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Green Corridor Partnership picks up steam
QB3-affiliated researchers and other members of a public-private East Bay consortium designed to solve environmental challenges while creating jobs gathered in Oakland June 26 for the partnership's second annual summit. More >

Despite economy, business booming at QB3 incubator
With San Francisco’s office leasing market in the doldrums and availability up nearly 20 percent from last year, many property managers are doing whatever they can to entice new tenants. Despite the wider economic recession, business is booming at QB3 Garage, an incubator for biotech startups. More >

Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis
A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. The optical trap is the latest innovation from Holger Schmidt, David Deamer, and their colleagues who are developing new sensor technology for biomedical analysis and other applications. More >

Novel light-sensitive compounds show promise for cancer therapy
Chemists at the UC Santa Cruz have developed novel compounds that show promise for photodynamic cancer therapy, which uses light-activated drugs to kill tumor cells. More >

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Global biotech course offered
On October 18-23 QB3 is offering a one-week course in bio-entrepreneurship for professionals in countries with emerging biotechnology industries. More >

Medicine from the ocean floor
Scientists at UC Santa Cruz are using robots to sort through thousands of marine chemicals in search of cures for diseases like cholera, breast cancer, and malaria. More >

QB3 News Clips

June 30, 2009, U.S. News & World Report
Ordering cancer cells to curl up and die

June 19, 2009, Chemical Biology
Printing artificial cells

June 2009, Discoveries & Breakthroughs Inside Science
Mars to bars

May 9, 2009, Science News
Living physics

May 9, 2009, Scientific American
Living physics

May 2009, Science News
What makes us human?

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