’s 2019 sale of its stake in Shields Health Solutions to Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 

Galaxy Life Sciences purchases final Reactory properties for $4M

Webster developer Galaxy Life Sciences purchased the final three lots at The Reactory biomanufacturing campus on Belmont Street in Worcester for $4 million on Thursday.
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UMass Chan professor, vice provost for research dies unexpectedly

Dr. Michael Green, vice provost for strategic research initiatives, and professor and chair of molecular, cell and cancer biology at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has died.

UMass Chan licenses bioinformatics software platform to new Cambridge tech firm

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has licensed its bioinformatics data processing and analysis technology, called Foundry, to Via Scientific Inc., a Cambridge technology company.
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