New drugs faster from natural compounds: A UC San Diego breakthrough
Researchers have invented computational tools to decode and rapidly determine whether natural compounds collected in oceans and forests are newor if these pharmaceutically promising compounds have already been described and are therefore not patentable. This University of California, San Diego ...Finesse Solutions Expands Into State-of-the-Art Facility in San Jose, CA, USA
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Finesse Solutions, LLC, San Jose, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for bioprocess applications, announced its move from a facility in Santa Clara, CA, to a much larger facility in San Jose, CA. Finesse's new address is 71 Daggett Dr...Life sticks: UC San Diego bioengineer's sticky insights published in journal Science
Sticky is good. A University of California, San Diego bioengineer is the first author on an article in the journal Science that provides insights on the "stickiness of life." The big idea is that cells, tissues and organisms hailing from all limbs of the tree of life respond to stimuli using bas...A Scientific Milestone: Sex of Dolphin at SeaWorld San Diego Determined Prior to Conception
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the world's rare sex-selected zoological species, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, was born Nov. 28 at SeaWorld San Diego. The birth further validates the park's ability to preferentially produce female or male offspring through the use of sperm sexing...Genomic Health to Present Multiple New Studies at 31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genomic Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHDX ) today announced that the company will present results from four studies at the 31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, taking place December 10-14, 2008, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Cente...Genetic clock makers at UC San Diego publish their 'timepiece' in Nature
UC San Diego bioengineers have created the first stable, fast and programmable genetic clock that reliably keeps time by the blinking of fluorescent proteins inside E. coli cells. The clock's blink rate changes when the temperature, energy source or other environmental conditions change, a fact ...Gable PR Honored by PRSA San Diego Chapter with Three Awards for Client Programs
PRSA San Diego honored Gable PR with one Silver Bernays Mark of Merit award, for superior execution in a global communications campaign for the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO) 2008 BIO International Convention. The agency also received two Bronze Bernays Mark of Merit awards for the ...Amicus Therapeutics Opens Research Facility in San Diego
CRANBURY, N.J. and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD ), a biopharmaceutical company developing small molecule, orally-administered pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of human genetic diseases, today announced that the company has leased ...Takeda San Francisco, Inc. Appoints Gregory Landes, Ph.D. Vice President of Antibody Research
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda San Francisco Inc. announced today that Gregory Landes, Ph.D., has joined the company as vice president of antibody research. Dr. Landes will be responsible for directing the discovery and preclinical development of therapeutic antibodies at Takeda...Edison Pharmaceuticals Receives Commendation From the City of San Jose
Mayor Chuck Reed recognizes contribution to city and children with rare diseases SAN JOSE, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Edison Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company located in San Jose, CA, announced today the receipt of a commendation f...SleepQuest to Open San Francisco Office
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Finding relief from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) just got easier with the opening of SleepQuest's newest location in San Francisco. "We are excited to be opening a new office," said Robert Koenigsberg, President/CEO of SleepQuest, Inc. "We are well known ...Glowing films developed by UC San Diego chemists reveal traces of explosives
New spray-on films developed by UC San Diego chemists will be the basis of portable devices that can quickly reveal trace amounts of nitrogen-based explosives. Contaminated fingerprints leave dark shadows on the films, which glow blue under ultraviolet light. One of the films can distinguish be...CellCyte Genetics to Present at 2008 San Francisco RedChip Small-Cap Investor Conference
BOTHELL, Wash., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CellCyte Genetics Corporation's (CellCyte) (OTC Bulletin Board: CCYG) President and CEO, Gary A. Reys, will present at the 2008 San Francisco RedChip Small-Cap Investor Conference on Thursday, June 5, at 10:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time at the Pal...Corgenix to Exhibit AspirinWorks(R) Test at ADA 2008 Meeting in San Francisco
DENVER, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Corgenix Medical Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CONX), a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, is exhibiting its AspirinWorks(R) Test at the American Diabetes Association's 68th Scientific Sessions. The exhibits are open Saturday t...UC San Diego nanostructures will raise thin-film solar cell efficiency
Thanks to nanostructures that scatter and channel light, University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are working toward thin-film single junction solar cells with the potential for nearly 45 percent sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiencies. This UC San Diego effort to break the...Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, UC San Diego engineers say
University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future. Indium phosphide (InP) nanowires can serve as electron superhighways that carry electrons kicked loose by...Bioscience Career Fair in San Francisco Projected to Break Job Seeker Attendance Records
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSpace, the world's leading online bioscience job board and life science career fair company, will host the Biotech Bay(TM) Career Fair on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The event will take place at the San Francisco Airport Marriott from 2 pm to 7 pm. L...Bioscience Career Fair in San Diego Expected to Draw Record Jobseeker Attendance
MANASQUAN, NJ., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSpace, the world's leading online bioscience job board and life science career fair company, will host the Biotech Beach(TM) Career in La Jolla, CA on Monday, April 21, 2008. The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla from 2 pm-7 pm. (...Ardea Biosciences to Move Headquarters and R&D Laboratories to San Diego
SAN DIEGO, March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RDEA ) today announced the relocation of the Company's corporate headquarters and research laboratories to San Diego. The new facility will be in the Sorrento Valley and will house the Company's research, preclinica...Osteotech to Present at the Canaccord Adams' Small-Cap Orthopedics Conference in San Francisco
EATONTOWN, N.J., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic solutions for regenerative medicine, announced today that Sam Owusu-Akyaw, Osteotech's President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Canaccord Adams' Sma...BioSpace Career Fair in San Francisco Welcomes Over 1,000 Bioscience Professionals
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSpace, the world's leading online bioscience job board and life science career fair company, hosted over 1,000 biotechnology and pharmaceutical job candidates at its Biotech Bay Career Fair in Burlingame, CA on Monday February 4, 2008. The BioSpace C...BioSpace Career Fair in San Diego Draws Record Number of Bioscience Candidates
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSpace, the leading biotech job board and life science career fair company, recently welcomed over 800 biotechnology and pharmaceutical job seekers to the first BioSpace Career Fair of 2008 in La Jolla, CA. The BioSpace Career Fair attracted a steady ...CardioDynamics Ranked in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for San Diego
Company Also Announces CEO Interview with WallSt.net SAN DIEGO, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CardioDynamics (Nasdaq: CDIC), the innovator and leader of Impedance Cardiography (ICG) technology, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for San Diego, a r...VioQuest Pharmaceuticals to Present at BIO InvestorForum in San Francisco
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VioQuest Pharmaceuticals (OTC Bulletin Board: VQPH), a New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing targeted cancer therapeutics, announced today that it will present at the BIO InvestorFor...