June 14, 2017 PAB-M06-17-NI-015
We completed our trek through Mississippi by midday, and are now Texas-bound by way of the Pelican State, Louisiana. (Note: After learning of the investments being made in Louisiana’s biotech sector, it is this editor’s opinion that Louisiana may be better dubbed the Innovation State.)
Though we unfortunately won’t be making our way down south to New Orleans, if we were, we’d find LouisianaBio, the state’s official affiliate of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and the New Orleans BioInnovation Center (NOBIC), a nonprofit business incubator that houses more than 30 biotech companies. According to an article published on BIO.org, NOBIC and similar state facilities boost Louisiana’s economic value by fostering a growing bioscience community.
We’ll check back in tomorrow morning from Texas with more #RoadtoBIO
updates on our journey toward #BIO2017.
Mr. Walker is the founder and managing director of That’s Nice LLC, a research-driven marketing agency with 20 years dedicated to life sciences. Nigel harnesses the strategic capabilities of Nice Insight, the research arm of That’s Nice, to help companies communicate science-based visions to grow their businesses. Mr. Walker earned a bachelor’s degree in graphic design with honors from London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, England.