Category: San Diego

In the surreal shift from “disease expert” to “disease patient,” scientists who are diagnosed with the illnesses they study often learn life-altering lessons about therapeutic dilemmas and personal powerlessness. Laura Shawver has taken that journey, and she is using the lessons she learned to help other patients navigate treatment options. A cancer researcher and biotech … Continue reading “Navigating Cancer Treatment in the New Era of Personalized Medicine”

An all-day conference on medical devices and diagnostics that includes keynote presentations, panel discussions and, new to the conference this year, workshops that are focused on moving from theory to practice. More information and online registration is available here.

The annual wine social of the MIT Enterprise Forum San Diego is recognized as the premier networking event for San Diego’s technology and biotechnology community. More than 700 growth company entrepreneurs, executives, innovators, investors, and service providers make this signature event the networking evening of the year. There’s wine too. More information and online registration … Continue reading “Summer Wine Social”

Hot Flash Havoc is a crash-course on menopause. Proceeds from this documentary will support the non-profit San Diego-based Institute for Sexual Medicine (ISM) at Alvarado Hospital. The film sheds new light on the confusion stemming from a decade of misguided facts, and conveys poignant personal stories. A panel discussion afterward features local and national experts … Continue reading “Hot Flash Havoc: Everything You Need to Know About Menopause*”

UC San Diego Extension’s Healthcare IT Seminar Series has arranged an evening presentation on health IT by John Mattison, a health IT visionary and the chief medical information officer of Kaiser Permanente. Mattison will speak about coming pivotal decisions involving health IT and emerging health information exchange technology, the capability to electronically move clinical information … Continue reading “Leveraging Information Technology to Shape Future Healthcare Delivery”

Mike Salfity is the chief technology officer at Hewlett-Packard’s Imaging and Printing Group in San Diego’s Rancho Bernardo neighborhood. In this role, Mike and his team work across HP’s business to oversee IPG’s long-range technical strategy as well as research and development efforts. More information and registration is available here.

CommNexus and its semiconductor special interest group have organized a panel to discuss how the surge in mobile data traffic is prompting operators to expand capacity, and how that affects the RF section of the cellular handset. The RF section is seeing both a large increase in component count and an increase in component performance … Continue reading “Front End Integration in the Era of the Smart Phone”

The North San Diego County Small Business Development Center, The Business & Entrepreneur Center, ActSeed, Startup Circle, and the Venture Counsel Law Group have joined forces to offer a free workshop on angel investing. The idea is to cultivate a new generation of well-informed small business investors and help establish new sources of capital for … Continue reading “Free Workshop: How to Become an Angel Investor”

The San Diego Biotechnology Network hosts aTyr Pharma, with CEO Jeffry Watkins giving a talk on “Innovation: Where is our Biology?” aTyr is developing therapeutics based on physiocrines, small proteins involved in signaling pathways for areas such hematology, immunology, and metabolism disorders. More information and online registration can be found here.

As part of its “Innovation Catalysts” series, Intuit has invited Robert Torres, a senior interaction designer for Intuit’s accounting professionals division, to give a presentation on the company’s approach to fostering innovation. Get inspired by learning great techniques from one of Intuit’s own gurus. Intuit founder Scott Cook helped start the Innovation Catalysts initiative in … Continue reading “How Intuit Fosters Innovation”

Biocom has turned its courtyard into the winners’ circle for this year’s open house, providing an opportunity for all the thoroughbreds of San Diego’s life sciences community to network and horse around. The Derby is a chance for everyone to make a fashion statement, so ladies, feel free to flaunt your inner “Southern Belle” with … Continue reading “Annual Biocom Open House and Purchasing Group Supplier Showcase”

UC San Diego Assistant Professor of Economics Mark Jacobsen will speak on “From SUVs to Electric Cars: Shaping Consumer Choice to Save Gasoline.” Jacobsen’s research examines the broad impact of regulations to reduce gasoline use, including the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Jacobsen’s work addresses the distributional effects of these policies, both among auto … Continue reading “UC San Diego Economics Roundtable: Making the Transition from SUVs to EVs”