{"id":8673,"date":"2023-02-01T05:39:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T11:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/?p=8673"},"modified":"2023-02-01T08:09:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T14:09:43","slug":"illinois-biotechnology-innovation-organization-launches-new-statewide-resource-map-to-strengthen-illinois-biosciences-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/illinois-biotechnology-innovation-organization-launches-new-statewide-resource-map-to-strengthen-illinois-biosciences-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization Launches New Statewide Resource Map to Strengthen Illinois\u2019 Biosciences Ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today the Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization, iBIO, announced the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/\">iBIO Connect<\/a>, a statewide resource map designed to increase connectivity and awareness of the companies, programs and resources in Illinois that support the biosciences and food industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/\">iBIO Connect<\/a> is a central hub for the Illinois biosciences community to find relevant resources across the state, including commercialization and entrepreneurship programs, funding mechanisms, accelerators, job boards, internship programs, and core research equipment facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are excited to announce this new resource for our Illinois community,\u201d said John Conrad, president and CEO of iBIO, \u201ciBIO Connect will provide the pathway for businesses to find the support, expertise, and workforce they need to grow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/\">iBIO Connect<\/a> enables community members to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a profile using their LinkedIn account, Google account, or email.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore business <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/resources\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Find your business needs from funding, lab space, accelerators &amp; incubators, and technical assistance programs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect with support <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/organizations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">organizations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/list\/ecosystem-builders\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ecosystem partners<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Our community has a wealth of knowledge and talent to support businesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/users\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">peers and mentors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to connect with. Our community is full of peers, mentors, and community members who are passionate about the success of our ecosystem.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research and connect with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/organizations\/service-providers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">service providers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Find the companies and individuals who can help your company grow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find community networking <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/events\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">events<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, subject matter panels, and other programs to expand your network.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect with the qualified workforce from the community and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/jobs\">post open positions<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/lists\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">personalized lists <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of community resources and organizations and share them with the community or keep them private for your own business use.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iBIO worked with our ecosystem partners to ensure <a href=\"https:\/\/ibioconnect.org\/\">iBIO Connect<\/a> provides the community with a robust platform. At the time of launch, iBIO Connect provides connections to almost 700 companies, 369 connections to community resources to help companies grow, 24 job postings, and 82 community events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href='http:\/\/ibioconnect.org' class='big-button bigblack' target=\"_blank\">Get Connected today with iBIO Connect<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Every Friday in February, iBIO will\u00a0host live information sessions to help community members utilize iBIO Connect.<a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/ibio_john\/ibio-connect-walk-through\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Click here<\/a> to attend a session.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization, iBIO, announced the launch of iBIO Connect, a statewide resource map designed to increase connectivity and awareness of the companies, programs and resources in Illinois that support the biosciences and food industry.\u00a0 iBIO Connect is a central hub for the Illinois biosciences community to find relevant resources across the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":8674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ibio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8673"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8683,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673\/revisions\/8683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}