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Why Innovation Takes More Than A Great Idea:...
As the home of BioSTL, Cortex sits at the heart of St. Louis' bioscience ecosystem. Adjacent to major institutions like BJC HealthCare and Washington...
Cortex's Square One Selected As St. Louis Business...
Cortex's Square One has trained about 500 entrepreneurs through its four-week and 10-week programs.
Cortex Board Member Lucia Lohmann Recognized as...
Lohmann is president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, one of Cortex's founding partners.
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Names Cortex...
Rapp joins the Danforth Center from RiverVest Venture Partners, where he served as a managing director.
Cortex 's Square One program has trained hundreds...
Bank of America's Neighborhood Builders program provided a $200,000 grant to the entrepreneurship program.
Cortex District Company C2N Diagnostics Announces...
C2N Diagnostics partnered with SouthGenetics to distribute Alzheimer's blood tests in Latin America and the Caribbean.
How St. Louis Built A More Collaborative...
Leaders from Cortex and BioSTL quoted in article on local bioscience system.
Cortex District Company Varro Life Sciences...
How a Custom Lab Is Helping Varro Life Sciences Transform Disease Detection
Missouri Technology Corp. Invests $6.1M in...
SweetSpot and SentiAR are two startups supported by Cortex District member BioGenerator Ventures.












