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CalBIO

CalBIO

I recently attended CALBIO 2013 in San Diego, along with Samy Hamdouche, Andrew Lim and Weston Nichols. The event was headlined by Craig Venter and Patrick Soon-Shiong, and breakout sessions featured industry veterans who discussed topics ranging from corporate venture capital to university tech transfer. Most importantly, there were numerous opportunities to mix and mingle, both during casual coffee breaks and formal speed-dating sessions.  Read more

Becoming a Bioentrepreneur

Becoming a Bioentrepreneur

The word entrepreneur is thrown around a lot (including on this blog), and when it’s used that frequently, it can begin to lose its meaning. The term sounds vaguely swashbuckling, as if every person it applies to is flippantly quitting a secure academic job to roll the dice on a sexy, but probably doomed, start-up.  Read more

BIO Convention in Boston

BIO Convention in Boston

Nature Biotechnology is again headed to the BIO Convention, happening June 18-21.  We’ll be posting to Trade Secrets while in attendance, as well as tweeting (@naturebiotech) on the #BIO2012 hashtag. Personally, I’ll be attending sessions that look at some of the more far-flung areas of biotech, and I’ve set up some one-on-one meetings that should be of interest to Trade Secrets, so I’ll pass along what I can.  Read more