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Biotech Resources

[News Sites] [Local Biotech Organizations] [Useful info]
[Biotech Publications] [Biotech Companies/Portals]

News Sites

Biotaq
Biotech Investor
BioVista - commercial reports on biotechnologies
Bioworld - biotech news
Genetic Engineering News
GenomeWeb - devoted to timely news and opinion on genomics companies and industry
LifeSciencesWorld - biotech news and career center
Nature Science Update - weekly science news from Nature (free)
ProhostOnline - biotech and investment newsletter
Recombinant Capital - lots of info on biotech companies (alliances, clinical trial status, etc.)
The Scientist
SignOnSanDiego - San Diego biotech news (from the Union-Tribune)
Signals - online biotech magazine from Recombinant Capital

Local Biotechnology Organizations

US - Biotechnology Industry Organization
- Arizona -
  - Bioindustry Organization of Southern Arizona
  - Phoenix TECHCITY
- California
  - CHI - California Healthcare Institute
  - Los Angeles - Southern California Biomedical Council
  - San Diego
    - BioCom - SD Biotech Organization
    - Biotechnology Calendar - SD and SoCal biotech events
    - Lambda Biotechnology Association - SD gay and lesbian biotech social group
    - SDBiotech.org - San Diego Biotech Discussion Group
    - San Diego Bioinformatics Forum
    - SABPA - Sino-American Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Professional Association, San Diego
  - SF Bay Area -
    - BayBio
    - CBA - SF Chinese Bioscience Association
- Florida - BioFlorida
- Georgia
- Massachusetts
  - Biotech Tuesday! - Boston biotech social mixer
  - Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
  - GSAS Harvard Biotech Club - student run biotech club
- Michigan - MichBio
- Minnesota - Minnesota Biotechnology Online
- New Hampshire - New Hampshire Biotechnology Council
- New Jersey - Biotechnology Council of New Jersey
- New York - New York Biotechnology Association
- North Carolina - North Carolina Biotechnology Center
- Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Bio
- Texas
  - Houston - BioHouston
- Utah - Utah Biotech
- Washington state - Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association
- Virginia
  - Virginia Biotechnology Association
  - Virginia Biotechnology Research Park
Other
- Australia - Ausbiotech
- Canada - BC Biotech - supporting biotech in British Columbia
- Germany - Bio-M - Munich
- India - Bangalore Bio
- Netherlands - HollandBiotechnology
- Sweden - BioSweden
- Taiwan - BiotechEast
- UK
  - England - London Biotechnology Network
  - Scottland - Scottish Enterprise

Useful Information

About.com section on biotech
Bio-link.org - general info on working in the biotech industry
BioChipNet - info on biochip technologies
Biofind - insider biotech news, including rumors, jobs, and events
Biospace Bioscience start-up news
Biotech Dictionary
BiotechPrimer - offers courses designed to educate executives about basic biotechnology concepts and issues
Cafepharma - resource for pharma sales reps
Cambridge Healthtech Institute - biotech conferences
Evelexa BioResources - info for the biotech entrepreneur
Patent Sites
- Patent Library from IBM
- European Patent Office
- US Patent Office - full text and TIFF images
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- MicroPatent - online patent searches ($); abstract searches are currently free
- FreePatentsOnline

Biotechnology Publications

Biotech Company Profiles/Biotech Portals

Bio Online - company info, job listings, resume posting, career advice, news
BioEntrepreneur - Nature portal
BioExchange - life science portal
BioSpace
Biotechfind - company profiles, job search, etc.
BioView
Informagen - maintains a list of addresses
TheLabRat
NetSci Biotech Yellowpages
Omniomix
Yahoo!