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IDT partners with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences to automate cancer gene sequencing

Integrated DNA Technologies, a Coralville-based genomics company, is partnering with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences to automate several of its DNA sequencing testing methods, potentially reducing lab time and improving accuracy for cancer researchers. IDT announced it will automate its gene…

Iowa City VA to unveil expanded Decorah clinic with ribbon-cutting ceremony

The Iowa City VA Health Care System will host a ribbon-cutting Monday, April 28 on…

The Iowa City VA Medical Center, 601 Highway 6

UI professor awarded $600K NSF grant to accelerate drug development

A University of Iowa engineering professor is developing advanced computer models aimed at accelerating the…

UI professor of biomedical engineering Michael Schnieders.

Cedar Rapids hospitals warn of potential phone scam

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy Medical Center, both in Cedar Rapids, are warning the…

Hospital phone scam

Greater Iowa City, Inc. to host Mental Health First Aid training

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Greater Iowa City, Inc. is inviting local employers…

Megan Hammes of Hammes Homestead and Consulting leads a Mental Health First Aid training course for industry leaders. Ms. Hammes is leading a workshop at MERGE in Iowa City May 6 and 7.

St. Luke’s Auxiliary donates $250,000 for mental health services

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Auxiliary has gifted a quarter-million-dollars to St. Luke’s Foundation for…

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University of Iowa Health Care seeks approval for $3 million hematology clinic renovation

University of Iowa is seeking Iowa Board of Regents’ approval to renovate a portion of…

University of Iowa Health Care's oncology/hematology clinic at 1351 Kimberly Rd. in Bettendorf.

Nassif Community Cancer Center to host free cancer screening event

The Nassif Community Cancer Center, in partnership with the head and neck surgeons at Physicians’…

Nassif Community Cancer Center

UI professor receives 2025 Gairdner Award for cystic fibrosis research

Dr. Michael Welsh, a longtime University of Iowa physician-scientist, has been named a 2025 recipient…

Michael Welsh, MD, University of Iowa Gairdner Award

GALLERY: University of Iowa Health Care opens North Liberty medical campus

University of Iowa Health Care and Corridor leaders gathered Friday, April 11 for a ribbon-cutting…

University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center North Liberty at 701 W. Forevergreen Rd. The 469,000-square-foot facility opens April 28.

IOWA 500: Meet Angela Walker Franklin, president of Des Moines University

This profile was originally published in the Corridor Media Group’s inaugural IOWA 500 magazine, which features…

Angela Walker Franklin

Iowa Donor Network CEO Suzanne Conrad announces retirement

After nearly three decades serving as CEO of Iowa Donor Network, Suzanne Conrad plans to…

Suzanne Conrad Iowa Donor Network

Radix Recovery will address all phases of substance abuse recovery

For executive director Jacob Christenson, the launch of Radix Recovery, the Corridor’s newest substance abuse…

Radix Recovery executive director Jacob Christenson is shown outside the clinic’s outpatient facility at the former Higley Mansion in southeast Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

IDT partners with Elegen to offer faster, more complex DNA synthesis

Coralville-based Integrated DNA Technologies, a global leader in genomics solutions, has joined forces with Elegen,…

Integrated DNA Technologies. CREDIT IDT

University of Iowa computer science professors earn NSF CAREER awards

Two assistant professors in the University of Iowa’s Department of Computer Science have received the…

Steindler Orthopedics, PACIC form anesthesia partnership

Steindler Orthopedics has announced a formal partnership with Physicians’ Anesthesia Care of Iowa City (PACIC)…

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