Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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Alan Lewis Joins CIRM as VP for Research and Development
June 30, 2010 at 7:48 PM

The California stem cell agency today confirmed that that Alan Lewis, formerly of head of Novocell and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, will be joining its small band in in San Francisco. Lewis was named interim vice president for research and development. He will be working two to three days a week and focus on  "identifying strategic opportunities and developing action plans to
 

"Seduction" -- A Poem by a Stem Cell Scientist
June 30, 2010 at 9:22 AM

At the request of the California Stem Cell Report, Basil Hantash, CEO of Escape Therapeutics, Inc., of Palo Alto, Ca., sent us this sample of the poetry he writes while not working on stem cell research.  Seduction Piercing letters roll off her tongueUnaware she is, as I am seducedLeft imagining her soft whisperAnd like a cobra I am reducedInto a subdued melody out of which lies no remedyA
 

Escape Therapeutics: The Latest Business to Win a CIRM Grant
June 30, 2010 at 9:18 AM

A firm founded by a part-time, but award-winning poet was the only company to receive a grant in last week's round from the $3 billion California stem cell agency. The firm is Escape Therapeutics of Palo Alto, Ca. The principal investigator on the $1.5 million CIRM grant is Basil Hantash(see photo), founder of the firm and an Illinois native who held a biodesign fellowship in 2006-07 at
 

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