Innovative Technologies in Biotechnology

September 18 2014UCSD Extension Showcase

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San Diego Biotechnology Network

Founded in 2008Mary Canady: TSRI Postdoc turned biotech marketer

Events, website, social media…Many other local groups and resourcesCreate your own future!

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430+ Local Biotechs

Therapeutics

Research Products

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Medical Devices

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San Diego Biotech Com-panies by Size

Trends

San Diego excels in pre- and post-clinical trial space

Outsourcing discovery, developmentDiagnosticsResearch ToolsManufacturing

2014 Biocom talent report: employers seek interdisciplinary workers

Genomatica

Founded 1998 by UCSD Bioengineering Grad51-200 EmployeesChemicals produced without petroleum using microorganisms

More cost effective, better for environment

Careers: Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Chemical Engineering

Human Longevity

Founded 2013 by Craig Venter51-200 EmployeesExtend human life using genomicsCareers: Bioinformatics, IT, microbiology

Synthorx

Founded 2014 based on TSRI technology‘New letters’ added to DNA alphabet

Novel proteins, vaccines

Illumina

Founded 19983,000 employees#1 Genome sequencing technology in the world

Moving into clinical space

Careers: Bioinformatics, IT, Engineering, QA/QC, Marketing, Sales

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