French BioBeach Newsletter, February 2014
 
 
Lifesciences beyond borders
 
 
Partners events
 

French BioBeach supports San Diego Opera’s Life Sciences LIVE – at the Opera.

Feb 21, featuring elegant networking and The Elixir of Love by Donizetti. Details and tickets: www.sdopera.com/live


PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE  18TH Annual Life Sciences LIVE at the Opera

To learn more and registration, click here
 
 
 

Research in Industry Workshop

Friday, February 7, 2014.  1pm-3:30pm

The Salk Institute, Frederic de Hoffmann Auditorium
 

Host

San Diego Center for Systems Biology (SDCSB)
 

Organizer

Dr. Sumit Chanda, SBMRI

Description

This workshop will feature local leaders of Biotech and Pharma, who will describe research activities at their companies and provide insight towards career paths in industry. It will include presentations and a panel discussion.
 
For more information, click here.
Welcome !
Great start for French BioBeach in 2014 !
 
We are glad to announce that a Press Release will shortly come out regarding an agreement that will keep strengthening the ties we have created over the years between the French and San Diegan life science communities .. stay tuned ...
 
The BIO Exhibition is coming back to San Diego from June 23rd to 26st 2014, with as usual, a French Pavilion on the BIO Exhibitor hall as well as a special Fast-Track R&D partnering with France pre-BIO event. More info to come...
 
This month, as usual, our Breakfast and Happy Hour will take place to mingle but also a special focus on a local San Diego biotech event will be hosted with our partner WSGR.
 
And of course, a great event for the entire Life Science community which is Life Sciences Live at the Opera. 
 
 
 February events
Reminder

 

 
 Don't forget our monthly networking events !
 
 

Croissants & Coffee...

 
 
 
When

 Tuesday February 4th @ 8.30 am

Where
 
French BioBeach's office
4901 Morena Blvd, Suite 501
San Diego, CA 92117 

 
Our croissants are generously provided by
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
And
 
 
 
 
 
When
Friday February 14th @ 5PM 

Where

 
 
St Tropez Le Bistro
(former Wired cafe)
8935 Towne Centre Dr, San Diego, CA 92122

 
 
NEW THIS MONTH
 
Focus conference on a Biotech company !
Stay tuned for more info...
 
Last news
  •  Ipsen implements a new governance in the United States to prepare for the launch of Somatuline® in oncology

Ipsen today announced new governance in the United States, following its recently announced decision to launch Somatuline® for oncology indications. Marc de Garidel will personally oversee this projected launch. To learn more, click here.
 
 
  • MEDIAN Technologies Signs a EUR384K Contract with a San Francisco-area Biotech Company
MEDIAN Technologies, a leading medical imaging software solutions developer and a service provider for image interpretation and management in oncology clinical trials, today announced that it has signed a contract with ...
To learn more, click here.
  • Roger Guillemin 90th Birthday Symposium – January, 13, 2014 @ The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Roger Guillemin, a distinguished Salk professor, received the Nobel Prize in 1977 for discoveries that laid the foundation for brain hormone research. Considered one of the founders of the field of neuroendocrinology, his work brought to light...
To learn more, click here.
  • Valneva Secures USD 30M New Financing and Confirms Sale of Clinical Manufacturing Operations in France

Lyon (France), December 9, 2013 – European Biotechnology company Valneva SE (Valneva) today announced that it has secured a USD 30 million financing from an investment fund managed by...
To learn more, click here.
Company of the month
 
 
 

Founded in 2011, Antibody Design Labs (ADL) is a products & services company committed to become a centralized place to access tools, information and techniques in the field of recombinant antibody generation, engineering and design. ADL current focus is on phage display, a key molecular biology technique to engineer polypeptides, with a rich offering of kits & reagents and construction of phage libraries, both antibodies and peptides as a service. Numerous products are in the development pipeline for 2014.
 
 
 
Philippe Valadon,
Member & Founder at ADL
 
 
Born in 1960. Medical degree and laureate of the Faculty of Medicine Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris in 1987. Ph.D. in Molecular Pharmacology at Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris in 1992. Joined the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York as a research fellow in 1992; since then has followed an academic track focused on the molecular biology of antibodies, antibody engineering and antibody targeting of cancer, first at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (San Diego) in 2000 and PRISM as an assistant professor in 2009.
 
To learn more about Antibody Design Labs : https://www.abdesignlabs.com/
 
Membership
Support to French BioBeach comes from your memberships. Renewing or starting a new French BioBeach membership is a way to express your support to our organization and to take advantage of the benefits offered by the membership.
 
Big Thank You to
Our Sponsors and
our Members !
 
 
 
                     
 
 
 
                      
 
 
 
 
        
 
 
 
 
                               
 
 
 
 
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