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SERRATIA MARCESCENS is a pathogenic bacteria involved in hospital acquired infections, but before the 1950s it was erroneously thought to be non pathogenic. The US military dispersed in over San Francisco in "Operation Sea Spray" in 1950. Eleven people died of rare UTI infections thought to be related, but unproven. The US and UK military sprayed it across south Dorset between 1971-1965. http:/http://lnkd.in/dfFZ-R5 View in LinkedIn

SAFE AND POC I PIC IS NOT ENOUGH" "" "I see some tech promotors focusing on small near to market companies. This may make them a ROI, but will not be the next Google for Catalonia. We need to take big risks to find disruptive technologies and opportunities. View in LinkedIn

US MILITARY SPRAYED GERMS ON US CITIES 66 years ago in a mock biological attack on San Francisco, secretly spraying the city with Serratia, and other agents thought (erroneously) to be harmless from an offshore naval vessel. Between 1940-1960 there were similar experiments by the Pentagon on Panama City Florida, and Key West Florida, and Midwest cities. Separately, Bacillus glorified was released in San Francisco, and others on other US cities. In 1966 Bacillus subtilis was dropped in the New York subway system. Read the full litany of ~239 covert military experiments in this Wall Street Journal article. http:/http://lnkd.in/dk22zGn View in LinkedIn

TTOs NEED SUPPORT" "" "Many Catalan TTOs are underfunded and understaffed, and under-experienced. We need to support any initiatives to help these technology gatekeepers create more licenses with modern terms. Bad licenses kill deals. View in LinkedIn

US BIOWARFARE PUBLIC EXPERIMENTS. "Soon after the war, the US military started open-air tests, exposing ... human volunteers and unsuspecting civilians to both pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes. Bacterial release ... off ... the coasts of Virginia and San Francisco infected many people, including about 800,000 people in the Bay area ... Bacterial aerosols were released at more than 200 sites, including bus stations and airports ...1966 contamination of the New York metro system with Bacillus globigii— a non-infectious bacterium used to simulate the release of anthrax ..." http://lnkd.in/dnjsN5T View in LinkedIn

BANTING AND BEST, Nobel prize winners famous for discovering insulin, were intimately involved in bacteriological warfare research, and Banting wrote a blueprint for the next two decades, "including infecting bullets and shells, rearing disease-carrying insects, and aerial spraying of deadly bacteria." In 1940, Banting started an offensive biological warfare research effort in Canada with the UK and US governments, which led to testing anthrax munitions. (Reference: John Bryden, Deadly Allies:Canada's Secret War, 1937-1947 (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart c1989). http:/http://lnkd.in/d92JB_3 View in LinkedIn

BANTING'S COUNTER-BIOTERRORISM MISSION. "In North America, it was not the government but a dedicated individual who initiated a bioweapons research programme. Sir Frederick Banting, the Nobel-Prize-winning discoverer of insulin, created what could be called the first private biological weapon research centre in 1940, with the help of corporate sponsors." Who were those corporate sponsors and what was their motivation? Banting's own writings are, at times, full of racist hatred, or full of a terrible fear of the enemy's capabilities. http://lnkd.in/dnjsN5T View in LinkedIn

STOCK OPTION PLAN" "" "You should have an SOP of about 20% equity reserved (post-money) for future hires, board, and scientific advisory board. Stock options vesting over 4 years are a normal incentive for these contributors. Make it happen. View in LinkedIn

DREAM TEAM" "" "Building your tech startup you should aim for a Dream Team. Proven track record in your field. Include at least: commercial exits; connected and up to date; thought leaders. View in LinkedIn

BEWARE FAMILY BUSINESSES" "" "Catalonia has a long and honorable history of family businesses. Major Spanish pharma companies are family businesses. But in today's world, needing international capital, that is seen negatively. Beware going down this path. It will seem Mom and Pop. View in LinkedIn