http://www.wikio.com/search=SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Wikio - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68544801 Genentech Inc. detailed a plan Thursday for retaining employees — including $8.7 million for CEO Arthur Levinson — while Roche Holding Ltd. bids to buy the 44 percent of the world’s largest biotech company that it doesn’t already own. (DNA) Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:43:10 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68544801 2008-08-21T21:43:10Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68536011 Never mind that Roche plans to move much of its US pharma operations from Nutley, New Jersey, to South San Francisco, if it succeeds in winning Genentech. Roche execs were happy this week to host New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, who faces a shrinking pharma industry in the Garden State, and use the visit as [...] Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:47:49 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68536011 2008-08-21T17:47:49Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68488522 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68488522 2008-08-21T13:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68430835 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Bio-Gene Technology Ltd. as its exclusive Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68430835 2008-08-21T01:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68423167 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & VICTORIA, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits, has appointed Millennium Science Pty. Ltd. as its exclusive Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:17:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68423167 2008-08-20T23:17:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68400442 Sharath Hegde, Vice President of Pharmacology at Theravance, Inc. in South San Francisco, CA will speak on "Telavancin: A Novel Lipoglycopeptide Gram 1 Vote(s) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:50:15 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68400442 2008-08-20T19:50:15Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68361285 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monogram Biosciences, Inc. today announced that Wellpoint, Inc. has established a national Medical Policy Guideline for Monogram's Trofile Assay. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:01:30 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68361285 2008-08-20T14:01:30Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68357425 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68357425 2008-08-20T13:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68299517 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Envivio, the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, today announced that the new media platform of China’s largest television network, China Central Television (CCTV), has launche Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:53 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68299517 2008-08-20T01:00:53Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68297931 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Envivio, the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, today announced that the new media Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68297931 2008-08-20T01:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68271636 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:03:33 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68271636 2008-08-19T21:03:33Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68257376 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA and SHANGHAI, CHINA (MARKET WIRE) Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA, Inc. (OTCBB: WEMU) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:20:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68257376 2008-08-19T18:20:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68226344 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Future US, the special-interest media company, today announced it has promoted its executives Simon Whitcombe, Stacey Levy, Tyson Daugherty and John Sutton to new posts and responsibilities. As one of the fastest growing media companies, the executive management team encourages innovation, creativity and high-quality reader-focused content to produce its market-leading games, action sports, music, technology and lifestyle magazines and websites. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68226344 2008-08-19T13:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68151159 Name: Finisterra: 10th Anniversary Limited Series Blend Brand: Scharffen Berger (Hershey’s) Place Purchased: Silverlake Wine Price: $6.50 Size: 3 ounces Calories per ounce: 133 Type: Chocolate Rating: 7 out of 10 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:24:07 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68151159 2008-08-18T20:24:07Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68099124 The special committee of the Board of Directors of Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) announced that, after careful consideration, it has unanimously concluded that Roche's proposal to acquire the shares of Genentech not owned by Roche for $89.00 per share substantially undervalues the company. Therefore, the special committee does not support the proposal. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=68099124 2008-08-18T09:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67883853 Ever since California Governor Schwarzenegger enticed Tesla to move its factory plans away from New Mexico and back to California, we’ve been waiting to hear which lucky Northern California city will get the pop of hundreds of green jobs and the claim to fame. Here’s the short list that Tesla is mulling over, according to [...] Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:50:31 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67883853 2008-08-15T15:50:31Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67776787 By Marsha Walton CNN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California -- Fossil fuels that keep our planet running -- oil, natural gas and coal -- were created from the decomposition of plants, plankton and other organic material over millions of years. A California lab has developed genetically altered bacteria that eat sugars and excrete a form of diesel oil. 1 of 3 Today, scientists all over the globe are working to create fuels with the same properties but without that pesky 100 million-year wait. And "renewable petroleum" is now a reality, on a small scale, in some laboratories. The biotech company LS9 Inc. is using single-celled bacteria to create an oil equivalent. These petroleum "production facilities" are so small, you can see them only under a microscope. "We started in my garage two years ago, and we're producing barrels today, so things are moving pretty quickly," said biochemist Stephen del Cardayre, LS9 vice president of research and development. How does it work? A special type of genetically altered bacteria are fed plant material: basically, any type of sugar. They digest it and excrete the equivalent of diesel fuel. Humans have used bacteria and yeast for centuries to do similar work, creating beer, moonshine and, more recently, ethanol. But scientists' recent strides in genetic engineering now allow them to control the end product. "So these are bacteria that have been engineered to produce oil," del Cardayre said. "They started off like regular lab bacteria that didn't produce oil, but we took genes from nature, we engineered them a bit [and] put them into this organism so that we can convert sugar to oil." The company is focusing on diesel fuel, but the microbes can be "programmed" to make gasoline or jet fuel. The bacteria used are a harmless form of E. coli. And the feedstock, or food for the microbes, can be any type of agricultural product, from sugar cane to waste such as wheat straw and wood chips. Choosing plants with no food value sidesteps one of the biggest criticisms of another synthetic fuel , corn ethanol, because critics say that corn should be used as food, not fuel. It takes a lot of microbe poop to fill a gas tank, however. Biofuel experts say that processes like those used at LS9 are scientifically viable but that there's still a long way to go before they can address global energy needs. "Scalability is really the critical issue," said Robert McCormick, principal engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy 's National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado. "If you've got something that you can make work in a test tube, that's good, but you've got to be able to make it work on a very large scale to have an impact on our petroleum imports." But del Cardayre says his product has other benefits over traditional fossil fuels. "What we've done is make the same molecules from renewable sources, so that it can go into the existing infrastructure, be made domestically and in an environmentally friendly way. That's the goal," he said. The LS9 product does not have the cancer-causing benzene that is in other fossil fuels and has far less sulfur, he said. LS9 President Bob Walsh says that using existing petroleum pipelines is crucial. Ethanol, for example, requires its own distribution system because it can corrode oil pipelines. "You can't put ethanol in a pipeline, [and] even your car needs some adjustments to it; whereas the product we're making is going into the existing system, and that's a big difference," he said. LS9 expects to be in large-scale commercial production in three or four years. But del Cardayre is the first to admit that microscopic oil fields are not a silver bullet for the world's energy woes. "I doubt we're going to completely eliminate our dependence on oil, but we'll certainly be able to supplement the amount of oil we need in the short term," he said. Although energy researchers are spending tens of millions of dollars in venture capital, McCormick believes that "just making more" is not enough. "I think that the answer to reducing our petroleum-import problem and reducing the carbon emissions from transportation is really threefold," he said. "It involves replacement fuels like biofuels, it involves using much more efficient vehicles than we use today, and it involves driving less." One thing that McCormick and del Cardayre agree on is that energy research is a great place to be these days if you are a scientist. "The fun of the challenge from the science perspective is that you do have farmers and biologists and entomologists, and biochemists and chemical engineers, and process engineers and business people and investors all working to solve this, and it ranges anywhere from a political issue to a technical issue," del Cardayre said. "Honestly, I couldn't think of a more exciting thing to work on as a scientist or technologist right now," said McCormick, a chemical engineer. "Part of the excitement comes from the fact that this is such a complex problem, it can't be solved by a farmer or an ag expert, and it can't be solved by a chemical engineer or a chemist. "We all have to pool our various talents and training and try to come up with a whole new system of producing energy," he said. "And the current energy price environment has made literally everyone interested in replacements for petroleum." Original here Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:38:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67776787 2008-08-14T15:38:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67720345 Biotechnology giant Genentech Inc. rejected a $43.7 billion buyout offer from majority owner Roche yesterday but said it is open to a higher takeover bid. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:10:01 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67720345 2008-08-14T10:10:01Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67707656 NEW YORK - Biotechnology giant Genentech Inc. rejected a $43.7 billion buyout offer yesterday from its majority owner, Roche Holding Ltd., but said it was open to a higher takeover bid. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67707656 2008-08-14T07:01:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67700900 Biotechnology giant Genentech Inc. rejected a $43.7 billion buyout offer from its majority owner Roche on Wednesday but said it is open to a higher takeover bid. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:30:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/SOUTH+SAN+FRANCISCO?rinfoid=67700900 2008-08-14T05:30:00Z