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2011 California Clean Innovation Conference

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, May 5, 2011 -- 2011 California Clean Innovation Conference. The 5th annual California Clean Innovation (CACI) Conference is a forum for investors, entrepreneurs, managers, and students to review the current clean technology trends and commercially viable innovations.

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If you Can’t Make Time, MakeSpace

Both Sides of the Table

His message was that he realized he needed to move his girlfriend’s stuff into a storage facility due to apartment flooding. It was in San Diego and I had space in my apartment but I had a lot of extra stuff that was easier stored in a facility. The first one out even won a major tech conference award.

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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

socalTECH

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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Bio Roundup: Theranos Cuts, Alnylam Stops, Nobel Eats Its Own & More

Xconomy

The firm will now focus on its miniLab, which CEO Elizabeth Holmes touted as a follow-on version of its Edison test system at a scientific conference in August. —The 2016 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine went to Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. She refused to discuss Edison at the time. —The U.S.

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Bio Roundup: RIP Roger Tsien, Novartis CAR-T Wheel, Zika News & More

Xconomy

Nobel Prize winner Roger Tsien, a UC San Diego chemist, passed away in Oregon this week. As the San Diego Union Tribune reported in 2013, Tsien (pictured) was also unafraid to shine the spotlight on what he considered suspect scientific approaches, even when espoused by legends like DNA co-discoverer James Watson.

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

socalTECH

Marc Friedmann: SciVee serves the STM - Science, Technical, Medical - market. However, it's a very large market--we peg it at around $11 billion a year, and some estimate it to be as big as $20 billion a year, including scientific journals, academic journals, scientific societies, and conferences. Can you describe how that works?

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With New Program, DARPA To Encourage Safety “Brakes” For Gene Editing

Xconomy

“We should couple innovation with biosecurity,” DARPA program manager Renee Wegrzyn, said Tuesday at the SynBioBeta conference in South San Francisco. The first round of pitches are due this week. “We need new safety measures that don’t slow us down.

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