Many of the panelists were from the Volunteer State.

There's one wet lab, one large dry lab, and three offices at the facility in downtown Nashville.

Events in both cities dominate this week's items.

The Nashville-based company is launching its app Friday with 80 providers and more than 1,000 homeowners on the waitlist to download the app.

There's a newly launched organization with a name that describes its focus. It is the Great Lakes Venture Capital Association.

The Louisiana State University-managed projects was one of the inaugural 10 winners of "National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Engines" grants.

That's the message that former Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman delivered in a keynote address at the “Southeast Energy Policy Forum.”

The renowned worldwide science and innovation competition received entries from 16 different countries and regions.