Benchmarking @nanopore sequencing for quantitative and qualitative assessment of cDNA populations : Scientific Rep https://t.co/6kKarEfJsA
7:35am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Scientists Unveil CRISPR-based Diagnostic Platform | Biosci Tech https://t.co/6g96AL3htQ
6:24am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Goldstein: Inova’s capabilites shown at #BHCRForum17 https://t.co/uzbmezKnQP
5:17pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Goldstein Also Global genomics and bioinf research inst. 32K sf conf center. #BHCRForum17
5:16pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Goldstein Exxon-Mobil campus - Gallows road, Rte 50 just off 495. Inova ctr for Pers Health Campus. 4 bldgs - Schar Cancer Inst #BHCRForum17
5:15pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Goldstein: Other initiatives - medicines for all via Gates Foundation $50M at VCU. Gov McAuliffe is BIO governor of the year #BHCRForum17
5:14pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Doug Goldstein (Inova) Funding $150M; VTech $15M. UVA $25M. $112M for biomed res hub and med school education #BHCRForum17
5:13pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Abdun-Nabi: Summary of the LSAB report handed to attendees. Core competency here is in manufacturing; need innovation ctrs #BHCRForum17
5:06pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Abdun-Nabi: 500 biotech co's here; talent at all levels. ACCT: Assets, connectivity, capital, talent. #BHCRForum17
5:04pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Abdun-Nabi about LSAB: Gov't agencies (FDA, NIH), not-for-profits, commercial co's, their analysis started w/assets in MD #BHCRForum17
5:00pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Almost out of small wet-lab space; HJU opens Fast Forward 1812 adding 23K sf. LSAB= Life Science Advisory board #BHCRForum17
4:55pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
VC activity - Vtesse, Corvidia, Sonavex, Protenus, Harpoon, PGDX, GrayBug. GSK vaccine HQ in Rockville. USM/JHU 40 startups #BHCRForum17
4:54pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
The final panel including Mont Co Executive Ike Leggett on the far right #BHCRForum17 https://t.co/O26K1orre7
4:52pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Jason Miller (CEO Gr Wash Partnership); Amarnath Bhat (VP Open Health Systems); Isiah Ike Leggett (County Exec Mont Co MD) #BHCRForum17
4:49pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Rich Bendis (CEO BioHealth Innov); Daniel Abdun-Nabi (Pres Emergent); Douglas Goldstein (VP Inova Health); #BHCRForum17
4:48pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Many initiatives, one goal: growing the BioHealth Capital Region #BHCRForum17
4:46pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Semones: And digital health is also about compliance, so that pts take their medications; an important aspect for healthcare. #BHCRForum17
4:44pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Role of digital health? Mancilla: Some is just helping customer understand more about their disease state, how to talk to Dr. #BHCRForum17
4:43pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Is it only blockbusters 'you' are interested in? Semones: They all care about wellbeing; Lilly has a team to help economic gaps #BHCRForum17
4:42pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Collaborative arrangements, restrictions from NIH? Coyle: People like working with people they like working with,Takes time #BHCRForum17
4:38pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Grady: They moved 1500 people from Manchester. Proximity made a difference for them. #BHCRForum17
4:35pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Has proximity to DC hurt or helped? Grady: It was a factor in expanding MedImmune. AstraZeneca:unthinkable to move. #BHCRForum17
4:34pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
@Kamya_Kommaraju It is Anthony Coyle, SVP and Chief Scientific Officer, Pfizer, Centers for Therapeutic Innovation.
4:32pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite in reply to Kamya_Kommaraju
Details around UVA / Inova and other VA-specific biotech https://t.co/M6UvDGcBMw #BHCRForum17
4:31pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Coyle: A post-doc experience at Pfizer; hugely impt and undervalued. 'Smart people can do really smart stuff.' #BHCRForum17
4:30pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Grady: AZ has 10K people in China; turnover is 'staggering', putting tools and process to keep people. MBAs as retention #BHCRForum17
4:29pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Mancilla: A different world w/mobile applications, rapidly evolving technologies. Post-docs with digital health expertise #BHCRForum17
4:28pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Handwringing over workforce? Coyle: A competitive env now; many non-Americans Semones: Breadth valued over depth in scientists #BHCRForum17
4:27pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Semones: At Lilly, motivation on why to stay in the Midwest, their focus is on diabetes. Grady: EU behind with risk-taking #BHCRForum17
4:23pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Semones: It's not only about proximity; it is all about 'who are you?' Articulate as a region who you are, and know who matches #BHCRForum17
4:21pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Semones: They wanted to know the authoritative person, yet had to work thru the middle-man. #BHCRForum17
4:12pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Grady: A bicycle-ride away enables water-cooler conversations. Semones: In France, tech-transfer largely outsourced. #BHCRForum17
4:11pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Are the relationships in EU different? Grady: The importance of proximity - they moved to Cambridge. Projects w/the Univ. #BHCRForum17
4:10pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Mancilla: Using outside counsel 'usually is a disaster' b/c they do not understand the business issues at hand. #BHCRForum17
4:04pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Mancilla: It is the scientist-to-scientist connections, where master research agreements can be put into place #BHCRForum17
3:59pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Grady: Secondly is the BD strand, much progress, although room for improvement for company and academic relationships #BHCRForum17
3:57pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Grady: Felt there was a bit of arrogance in the past from the academics; now looking for improvement on the scientific strand #BHCRForum17
Semones: Open innovation at Lilly, isn't a product but the library is now larger than their own internal. Contracting a hurdle. #BHCRForum17
3:55pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Coyle: Was able to get things moved faster - by a year or two; they could have been faster, but generally pleased. #BHCRForum17
3:54pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Do academic collaborations work well for you? Coyle: His group (Center for Rx Innovations) started 6 years ago, w/novel ideas #BHCRForum17
3:53pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Industry: Anthony Coyle (SVP Pfizer), Shaun Grady (VP AstraZeneca), Behany Mancilla (VP Amgen) Sharon Semones (Eli Lilly) #BHCRForum17
3:51pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
How to incentivize faculty, other ways? Bob (UMD) Driven by need, need for diversification. $1.3B budget, $130M corporate. #BHCRForum17
2:28pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Shannon: Will move into the Fairfax/Exxon site, computer science inst (Phil Bourne will move there), also biomaterials there #BHCRForum17
2:25pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Shannon: charlottesville is not considered urban, 52 startups there. Rated 'fastest growing' $50M in VC monies #BHCRForum17
2:24pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Experience in OH? Davis: Collaboration the watchword; essential across institution. 1 medical schl, 4 hospitals. #BHCRForum17
2:22pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
What's your take? Gulbranson: All about public/private partnerships, they way they interact. Berkeley: early-stg involvement #BHCRForum17
2:21pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Ron Daniels (Pres Johns Hopkins) Pam Davis (SVP Case Western) Christine Gulbranson (SVP Univ CA) Richard Shannon (EVP U VA) #BHCRForum17
2:19pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
University leader's perspective on engaging industry. William 'Brit' Kirwin (Chancellor Emeritus UMD) Robert Caret (UMD) #BHCRForum17
2:18pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Buck: Likely polymicrobial combinations causative, may be multiple combinations causing higher risk. #BHCRForum17
1:40pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
Buck: Pre-term birth is a $25B problem in the US; microbiome complexity is associated with pre-term birth risk. #BHCRForum17
1:39pm April 19th 2017 via Hootsuite
