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California Stem Cell Report Tracking CIRM Grants: "Thin Ice" Lurking? June 23, 2010 at 5:06 PM Directors of the California stem cell agency today approved a $15.7 million operating budget for next fiscal year – 28 percent higher than this year's spending – and requested a report from its staff concerning its critical grants management system. The report was sought after CIRM Director Michael Friedman, CEO of the City of Hope, said he wanted to "express in the strongest possible terms my   Fresh Joy from Cyberspace June 23, 2010 at 2:57 PM We have a new connection to the CIRM audiocast. Directors are taking up the strategic financing report now. CIRM VP John Robson is speaking.   Joys of Cyberspace June 23, 2010 at 2:53 PM We have lost the audiocast connection to the CIRM board meeting so reports may be limited. The broadcast disappeared entirely, resumed with one side of someone's phone conversation and then provided a steady electronic hiss.   'Troubling' Trend: Is CIRM Playing Field Level for Business? June 23, 2010 at 2:30 PM A longtime observer of California stem cell matters today said he is troubled by a trend at CIRM that appears to give short shrift to research at biotech businesses in the Golden State. John M. Simpson has been watching the California stem cell agency since late 2005, along with participating in its affairs, most notably development of its IP policies. Simpson, stem cell project director for   Mystery Item No. 16 Revealed June 23, 2010 at 1:50 PM Here is a link to Mystery Item No. 16. It involves an overview of CIRM's current grant portfolio and is designed to "facilitate programmatic decision-making." Pat Olson, executive director of scientific activities, is presenting the assessment as we write. Her Power Point presentation seems to have been posted by CIRM yesterday afternoon.   CIRM Directors Discuss Strategic Financing Plans June 23, 2010 at 1:41 PM Directors of the California stem cell this morning began their meeting with a discussion of strategic financing plans. The scenarios being examined would mean different end dates for funding more research. Under one possibility, no grants would be approved after 2014. Another would see funding end in 2017. Both scenarios do not envision funding beyond the remaining $2 billion that CIRM has.   More Live Coverage Today: CIRM Budget, Financial Projections and Mystery Item No. 16 on Tap June 23, 2010 at 9:59 AM The California stem cell agency begins its board meeting at 10:30 a.m. PDT this morning, and we will be filing stories as warranted. Today's matters include the proposed $15.7 million operational budget for the fiscal year that begins one week from tomorrow. The spending plan is a 28 percent increase over its current expenditures. Also on tap are strategic financial projections and a   This email was sent to agupta1213+termsc@gmail.com.  Account Login Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here This email was carefully delivered by Feed My Inbox. 230 Franklin Road Suite 814 Franklin, TN 37064