Why I enjoy selling into the Life Science marketplace

(You can follow this blog with Bloglovin here.) I had been a life science reagents and equipment consumer for about 10 years, and have now been on the sales and marketing and technical support side of the same market for another 1112 years. Here are four reasons why I enjoy […]

Genia (nanopore sequencing company) presents at ABRF 2012 7

At ABRF last weekend (Association for Biomolecular Resource Facilities) not only was I able to attend George Church’s talk, but I also was able to hear Steven Roever talk about his new nanopore sequencing company, Genia, where he is CEO. As George Church introduced him, he has an unusual background […]

My notes from George Church’s plenary talk at ABRF 2012

One of the great privileges of working on the marketing side of a life sciences company (compared to the sales side) is the ability to go to a lot of conferences. As a sales representative, it was a hit-or-miss affair, whether I’d be one of the ‘chosen ones’ to go […]

7 Tips for New iPhone Users (useful for iPad users as well)

You just purchased a shiny new iPhone, and may be wondering how to quickly get up and running with it. (I myself obtained the family’s first iPhone just a few months ago, an iPhone 4, as the 4S was a little too steep for my manager’s budget.) And since it […]

Three Tips for entering the Business Side of Research 3

After a two-year stint as a high-school biology / chemistry teacher (at an acclaimed high school in Fullerton, CA called Troy, right at the time it was developing a STEM magnet curriculum which was right in my wheelhouse, so to speak), I was ready to go back to school way-back-when […]

Four online resources for a healthy NGS information diet 2

Any healthy diet has a good balance: regular ‘staples’, a fair amount of variety, and the occassional surprise ‘treat’. For next-generation sequencing, the web offers unparalled information to keep up-to-date. Here is a short list of four sites that compose a healthy NGS diet – everyday staples and a lot […]

5 things that make my life easy (or rather, easier)

396VBWR2X8TG As a busy person, I’m always alert to things that make my life a bit more productive and fun.  So here’s a list of items and services that make a busy person’s life that much more convenient on the road or at home (hmm, also should work well for […]

High School biology students and Genomics

Over the past few years I’ve been interested in contributing back to the community I live in, but as a busy father-of-three (ages 3 to 9) there just isn’t the ability to ‘cold-call’ a local high-school and volunteer. That is, until a family vacation took us to Colonial Williamsburg VA and […]

Just what is “Next Generation Technologist” about anyway? 1

“The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.” – William Gibson This is a blog about next-generation sequencing and it’s intersection with marketing and business in general (primarily), which happens to be my particular area of professional expertise, having focused on next-generation sequencing since late 2006, […]