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The results of my doctoral dissertation have been published in Nucleic Acids Research, at long last! You’ve probably been wondering for months about the images in the right column of this blog. My doctoral dissertation described the effects of torsional stress on the structure of DNA. It is well known that DNA is slightly underwound [...]
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The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported yesterday that Steven Burrill, a California venture capitalist, is close to raising a $1 billion venture fund to promote biotechnology startups in Minnesota. Burrill is also building a biotech research park near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. This is huge news for Minnesota, especially in this time of dried up [...]
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Do you need a Ph.D. to be a Biotech Entrepreneur? This seems to be a popular question these days, even though I think the answer is pretty obvious: No. If your intent is to be the founder and general manager of a biotech company, then the value of a Ph.D. is diminished. There are lots [...]
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The National Research Council has released a report calling for for more professional masters degrees in scientific disciplines. They cited an increasing need for people in non-profits, business, and government who have a combination of scientific, business, and communication skills. I’d argue that these same skills are needed by all doctoral students in the sciences. [...]
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Houston lags the major biotech clusters A lot of energy has been spent in the last 10 years trying to figure out why Houston, with all the research conducted in its world-class medical center, hadn’t spawned more biotech startups. Houston lagged behind the major biotech clusters–San Francisco, San Diego, and Boston–in the number of biotech [...]
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Underwinding DNA Disrupts Its Structure
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