Tag: science

Biotechnology & Madison High Schools

At the Biotech in WI Meetup this week, we learned about the Biotechnology elective at West, Memorial and La Follette high schools in Madison. Lisa Wachtel, Science Coordinator for Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD), provide background about one of the hands-on laboratory opportunities available during the school day. MMSD Biotechnology Program Needs Although the discussion

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Silos in Drug Development

I was in Chicago last month for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting where as you would expect the topic of conversation was cancer at every turn. While it is generally easy to get wrapped up in these conversations, this year was different. Just a couple of weeks before the meeting, I

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Science, Entrepreneurs & the Holidays

How do you combine entrepreneurship, biotech and the holiday season? Search for small businesses that make super cool science stuff that would make great gifts.   Etsy My search began at a lovely place called Etsy. I would tell you that Etsy is an electronic storefront for unique, often hand crafted, items from small businesses

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Pharma Strategy Blog, AACR and Ribonucleases

The American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting has come and gone for 2012 without a single blog post from me. I tweeted and shared links on Google + but a story line for a post never came to me. Enter Sally Church who writes Pharma Strategy Blog. The focus of Sally’s work is new

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