Selected articles, books, & podcasts for April 14, 2012.

Biotech Startups & Other Startup Content:

  • Steve Blank’s “The Startup Owner’s Manual” (here)
  • Virtues of differing biotech worldviews (here)
  • Third Rock’s Mark Levin: ‘Ultra-Super Positive’ on biotech (here)
  • The NSF Innovation Corps (here)
  • 100 life science twitterers worth following (here)
  • Investing in biotech isn’t just for investors anymore (here)
  • Billions in new venture cash targeted at early-stage biotech efforts (here)
  • Never negotiate piecemeal (here)
  • Quick hack for speeding up term sheets and other negotiations (here)

Selected Articles in Science and Industry:

  • Heterogeneity of mutations in tumors (here)
  • Targeted nanomedicine to enter cancer clinical studies (here)
  • The challenges of tackling fibrosis Industry (here)
  • GE ramps up investment in personalized medicine (here)
  • Burrill’s Biotech 2012 Report (here)

Audio and Podcasts:

  • Understanding the shifting patent landscape (here)

Mendelspod Series on Sequencing tech (you’ll need to register but it’s free):

  • Sequencing overview w/ Shawn Baker, BlueSEQ (here)
  • Ion Sequencing w/ Paul Billings, Life Tech (here)
  • RS Sequencer w/ Hugh Martin, PacBio (here)
  • Sequencing & Genomic Medicine w/ Cliff Reid, Complete Genomics (here)
  • Last Gen Sequencing w/ Stefan Roever, Genia Tech (here)
  • Positional Sequencing w/ Barrett Bready, NABSys (here)