NewsBlog: A framework for development Posted by Catherine Magill [Entry posted at 8th February 2006 10:37 PM GMT] This one day conference focused on the interface between academic research and the commercialization of the fruits of stem cell research. The San Francisco-based Women?s Technology Cluster , whose mission is ?to increase the number of successful women-led companies in the life science, high technology, and clean technology sectors and to leverage their influence,? was the organizing sponsor. They apparently sponsor over thirty events a year to promote that... Click to continue Comment on this blog

International Symposium on Stem Cell Collaboration, San Francisco Catherine Magill Location: USA Who am I? Catherine Magill, a freelance science and medical writer and consultant, received her PhD in 1990 from Stanford University where her research focused on the molecular organization of the postsynaptic apparatus of the neuromuscular junction. She received a Life Sciences Research Foundation fellowship to do postdoctoral research on the molecular embryology of the African clawed toad, Xenopus laevis, at Harvard University. She served a number of positions in industry for more than a decade, including director of pharmacology and cell biology at Celera. Previous months >>   June 2006 >>   February 2006