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—CommNexus, the non-profit group for San Diego’s tech industry, held an open house for the new downtown EvoNexus incubator, which is intended to spur a proliferation of tech startups in the downtown area. While a baker’s dozen of startups are settling into the... Read more »
The University of Michigan Board of Regents agreed to name its computer science and engineering building the “Bob and Betty Beyster Building” in recognition of a $15 million gift from J. Robert Beyster, 87, who founded SAIC (NYSE: SAI) in... Read more »
[Updated and corrected, 10:15 am PT] Steve Jobs used to love being on stage, getting the audience in the palm of his hand. Famously, he’d say, “Oh, and one more thing,” to build suspense right before delivering some stunning... Read more »
Xconomy’s national biotech editor, Luke Timmerman, has won a national award for column-writing from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. It’s the first national journalism award for Xconomy, which was founded in 2007 and now operates a six-city network... Read more »
It could have been just another lame ribbon-cutting ceremony. There was a proclamation signed by the Mayor and the San Diego City Council that declared Feb. 16th as “EvoNexus Downtown Day.” There were speeches, and Mayor Jerry Sanders and the VIPs crowded... Read more »
I picked up The Start-up of You, the new book published this week by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and journalist-entrepreneur Ben Casnocha, with some trepidation. I feared that the title was intended literally—that this would be one of those dreary business... Read more »
Here’s our wrap-up of news from San Diego’s life sciences sector since last week.
—San Diego’s Celladon raised $43 million to recapitalize the company and to conduct a 200-patient study of a gene therapy intended to help people with advanced heart failure. Celladon had... Read more »
Professor of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute
Founder and Organizer, USA Science and Engineering Festival
President and CEO, Regulus Therapeutics
Executive Partner, Sofinnova Ventures
President and CEO, Burnham Institute for Medical Research
CEO, Aires Pharmaceuticals and Palkion
Professor of Computer Science, UC San Diego
Prof., Skaggs Inst. For Chemical Biology, Scripps Research Inst.
Founding Managing Partner, Forward Ventures
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute
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