Nerd Stalker gets the QB3 pitch
Greg Viloria of the Silicon Valley blog Nerd Stalker interviewed Kaspar Mossman, QB3 communications and marketing director, recently at QB3@953. Greg generously allowed Kaspar to explain the entire s [...]
Helen Lam converts Alector internship into research associate position
During her internship at biotech startup Alector, Helen Lam learned for the first time the advantages that scientists gain by working in a team. She also got a career boost. Helen now works full-time [...]
Ethan Perlstein featured in Science Careers
Ethan Perlstein never planned to be a CEO. Ever since his college research internship in a lab at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), he had dreamed of becoming a professor at a high-powered rese [...]
Privail Wins the Vator Splash Health 2015 People’s Choice Award
At Vator Splash Health, Privail won the People's Choice Award. Here's the video of Anwaar Al-Zireeni, Privail co-founder and CEO, giving on of the winning presentation. Privail is developing point-of- [...]
Encoded Genomics, Xcell Bio among those to benefit from Illumina Accelerator’s $40M
Illumina today announced that its startup accelerator has secured $40 million from Viking Global Investors to fund promising genomic firms. Accelerator graduates that raise between $1 million and $5 m [...]
Neopeutics Wins 2015 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership
Based on its recent analysis of the enhanced drug discovery market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Neopeutics, Inc. with the 2015 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership. N [...]
Symic Adds Expertise to its Board
Symic Biomedical announced today the appointment of Barbara Yanni and William J. Newell to its board of directors. Mr. Newell is the CEO of Sutro Biopharma, Inc. which has entered into a strategic col [...]
Amarantus to Present Positive Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker Data
Amarantus announced that its abstract titled "The LymPro® Assay: A Biomarker For Alzheimer's Disease Using Blood Samples From Clinically Diagnosed Alzheimer's Disease And Cognitively Intact Subjects" [...]
MedGenome to Raise $15M in Second Round of Funding
MedGenome, backed by Mu Sigma co-founders Dhiraj Rajaram and Ambiga Dhiraj, is looking to raise $15 million in a second round of funding to set up additional genome test labs.The clinical research and [...]
Amarantus Inks Alzheimer’s Biomarker Test Deal with Anavex
Amarantus BioScience Holdings today said that it has signed a deal to provide biomarker test services to Anavex Life Sciences for studies of that firm's Alzheimer's drug candidate. Under the deal, Ama [...]