There is a common Swahili saying that’s been my mantra (and may or may not be permanently inked on my back) for the past five years: “Kuuliza si vibaya”, meaning: “To ask is not bad.” Have you ever wanted to know more about someone’s, or something’s, story but chose not to investigate further due to […]
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La Push Beach on the Quileute Indian reservation Some friendly travel advice for founders and CEOs. Consider this a calibration exercise. Go walk the rocky beach at La Push, Washington. Stand humbled by the giants before you, diminished by the timeless cliffs above you, the battered trees brushed ashore by an infinity of ocean, and [...]
JOB OPENING: SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS SENIOR ADVISOR
Join us. We’re in search of a PhD-level communicator to join our team in an advisory, part-time capacity. Our work is translational, interpreting the world’s leading-edge science and technology into stories, images, and presentations which unlock its meaning for influential audiences. It’s fun. It’s hard. It’s a commitment to learning and humility. And it all […]
ZME Science ft. Phase Genomics: Saving the Honey Bee: Can New Genomic Clues Help Solve the Colony Collapse Mystery?
Colony collapse disorder has been the scourge of U.S. beekeepers for more than a decade, contributing to a 30-40 percent plunge in commercial honey bee colonies since 2006. Read the rest right here: zmescience.com/science/biology/saving-the-honey-bee-can-new-genomic-clues-help-solve-the-colony-collapse-mystery
KIVI Boise: New research tracks how bacteria communicate, share DNA to resist antibiotics
BOISE – A growing public health crisis is happening all over the world, including our rivers, soil, and hospitals here in Idaho. “We’ve used tons and tons of antibiotics lately, these bacteria that are resistant are rising in frequency everywhere on the planet basically,” said University of Idaho Professor Eva top, “we’re traveling much more, […]
PSBJ Interview: Fred Hutch veteran Dr. Carla Grandori is flipping the script on cancer treatment
Grandori’s company SEngine, is preparing for a future in which cancer is not going to be treated according to cancer type – like breast or colon – but it will be treated based on its genetic underpinning. Read more: https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/02/16/fred-hutch-carla-grandori-cancer-treatment.html
Medgadget ft. Nu-Med Plus: Miniaturized Inhaled Nitric Oxide Delivery Units for Use in a Doctor’s Office
Nu-Med Plus, a medtech firm based in Utah, has developed a range of smart delivery devices for inhaled nitric oxide delivery, including a miniaturized unit that can operate in a doctor’s office. The innovation has been possible as parts of the drug patent for nitric oxide have been invalidated, meaning that the cost of the treatment […]
HOW TO LIVE TO 200 PODCAST features Dr. Ivan Liachko of Phase Genomics, ‘Cat Poop and the Secrets of the Microbiome’
Dr. Ivan Liachko, Founder & CEO of Phase Genomics, recently sat down with the How to Live to 200 Podcast to discuss his research including microbiomes, cat poop, genomics and key insights to help you live healthier and longer. Listen to the podcast here.
Study to explore viability of robot-built space outposts made from debris
There’s a lot of perfectly good space junk floating around up there, such as the upper stages of spent rockets. NanoRacks, a company dedicated to democratizing low-earth orbit by supporting innovations like cheap, easily deployed CubeSats, wants to use those in-space structures to build habitats known as Outposts. The Outposts could prove to be crucial […]
Seattle Angel Fund rebrands with launch of SeaChange, its largest raise to date
Angel investing is a tricky game. Supporting a startup just getting off the ground takes a lot of work. But after several years spent as a venture capitalist in the Bay Area, Susan Preston, now the managing member at Seattle’s SeaChange Fund, returned to the Pacific Northwest with an idea for how to spot sound […]