Plasmonix, the bioanalysis technology company that was one of the first companies to receive a (small) piece of the $84 million InvestMaryland fund, plans to launch its first product early this year, reports BmoreMedia. The product, QuantArray, “has various applications in performing assays, a test that analyzes components, and enhances luminescent signals hundred-fold over conventional methods,” according to BmoreMedia. At [...]

It’s something to do with those vegetables you didn’t finish. In December, biotechnology firm Planet Sensory Systems — founded in 2007 and presently based out of UMBC‘s Research and Technology Park — received $1.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to “support a three-year program to develop an enhanced energy (sugar) beet, optimized for biofuel production,” according to [...]

The cybersecurity industry, as Technically Baltimore has reported, has quite a foothold in Maryland and in the Baltimore region. In the greater Baltimore area, there are more than 13,000 cybersecurity jobs. Over the years, this state’s representatives in Congress have played a major role in diverting funding for cybersecurity projects to Maryland. U.S. Cyber Command [...]

This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. The Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute and the Dingman Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, are launching “Innovation Fridays,” “a collection of signature resources now available across the entire campus for entrepreneurs and [...]