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SAN FRANCISCO AND BARCELONA ARE SISTER CITIES, most appropriately. These are two world-class extraordinary locations that are on every Bucket List, with open-hearted people and a source of cutting-edge technological" "innovation and remarkable entrepreneurs. California is the trend-setter for the US, and is a leading economy. Catalunya is the leading economic region, the intellectual capital of Spain, and is the California of Spain. View in LinkedIn

THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE again shows bold initiative to attract the top names to create a critical mass. This will become doubly significant as Japan's strategic initiative to prioritize pluripotent stem cell therapies kicks into action, and gives this traditionally underfunded and undervalued sector the horsepower that it needs. It will become the third leg of medicine's stool -- drugs, biologicals and now stem cells. http://lnkd.in/BDqXNE View in LinkedIn

SEQUENCING GENOME FROM A SINGLE CELL: the horse has bolted from the stable and anything is possible. Another J Craig Venter innovation! http://www.jcvi.org/cms/press/press-releases/full-text/article/venter-institute-led-team-recovers-and-sequences-genome-of-periodontal-pathogen-from-biofilm-in-hosp/ View in LinkedIn

OPENING IPO MARKETS FOR LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES loosen the severe capital liquidity drought of the past five years. This promising development may lead to VCs again swinging back to favor the sector after an equally long disaffection. http://lnkd.in/Dund3M View in LinkedIn

FOUR DAYS TO MAKE A VACCINE TO A NEW PANDEMIC: J CRAIG VENTER AGAIN! http://syntheticgenomics.com/media/press/051513.html?sthash.ou9iTNoq.mjjo View in LinkedIn

BRUCE BOOTH OF ATLAS VENTURES deftly summarizes three of the hottest IPOs in years, concluding that, for now at least, the ROI has been disappointing, and that to achieve higher returns closer to 3x, valuations at exit need to move higher. This is true if the investor exits close to the IPO mark, rather than wait for the market to increase the value per share following good news in the clinic. Regardless, these are overall positive steps in a market where liquidity is returning at long last. http://lnkd.in/ypRrDq View in LinkedIn

YOU ARE STARING AT THE FUTURE: BIOFACTORIES. Thank you J Craig Venter! http://syntheticgenomics.com/media/press/051613.html?sthash.Zp2J6D3a.mjjo View in LinkedIn

CATALUNYA AND SPAIN DIFFER OVER NEW RAIL ROUTE, that would be key to Catalan commerce, and in the contentious climate of the independence movement, the Madrid position appears to have ossified irrationally. http://lnkd.in/d9KQBs View in LinkedIn

FOLLOW THE MONEY: OBAMACARE REPRESENTS A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS. This article says: "By CMS estimation, $23 billion will be spent to replace or enhance medicaid management info systems through 2020 and the medicaid management info systems." In other words new systems that navigate complex interstate health insurance exchanges can solve very lucrative problems in the real world. http://lnkd.in/G323Bb View in LinkedIn

DR. ANDREU MAS-COLELL, CATALAN'S MINISTER OF ECONOMY, weighs in about the Spain-Catalan economic disparity issue at the heart of the Independence movement in Catalunya. Even other autonomous regions of Spain have cut fairer deals with Madrid. http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/politics/catalonia-contributed-85-its-gdp-infrastructures-and-services-rest-spain-2010 View in LinkedIn