Founder, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Founder and Chairman, Sycamore Networks
Professor of Systems Biology, Columbia University
Founder, Social Media Classroom
Professor of Computer Graphics, UC San Diego
CEO and Managing Partner, Detroit Venture Partners
Director, Intel Capital
President and CEO of Menlo Innovations
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When the X Prize Foundation’s Peter Diamandis took the stage in San Diego this morning at the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WLSA) annual convergence summit, he said it was the perfect audience for announcing the foundation’s newest competition—the “Nokia Sensing X Challenge.”
The challenge,... Read more »
It’s been a busy week for startup funding, with Obalon Therapeutics, Aperio Technologies, Topera, and Ivera Medical closing on financing deals. We’ve also got drug development news from Ocera Therapeutics and MediciNova.
—Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical said it’s closing its center of excellence in... Read more »
A team developing analytic software that scores patients for the risk they pose to being readmitted within 30 days after being discharged from a hospital is the winner of the inaugural Janssen Connected Care Challenge. The prize is sponsored by Janssen, a unit... Read more »
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), the San Diego wireless technology giant, says today it is joining forces with EvoNexus, the free tech incubator operated by the nonprofit industry group CommNexus.
The move adds a new dimension of business and technical expertise to EvoNexus, which... Read more »
About 275 technologists and healthcare industry executives are gathering in downtown San Diego tomorrow as the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WLSA) convenes its Seventh Annual Convergence Summit at the Grand Hyatt.
“The overarching theme of the summit this year is ‘How do we... Read more »
Startup accelerators like Y Combinator and TechStars are known for producing the latest and greatest in Web startups. But there’s a set of established and accomplished companies—like ZipCar (NASDAQ: ZIP), Xenogen, and Constant Contact (NASDAQ: CTCT)—that also received startup coaching, mentoring,... Read more »
In March, global consulting firm Ernst & Young released an annual report for its life sciences clients called “The Third Place: Healthcare Everywhere.” It discusses a range of topics, from apps designed to improve patient adherence to medical treatments, to games that... Read more »
Co-Founder and CEO, DNAnexus
President and CEO, Acorda Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Director of Mobile, Detroit Labs
Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University
HP Senior Fellow, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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