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This week I attended the Department of Defense’s Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care (ATACCC) conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. I attended the conference on the invitation of a friend, and was curious to see how medical devices differed between civilian and military uses. I can say now that prior to the conference I [...]

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Contrary to popular belief, the last rule of BioCamp isn’t: If this is your first BioCamp, you have to present. We recognize that not everybody wants to get up in front of a crowd of people and start talking. That said, the format of BioCamp doesn’t work unless a non-trivial fraction of attendees volunteer to [...]

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One month until BioCamp!

March 4, 2009

BioCamp Houston is now just one month away! BioCamp is based on the BarCamp concept that has taken off in popularity among the IT crowd. It’s an “unconference.” There are no agendas or invited speakers. If you want to present something, you simply volunteer the morning of the conference by choosing a time and a [...]

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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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BioCamp Houston is coming up in April. BioCamp is based on the BarCamp concept that has taken off in popularity among the IT crowd. It’s an “unconference.” There are no agendas or invited speakers. If you want to present something, you simply volunteer the morning of the conference by choosing a time and a room. We [...]

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