Pimm - Partial immortalizationA Biotech Geek (micro)Blogger's adventures through science, technology and the web...The marketing problem of life extension technologies- July 28, 2008 If &8220;Science has a really serious marketing problem&8221; as Larry Page observed, then life extension technologies face even bigger marketing problems. I am definitely not a marketing expert but realized the problem early on when thinking about the lag-phase period of a robust life extension technology. So I made a short email interview with Dave ...http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/the-marketing-problem-of-life-extension-technologies/ Do you want a startuppy job: ask CoNotes or not!- July 24, 2008 Andrew Chen, founder of CoNotes said that to my mailbox: &8220;I&8217;m basically trying to solve the problem that startups have in hiring the right people. A lot of it has to do with marketing (it&8217;s hard for startups to get prominence over big named companies particularly in university settings), but also fit.&8220; And that is a very ...http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/do-you-want-a-startuppy-job-ask-conotes/ Friendfeedization of my blog (and a puzzle)- July 22, 2008 It&8217;s not about the TechCrunch post with the similar name here, but about my and the Life Scientists&8216; FriendFeed life:http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/friendfeedization-of-my-blog/ BioBarCamp: we have room for 55 plus Campers!- July 13, 2008 BioBarCamp is due in circa 3 weeks and we have now 45 BioBarCampers signed up on the list of attendees and our host the Institute For The Future has the capacity for around 55 more campers, roughly for 100 people in general. We already have a very valuable mix: researchers, biologists (grad, postdoc, PI), coders-engineers-bioinformaticians, ...http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/biobarcamp-we-have-room-for-55-more-campers/ Life extension people & session at SciFoo 2008, Googleplex!- July 11, 2008 Last year I was probably the only SciFoo Camper with an explicit life extension commitment. I suggested &38; held a session which was related a bit to partial immortalization but was rather about the systems biology perspective in general, illustrated with some examples. So throughout the terrific SciFoo Camp 2007 life extension as a conversation ...http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/life-extension-people-session-at-scifoo-2008-googlepl... Hourglass, a blog carnival devoted to the biology of aging- July 8, 2008 Finally Chris over at Ouroboros came up with the idea and the quick implementation of Hourglass, a blog carnival devoted to the biology of agingbiogerontology. For some reason I am not an explicit supporter of blog carnivals - many of my posts were chosen by carnival editors but I never hosted one -, but ...http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/hourglass-a-blog-carnival-devoted-to-the-biology-of-a... The decellularized matrix hack: skipping many steps in tissue engineering- July 8, 2008 The concept of decellularizing complex organs in cadavers and reseeding the remaining matrix structure with differentiated, stem or progenitor cells, growing in a bioreactor and transplanting back to the organism could turn out to be a real technological shortcut in the field of tissue engineering. It is not a brand new story on the web, ...http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/the-decellularized-matrix-hack-skipping-many-steps-in... Understanding Aging Conference is over but it is the end of the beginning- July 5, 2008 I try to cover some interesting, sciencey points on the conference in later posts, right now just a brief, subjective human- and strategy focused summary: Congrats to Aubrey de Grey and the team, everything went well and if finally a worldwide consensus is around the corner claiming that robust healthy lifespan extension is technologically possible and ...http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/understanding-aging-conference-is-over-but-it-is-the-... Aubrey de Grey on Aging 2008, the disease, the cure and the implications- July 4, 2008 This is how my Macbook saw Aubrey de Grey&8217;s talk exactly 1 week ago on the AGING preconference at UCLA.http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/aubrey-de-grey-on-aging-2008-the-disease-the-cure-and... Resharing FriendFeed: What is the optimal length of a presentation- July 3, 2008 My tweet was based on my recent Understanding Aging Conference experience where I was part of the audience and not a presenter. So the context is scientific presentations. Of course the chat continued on FriendFeed.http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/resharing-friendfeed-what-is-the-optimal-length-of-a-... |