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Homework 6:  Company Presentations.       L. Chasin, Course Part II

Teams of 3 students search for companies that have developed interesting new biotechnologies, discuss them, and then agree on one company to write up. Each student then then individually writes and submit a 300 to 500 word paper describing the technology and the reasons for their choice. Option: One or more team members may give a 5-minute presentation to the class describing the company's technology and why it was chosen. The presentation will be followed by a short class discussion. Email Larry Chasin if and when you would like to present; a Powerpoint file may be attached.

Details:

1) Find a biotech company whose biotechnology impresses you with its scientific strategy or techniques. Do not choose a company based on its ability to develop a particular individual drug; we are focusing here on biotechnology and not drugs and disease.  For instance, companies that focus on manufacturing problems rather than drug discovery would be highly appropriate, as would companies that develop general drug development methods or companies that service the research community, if they have developed a novel and useful process. Choose a company that you would like to work for, invest in, or follow. Use the Internet: Google, PubMed, Nature Biotechnology, or other biotechnology journals etc. to search. A sample company description from the past can be found here: 
( http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/w3034/Larry/HW/sample_company_description.html ).

2) Submit a written version of your description (all text), ~300-500 words, using the form below. at any time up to and including Dec. 7.  Of course, you may want to submit early if you choose to present, so that the presentation can be scheduled (only one per class). If your company has already been submitted you must choose another. Please do NOT email me your company description. I plan to publish the descriptions on the course Web site. The homework grade will be based on your rationale for choosing your company and on the written description, but not on any oral presentation, if given.  You should NOT include any information about any factors other than biotechnology that may make your company attractive (i.e., there should be NO mention of location, capitalization, management, market, mission); that is, we are focusing here on the biotechnology per se, and your 300 words should be used to focus on that aspect of the company only.  Here is a list of companies NOT allowed:

Do NOT use a company technology that has already been discussed in the lectures. Your job is to "discover" a different company.
If your company has already been chosen by anther team you will have to make another choice.
You can search for "lists of biotechnology companies" and variations on such words on Google, Wikipedia, etc..
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HW6 team	BIOTECHNOLOGY Fall 2011 BIOLW4034 sec. 001 and W3034
1	Agovino		Eric	W4034	ema2152@columbia.edu	Optogenetics
1	Ahn		Lisa	W4034	lsa2121@columbia.edu	Optogenetics
1	Baier		Felix	W4034	fsb2120@columbia.edu	Optogenetics
2	Bole		Raevti	W4034	rb2894@columbia.edu	Synthetic Genomics
2	Buchel		Jason	W4034	jhb2189@columbia.edu	Synthetic Genomics
2	Castro		Veronica	W4034	vc2252@columbia.edu	Synthetic Genomics
3	Dendy		Meaghan	W4034	md2904@columbia.edu	Oxitec
3	Kalin		Alexander	W4034	aak2169@columbia.edu	Oxitec
3	Kato		Niyo	W4034	nk2154@columbia.edu	Oxitec
4	Khobrekar		Noopur	W4034	nvk2104@columbia.edu	Biosearch Technologies
4	Kim		Caroline	W4034	cjk2136@columbia.edu	Biosearch Technologies
4	Kruchevsky		Natalia	W4034	nk2489@columbia.edu	Biosearch Technologies
5	Leon		Katerina	W4034	kl2617@columbia.edu	3-V Biosciences
5	Li		Yiding	W4034	yl2738@columbia.edu	3-V Biosciences
5	Lin		Edwin	W4034	el2622@columbia.edu	3-V Biosciences
6	Lu		Yang	W4034	yl2825@columbia.edu	Nanosphere Inc
6	Lynch		James	W4034	jll2174@columbia.edu	Nanosphere Inc
6	Macri		Vincent	W4034	vjm2113@columbia.edu	Nanosphere Inc
7	McCray		Jacqueline	W4034		Molecular Staging
7	Mou		Yufei	W4034	ym2368@columbia.edu	Molecular Staging
7	Nayak		Akanksha	W4034	an2507@columbia.edu	Molecular Staging
8	Neufeld		Jessica	W4034	jn2325@columbia.edu	Ion Torrent
8	Nik		Sara	W4034	sn2441@columbia.edu	Ion Torrent
8	Olguin		Arturo	W4034	aao2119@columbia.edu	Ion Torrent
9	Pradhan		Radhika	W4034	rp2552@columbia.edu	TwistDX
9	Quinn		Stuart	W4034	saq2106@columbia.edu	TwistDX
9	Song		Ziwei	W4034	zs2191@columbia.edu	TwistDX
10	Strazzulla		Lauren	W4034	ls2988@columbia.edu	Collectis
10	Wang		Chen-Lin	W4034	cw2647@columbia.edu	Collectis
10	Wang		Brian	W4034	bcw2117@columbia.edu	Collectis
11	Xu		Luyao	W4034	lx2151@columbia.edu	Affymetrix
11	Yozgat		Yasemin	W4034	yy2403@columbia.edu	Affymetrix
11	Yu		Shui	W4034	sy2426@columbia.edu	Affymetrix
12	Hahn		Philip	W3034	plh2120@columbia.edu	Geron
12	Okoro		Onyinyechi	W3034	oo2158@columbia.edu	Geron
12	Shyer		Justin	W3034	jas2268@columbia.edu	Geron

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