SDEE News

by Amy Duncan, Goldfish Consulting At our core, SDEE is a grass-roots organization, comprised solely of volunteers. Over 30 strong, SDEE volunteers help to improve the entrepreneur support system by planning and hosting SDEE events, growing membership, attracting corporate sponsors, and promoting SDEE member activities.

By Jared C. Hooks, PhD, Science Communicator At a recent SDEE event, there was a booth setup with an image of a masked man typing furiously on a computer as if the actual Holy Grail was hidden somewhere on a hard drive or server. While I considered it somewhat tongue...

Member News provides an opportunity for SDEE members to share news and announcements. May Member News features: Viva Biotech Flow Paradigm Brandwood Biomedical Jaan Biotherapeutics SGS Life Sciences Atlantic Lab Equipment (ALE) Reveal Biosciences ScaleMatrix Paramit California Life Sciences Association (CLSA)

By Roberta Vezza Alexander, PharmD, PhD On March 6, 2018, Dr. Donald Kirsch spoke about drug discovery and presented his book, The drug hunters: the improbable quest to discover new medicines, at an event organized by SDEE and LaunchBio. The event took place at BioLabs in Campus Point and was...

On February 27, 2018 Boehringer Ingelheim hosted the second annual Boehringer Ingelheim San Diego innovation prize at BioLabs San Diego in Campus Point. Nine local startup companies participated and presented their work. The coveted price was free lab space for a year at BioLabs. Upon checking in, the attendees were...

By Jared C. Hooks, PhD, Science Communicator SDEE and LaunchBio welcomed Kelly C. Huang to give a primer on networking and pitch-crafting for entrepreneurs on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at Genesis at Campus Point. Kelly is a corporate learning facilitator at HBS Publishing and teaches classes in leadership at the...

By Roberta Vezza Alexander, PharmD, PhD On January 30th, 2018, the Southern California chapter of Women in Bio (WIB) partnered with Johnson & Johnson Innovation and JLAB San Diego to organize a very interesting entrepreneur boot camp. The event was sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Innovation and JLAB San Diego...

By Amy Duncan, Goldfish Consulting In January 2018, SDEE fielded submissions from SDEE member companies who were interested in presenting to Illumina Ventures. Illumina Ventures is an independently managed venture firm focused on early-stage companies. On Investor Day, all companies who submitted applications were invited to a networking session, followed...

By Jared C. Hooks, PhD, Science Communicator New for 2018, SDEE launched a new committee focused on advocacy for our members. Lifted heavily from our charter, the goals of this committee are to stay informed, educate, and advocate for both ourselves and SDEE on:

Member News provides an opportunity for SDEE members to share news and announcements. February Member News features: Abreos Bio FP Complete Cisbio Beacon Discovery Wagenknecht IP Law Group ThinkingNode