UCSF Entrepreneurship

Updates from the Entrepreneurship program at UCSF, Innovation Ventures.

[UCSF Entrepreneurship @ecucsf]

Moderating this panel tomorrow. A lot of perspectives, will be an engaging conversation. #SynBioBeta2024

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Speaking at BioEurope on company creation in the opening plenary in Barcelona on March 18. The panelists are J&J Innovation and Sofinnova; I'll have the US perspective. Enough Calif rain!

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Big congrats to UCSF Startup 101 alum Kunwoo Lee, Cofounder/CEO GenEdit, for a $629MM deal with Genentech on GenEdit’s platform. Novel nanoparticles to deliver Genentech’s nucleic acid-based medicines for autoimmune disease. A UCSF/UCB bioeng PhD startup to commercial success!

[Biotechnology Innovation Organization @IAmBiotech]

Improving translational research success rates for commercialization is critical to bringing new treatments to patients. @skmarrus shares best practices for removing such obstacles to accelerate more promising ideas into clinical development for patients.  #BIF23

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

A Global Life Science Entrepreneurship Course alum will tell his startup story on 8.29, 5 pm PDT briefing.
https://t.co/yMkdwBGOif.

Check out the video for another perspective.

Sept 6 class registration deadline. https://t.co/H3Rg5UGeor

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Dinner last night with Global Entrepreneurship Course alum Yudara Kulakarathne @Yudarakula007. Caught up on his startup https://t.co/Sh6hYuBgaS, a men's sexual health app. Great traction on B2C, now working on B2B. Put it on your radar.

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

We're pleased that the entrepreneurship team at University of Basel is joining our Global Life Sciences/Healthcare Entrepreneurship Course: Virtual Master Class Direct from Silicon Valley. Briefing August 9, 9 am PDT.https://t.co/uM3BihCj9c

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Cohort 5 of our Global Life Sciences/Healthcare Entrepreneurship Course is taking shape. Great sessions planned on the basics of starting a company, taught by Silicon Valley practitioners and entrepreneurs. Join our email list: https://t.co/F6kklTBQKm

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Our global life science startup class briefing was attended by people from Singapore, Australia, India, China, Vietnam, a strong Asian group. We'll have a geographically diverse fall cohort. https://t.co/7GeNJENsEL.

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

We are holding a briefing tonight on our acclaimed online class, Global Life Sciences/Healthcare Entrepreneurship Course: Virtual Master Class Direct from Silicon Valley. Please join us.
Register: https://t.co/tGp4KtjqOA

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Great BIO @IAmBiotech @ conference last week in Boston. Spoke on a Bayer panel on Creative Financing Options and judged global startups over 3 days. FDA head @DrCaliff_FDA, UCSF alum, spoke. Glad to be part of this industry.

[UCSF Entrepreneurship @ecucsf]

Thank you to those who attended our first briefing of 2023 for the Global Life Sciences/Healthcare Entrepreneurship Course. If you missed the briefing, worry not! The recording can be viewed here: https://t.co/Zp44uMDmsZ

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

FDA Commissioner Bob Califf on the stage at #bio. UCSF alum. 20k people at the conference in Boston.

[UCSF Entrepreneurship @ecucsf]

People love this class!

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Join our briefing tomorrow to learn about UCSF's virtual global life sciences startup class for professionals. Two participants will share how the 10 weeks shaped their path. June 1 at 9 am PDT/6 pm CET: https://t.co/Mz3IsaTn8o

[UCSF Entrepreneurship @ecucsf]

We're opening recruiting for Cohort 5 of our global online life sciences/healthcare startup class with a briefing this Thursday at 9 am PDT:
https://t.co/lws4iMbuX6.
This is a professional class open to all.

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

We need to learn more about psilocybin. Fascinating talk about mushrooms at #SynBioBeta2023 by @PaulStamets Application for depression, smoking cessation, addiction.

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

I’ll be speaking at @SynBioBeta next week in Oakland. I’m looking forward to seeing all of the latest developments in the world of synthetic biology. You can see the full speaker line up at: https://t.co/U4k0ICp4zh. @johncumbers puts on a great conference.

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Great conference on drug discovery, insights from Pharma and FDA leaders #SDDS2023 . Nobel Laureate panel topping it off in 5 minutes, 4 Nobelists in one place at Stanford!

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Day 2 of #ycombinator @YCDemoDay
Only 10% of batch are life science/healthcare. Lots of AI, GPT, tools for developers. Is there a better model for LS/H?

[Stephanie Marrus @skmarrus]

Endpoints News@endpts market conditions sum: The industry has been in this crunch for over a year now, putting more and more startups in survival mode. Facing shrinking cash reserves, another slate of biotech companies are laying off workers and winding down clinical programs.