| CIRM Board Recesses for Confidential Grant Review
October 27, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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| | Directors of the California stem cell agency have gone into executive session to discuss confidential information related to applications for $167 million grants and loans in the agency's disease team round. The CIRM board moved into closed door discussions tonight shortly after the CIRM staff presented a brief overview of the round. It is not clear when the board will return to open session. The |
| Advisory
October 27, 2009 at 8:43 pm
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| | If you are having difficulty hearing the audiocast of the meeting of the CIRM board, so are we. We are told that they are working on improving the quality. |
| Trounson's Report to Directors Posted by CIRM
October 27, 2009 at 7:55 pm
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| | The California stem cell agency has posted the slides that its president, Alan Trounson, will use to brief directors this afternoon on the state of CIRM.They include his assessment and summary of recent stem cell research worldwide, his priorities and upcoming rounds for new grants. Also on tap is a briefing by Geoff Lomax, senior officer for medical and ethical standards, on CIRM's Compliance |
| Brighter Financial Outlook for CIRM
October 27, 2009 at 7:37 pm
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| | The California stem cell agency began 2009 with an alarming and surprising report about its financial condition. Today the picture is much brighter.John Robson, vice president for CIRM operations, is scheduled to brief the agency's directors this afternoon about the current state of CIRM finances.His best news will be about the $118 million CIRM received from the recent California bond sale. The |
| Coverage Advisory
October 27, 2009 at 6:32 pm
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| | Assuming all goes with our Internet connection here in Mazatlan, we will bring you coverage this afternoon and evening of today's meeting of the board of directors of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, otherwise known as the the California stem cell agency. The main order of business tonight is discussion and possible action on $167 million in disease team research. The meeting |
| How the Lucky 11 Made Their Way: A $200 Million Tale
October 27, 2009 at 12:43 am
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| | Seventy-three pilgrims started out on California's disease team trail last March, looking to share $210 million. Only 11 have finished, unless the men and women who control $3 billion decide differently.The initial number of stem cell argonauts was substantially less than predicted by Alan Trounson, president of the California stem cell agency, which is financed by $3 billion borrowed by the |
| CIRM Board Meeting Available on Internet, $167 Million to be Handed Out
October 26, 2009 at 11:03 pm
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| | This week's board meetings of the California stem cell agency, during which the panel will give away $167 million, can be heard by interested parties via an audiocast on the Internet. The actual public meetings tomorrow and Wednesday will be in Los Angeles with a remote teleconference location at ValleyCare Health Systems in Pleasanton in Northern California. Specific instructions for the | | | 
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