Reports + Research
The San Diego Biotech Boom
San Diego 10News reports that the growing San Diego biotech industry is in need of employees. According to Biocom, 88 percent of biotech companies in the state of California are expected to hire new employees in the next year. Listings for local biotech jobs can be found on LinkedIn, SDBN, and company websites.
Quick Pitch Winner Developing Opioid Alternative
Last week, ten companies competed in The Tech Coast Angels’ Quick Pitch competition for $75,000 prize money provided by San Diego Venture Group and Cox Business. A panel of judges awarded NeuraLace Medical $50,000 for the company’s Axon Therapy technology targeting chronic nerve pain. Xconomy reports that NeuraLace has previously raised $2 million last year.
UCSD Researchers Use Machine Learning to Identify Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Researchers trained a machine learning algorithm using genome sequences from tuberculosis-causing bacteria that corresponded with antibiotic resistance. From these inputs, the algorithm provided a list of 57 genes and gene variants that could be linked to antibiotic resistance. Of this list, 33 were validated as known antibiotic resistance genes. Researchers will now further explore the other 24 to confirm if they do indeed confer antibiotic resistance and could be future drug targets
Read + Listen
POW! Podcast of the Week
Nature Podcast interviews Donna Strickland, the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics. She talks about gender and lasers.
Events
It’s Happening Here
November 3-7
Neuroscience 2018, one of the largest annual conferences for the field, will take place November 3-7 in downtown San Diego
November 6
Biocom’s 3rd Annual Big Data Summit: AI + Deep Learning is happening on November 6.
November 14
CLSA: 2019 California Life Sciences Industry Report Launch will be made public through a webinar on November 14
Client disclosure: Epic Sciences
Tags: Biotech, Biotech Briefing, Jobs, Medical Research, Research
