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MEMBERS MAKING THE NEWS April 2001 Newsflash A
Special Message from the Editor: Thank you, Ssusan Forte O'Neill |
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Dr.
William Opel has been Executive Director of the Huntington
Medical Research Institutes in Pasadena since 1982. He has
organized and overseen development of HMRI programs in prostatic
cancer, medical magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, electronic
neural prosthetic device development and molecular oncology. Recent
initiatives include a molecular neurology laboratory for functional
genomics and a magnetoencephalographylab for the foremost brain
mapping in epilepsy center in the country.
Dr.
Opel is active in technology transfer, including out-licensing
of HMRI technology, organization of strategic alliances, and formation
of new business ventures. He is the pioneer of plans to transform
part of the city of Pasadena into a focused biomedical technology
corridor, development of which is now underway. |
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MEMBERS'
SPOTLIGHT
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Redevelopment Agency of the City of Culver City is embarking
on a revitalization effort aimed at their West Washington Boulevard
commercial district. Washington Boulevard is a major telecommunications
corridor linking Downtown Los Angeles, Marina Del Rey and San Jose.
The City has prepared a briefing book to help determine which businesses
may be attracted to the area and is considering, along with other
potential utilizations, the promotion and development of a high-tech
corridor in the district. Continuing meeting are scheduled to determine
a future vision for the district. For more information contact:
Joe Susca at 310.253.5956.
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TECHNOLINK
ASSOCIATION IN THE NEWS
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The Life
Sciences Agenda Bassil Dahiyat, President and Co-Founder of Monrovia-based Xencor, has announced their exclusive right to license ProCode, a technology that helps scientists better understand how proteins interact with genes. The ProCode technology allows researchers the opportunity to test a potential drug against a variety of proteins all at once, skipping the laborious and time-consuming step of isolating individual proteins, testing to see which react with a new drug, and then backtracking to find the genes that produced them. If one can label all proteins in a cell than one can figure out what drugs are interacting with the proteins. The discovery
could streamline the cost of pharmaceutical companies who spend
tens to hundreds of millions in research and development of drug
therapies, often only to discover that the product may have unacceptable
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Pasadena
City College and Bio Catalystics Inc. Received Prestigious
Economic Development Award On March 13th, Pasadena City College, (PCC) and BioCatalytics Incubator Pilot project were honored at the 12th Annual Economic Development Conference for the California Community Colleges Economic Development Business Partner Award. BioCatalystics is an early stage company that develops enzyme applications for drug manufactures. David Rozzell, president of BioCatalytics recently shared in Virginia McCrum's technology column of the Pasadena Star News, how the company grew 250 percent in annual gross revenues last year and expanded employment from four to 15. BioCatalytics shares the prestigious award with Dr. Wendi Johnston, Director of PCC's Biological Technology. For more information about the program please contact: Dr. Johnston: 626.585.7161
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Financial News Trend Watch: Technolink Association was a proud cooperative supporter for The Fourth Annual Milken Institute Global Conference held in Beverly Hills, on March 20th and 21st . The conference attracted over 1600 people in attendance and produced 27 panel sessions of innovative and thought-provoking discussions lead by some of the foremost economic Nobel Laureates, Industry Leaders and high-profile Institutional Investors of our time. Though many of the participants addressed social and economic issues from education to the internet to genome project and the stock market, the overall consensus was a positive for the long-term forecast for global marketplace. Ross DeVol, Chief Economist for the Milken Institute shared the conference highlights on CNN, The Wall Street Journal and The Los Angles Times. To purchase audio tapes of the conference please refer to:www.milkeninstitute.org or contact Faye Carnegie-Carey at 310.998.2685. |
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UPCOMING
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The Technolink Association is a proud supporter of the National Association Business Economics luncheon, "A Theory of Recession and Recovery", with Dr. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist and co-founder of Economy.com. Dr. Zandi will share his recent research on the U.S. business cycle and the important similarities and difference between the current period and past recessions Tuesday, April 24, 2001, Noon at the OMNI Los Angeles. For more
information and registration please contact: contact Faye
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SAVE-THE
DATE JULY 17 & 18, 2001
TECHNOLINK ASSOCIATION * VISIONARY CONFERENCE
An explosive interactive roundtable gathering with industry, political
and community leaders exploring new innovations and technology for 21st
Century. Topics will include the Life Sciences Phenomenon - the Most
Watched Industry of the 21st Century,
Women in Technology - Trendsetters for Tomorrow
Visionary luncheon - How Will the Next Wave of Technology Impact Our Society.
Information
on registration and exhibitor registration:
Forte Designs at 949.443.4026 or email: info@fortedesigns.net
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send information to:
info@fortedesigns.net or fax: 949.443.4043 Editor: Ssusan Forte O'Neill Reporter: Julie Miyoshi Shapiro |
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