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San Diego Biotechnology Network Founded in 2008 Mary Canady: TSRI Postdoc turned biotech marketer Events, website, social media… Many other local groups and resources Create your own future! sdbn.org
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Trends San Diego excels in pre- and post- clinical trial space Outsourcing discovery, development Diagnostics Research Tools Manufacturing 2014 Biocom talent report2014 Biocom talent report: employers seek interdisciplinary workers
Genomatica Founded 1998 by UCSD Bioengineering Grad Employees Chemicals produced without petroleum using microorganisms More cost effective, better for environment Careers: Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Chemical Engineering
Human Longevity Founded 2013 by Craig Venter Employees Extend human life using genomics Careers: Bioinformatics, IT, microbiology
Synthorx Founded 2014 based on TSRI technology ‘New letters’ added to DNA alphabet Novel proteins, vaccines
Illumina Founded ,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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