1 October 2011
On Saturday, 1 October 2011, the Arizona Republic's "The Issue: Arizona's Ability to Compete Economically" editorial was titled: "Bioscience can bolster state." The Republic's editorial started with the following:
"Arizona has a bright light in a gloomy job market: bioscience.
It's a broad field that includes health care, research, medical
education and a wide range of medical devices."
The Arizona Republic: "emerging changes in health care, such as informatics and systems engineering."
The Arizona Republic: "The Flinn Foundation was an early and critical proponent of bioscience in Arizona, financing a 2002 report that laid out a road map for the state and working to get leaders to implement it."
Arizona Republic: "From 2002 to 2009, bioscience employment in Arizona grew by 32 percent. [...] The average salary was $57,360."
Arizona Republic: "It provides a stable source of employment that is less vulnerable to ups and downs in the business cycle."
7 October 2011
I posted the following to my AzFoo blog at AzCentral.com.
Numerous nanotechology and nanoscience companies have learned that the future is farther away than expected. More recently numerous alternative energy companies (especially those with an emphasis on solar) have learned that the future is farther away than expected. Now biotechnology and bioscience companies are learning that the future is farther away than expected.
I've posted multiple postings to this blog about Illumina--a San Diego-based genomics company. Yesterday (02011.10.06), after the markets closed, Illumina announced that the future is farther away than expected. Today (02011.10.07), when the markets opened, Illumina lost 35.5% of its market value.
"Clearly, we are highly disappointed with our revenue for
the third quarter. In the quarter, we saw what we believe
to be an unprecedented slowdown in purchasing due to
uncertainties in research funding and overall economic
conditions, as well as a temporary excess of sequencing
capacity in the market. We expect these conditions to
continue through at least the fourth quarter, while the
2012 - 2013 U.S. budgets for NIH and other related agencies
are determined," stated Jay Flatley, President & CEO.
I ain't know biotechnologist nor am I a bioscientist, but I'm 99.999% convinced that we're living in the Age of Genomics and Illumina--an American company!-- is one of the few companies in the world with "genome-scale technology for genotyping, gene expression and sequencing, the three cornerstones of modern genetic analysis." I am also 99.999% convinced that current herd of 18th century political dinosaurs are extremely talented when it comes to delaying the future.
08 October 2011
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University announced it had hired an "oncologist, immunologist, ecologist and geneticist."
11 October 2011
I created the Biotech::Trekker blog nine years (3287 days) ago on 11 October 2002 and this was its 409th posting.
- AzCentral.com::Bioscience can bolster state
- AzCentral.com::Blog::AzFoo::The future is farther away than expected
- Biodesign.ASU.edu::Biodesign Institute appoints four faculty members to expand research capabilities
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This made the front-page of the Arizona Republic on 6 October 2011.
"Researchers have created embryonic stem cells using
human eggs for the first time, a feat that may bring
scientists one step closer to treatments that can be
devised from a patient's own cells." -- Bloomberg
TwitterTweet...
Cloning Methods Create Embryonic Stem Cells From Patients Businessweek http://buswk.co/px2wwE
[08 October 2011, top]
Contagion is a film by Steven Soderbergh about a pandemic.
"Contagion makes the case that scientists and public health
professionals who put themselves on the line to fight infectious
diseases are heroes. I hope that, like Sputnik, it will inspire
young people to pursue these careers and help the rest of the
country understand the importance of these efforts. It is what
the world urgently needs." -- W. Ian Lipkin, professor of epidemiology
and a professor of neurology and pathology at Columbia University
via NYTimes.com
One last quote from W. Ian Lipkin: "Those risks are very real -- and are increasing drastically."
NYTimes.com::The Real Threat of 'Contagion'
[13 September 2011, top]
Right now (02011.08.21) Wall Street thinks genomics is dead, but it's not. I continue to believe we are only a couple of years into the Age of Genomics.
Blogs.Nature.com::Weed sequenced. No really - weed.
[21 August 2011, top]
China: The next biotech superpower? As an American I hope the answer is "No!"
Fortune.CNN.com::China: The next biotech superpower?
[17 August 2011, top]
Gregor Mendel was born on 20 July 1822 and he died 61 years later on 6 January 1884. According to the Wikipedia, Mendel was the "founder of the new science of genetics for his study of the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants."
GREGOR MENDEL: Google Doodle celebrates the father of genetics Comic Riffs http://t.co/Zne1YUk via @washingtonpost
[20 July 2011, top]
The following was my (@nanofoo) 3000th tweet and it was tweeted on 25 June 2011.
#supercomputing #InstituteForAdvancedHealth Phoenix to get multimillion-dollar biomedical-data project http://t.co/GkYZyq8 via @azcentral
I (Gerald9588) posted the following comment on AzCentral.com.
I continue to believe that some great genomic discoveries are going to be made as a result of Arizona's bioscience efforts. What does the scientist/researcher say when you give him/her a petaflops supercomputer? More flops, please.
[25 June 2011, top]
Qwiki of the Day - Apr. 25: "Results from the Human Genome Project were published on this day in 2003." http://www.qwiki.com/q/#!/DNA
[25 April 2011, top]
I renewed the AzBiotech.net domain for another year.
This is confirmation of the renewal of the domain you registered
with Gandi :
AZBIOTECH.NET
Your domain has been renewed for 1 year(s) without error.
The new expiration date is: 2012-04-03 11:46:02
AzBiotech.net was created on 3 April 2003.
[22 March 2011, top]
RT @PhysOrg_com...
Want to silence a gene? Pull here http://t.co/OITfdNM
[21 March 2011, top]
RT @PCWorld...
Remote-Controlled Nanoparticles Target Cancer http://t.co/2Hh0Dl0
[21 March 2011, top]
ASU is relocating its "Department of Biomedical Informatics to the Scottsdale campus of Mayo Clinic." [source: ASU.edu] {ASUnews.ASU.edu::ASU, Mayo Clinic enhance collaboration with formal commitment}
From TGen.org: "Mayo Clinic and TGen team treat deadly pancreatic tumor." {TGen.org::Whole genome sequencing used to help inform cancer therapy}
Twitter moment... I tweeted about ASU moving its Biomedical Informatics Dept. to the Mayo Clinic. Shortly after that two fans of the Mayo Clinic diet (whatever that is) started following @compufoo. They won't be following for long.
[16 February 2011, top]
#KillSwitch is becoming ubiquitous. RT @popsci: What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Immortal Micro-Organisms http://bit.ly/hXv1YM Ancient body clock discovered that helps to keep all living things on time http://gizmag.com/ancient-body-c via @gizmag #Bioscience is a key part of our #future. "Arizona bioscience jobs grew during recession" http://www.flinn.org/news/993 RT @Xconomy NanoString, Snapping Up Genomic Health Veteran, Seeks to Prove Economic Value of Cancer Diagnostic xconomy.com/?p=122073
[10 February 2011, top]
The Biotech Trekker was started during October of 2002 and it entered 2011 with 395 postings. There are going to be a lot of postings about personalized medicine, genomics, smart drugs, stem cells and cloning over the span of this year.
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