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Supply Chains Are Orderly. Biotech Innovation Is Messy

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 30th, 2013 .
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I was intrigued by the concept of an “innovation supply chain” for biotech raised in last week’s Xconomy discussion with Noubar Afeyan of Flagship Ventures. The basic idea is that if there’s…

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Announcing Xconomy Napa Summit 2013: New Rules for Growth

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 29th, 2013 .
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Finally, the economy seems to be heading in the right direction, but frustratingly slowly—and peril lurks around every sequester corner. Is that the new normal in this age of rising healthcare costs,…

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Six Reasons Why Illumina Has Nothing to Fear from Thermo/Life

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 29th, 2013 .
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Illumina doesn’t need luck. But the San Diego-based company just caught a break this month, which will make it easier to continue crushing all who dare challenge its supremacy in genomics. The gift…

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UC San Diego’s “Simphony” Research Earns Grammy Foundation Support

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 24th, 2013 .
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A UC San Diego study of the impact of music training on the brain and behavioral development in children has been awarded a grant of nearly $20,000 by the Grammy Foundation.

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Fiesta de las Estrellas Celebrates ‘Star’ Scholars at UC San Diego

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 24th, 2013 .
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The UC San Diego Hispanic Scholarship Council will host its 16th annual Fiesta de las Estrellas April 25 to raise scholarship funds for outstanding students, with an opportunity for donors to meet the students whose lives …

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Language Crafters

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 24th, 2013 .
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Nobody wore a ridged rubber forehead, or painted their skin Pandora blue. If there were craggy beards and long locks, these seemed more homage to 1960s counterculture than to “Game of Thrones.”

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Joint Program with World Wildlife Fund Program Aims to Train Professionals from Around World in Meas

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 24th, 2013 .
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UC San Diego and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will launch in August a new international certificate program in Advanced Terrestrial Carbon Accounting.

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UC San Diego Named One of Greenest Colleges in U.S. and Canada by Princeton Review

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 24th, 2013 .
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The University of California, San Diego has been named one of the most environmentally responsible “green colleges” in the U.S. and Canada by the Princeton Review.

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Unique Chemistry Reveals Eruption of Ancient Materials Once at Earth’s Surface

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 24th, 2013 .
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An international team of researchers, including Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, geochemist James Day, has found new evidence that material contained in oceanic lava flows originated in Earth’s ancient Archean crust.

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The Preuss School UCSD Ranked Best High School in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report

Posted by sandiegobiotech April 23rd, 2013 .
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The Preuss School UCSD—a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college—has been ranked the best high school in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report, which released its annual list of “Best High Schools” today

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