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ARTIFICIALLY GROWN NEURONS AS A BIOCOMPUTER. Radical work directing the in vitro growth of neurons using infrared light. This pushes the parameters of the mind-computer interface to new levels. It also has applications in medicine for peripheral nerve repair. Exciting stuff. http://lnkd.in/QxJBkU View in LinkedIn

A TREMENDOUS GUIDE TO HOW TO NETWORK. After all, it's a big part of why we use LinkedIn, but the reality is that most of us have rather primitive networking skills, and Dale Carnegie's (ancient) book simply made it worse. Use this very helpful modern outline. http://lnkd.in/yDj6iv View in LinkedIn

A TED LECTURE SPEAKER COACH gives pithy insights about how to give a great presentation. If anybody should know the best and worst ways to present, this person does. A MUST READ. http://lnkd.in/_cCGEu View in LinkedIn

PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE RATHER THAN REACTIVE MEDICINE is a must for the future, as this thoughtful article outlines. However, whether this has truly sunk in is the premise of this author who likens the current industry to the dinosaur newspaper industry, who ignored the digital future. Another analogy would be Kodak. His example of efficiencies in healthcare in Denmark are worthy of note. http://lnkd.in/Csdib3 View in LinkedIn

JUNE 3rd BIOBASH, FEATURING OLIVER ROTHSCHILD" "" "LOCATION: The Gild International, Passatge Permanayer 5, Barcelona" "DATE AND TIME: 6-9 pm; June 3" "FEE: 15€ at door" "CAVA AND TAPAS" "SPEAKER: Oliver Rothschild is ADVentura's Chairman. He is a very famous and hugely connected UK strategist and TV personality, has numerous Chairmanships and board seats including The Rockstar Group (SME mentoring) and The Innovation Warehouse (accelerator and incubator). He will give a 20 minute presentation. View in LinkedIn

CHINA AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS. Understand the trends and find the opportunities. Right now they import technology innovations faster than creating them internally. Important data point. View in LinkedIn

MAY 28th I GIVE A TALK ON BIOENTREPRENEURING: ALL INVITED!" "" "LOCATION: CEK Center" "Auditori Esteve" "C. Rossello 149-153" "Barcelona" "TIME: 18:30-20:30" "" "Other speakers also. View in LinkedIn

CATALUNUA IS BONKERS ABOUT INNOVATION! I attended a dinner of 23 of Catalan's finest innovators last night in Barcelona. What was most striking was the passion these leaders had for Catalunya, and for how many decades they had toiled to make it a technologically innovative society. They were leaders were from the universities, politics, clinics and the private sectors. I could not imagine this same passion from a similar meeting of British or US leaders. They differed in politics bur not in core dedication to their home country. View in LinkedIn

EC STARTUPS LOOKING FOR US VC MONEY: A PERSPECTIVE. In reality this is a hard task unless you do your homework and really have your act together, and in sectors like Biopharma, the deal flow has been without a pulse for years. http://lnkd.in/wS2iZi View in LinkedIn

THE TRIUMPH OF HOPE OVER EXPERIENCE is highlighted by the popularized anecdote of the swimming rat study. In this scenario, rats are put in a tank of water and swum to exhaustion, and just before drowning, they are rescued. After recovery, these same rats are again swum to exhaustion. But this time they have swum twice as long, triggered by the hopeful memory of a miraculous rescue. View in LinkedIn