We lost a great friend, mentor, and VLAB executive. Mark Duncan passed on, December 24, 2017. He leaves a legacy at VLAB, in the tech industry, and in the arts. Mark was a non-judgmental, compassionate, cheerful and generous friend. He loved to create things and solve problems (e.g. software, writing, marketing). He was forward-looking. Mark had [...]
The human genome project was completed 14 years ago at a cost of approximately $3B. Today, gene sequencing tests are available to consumers for under $1,000. As more people are tested, data is available that may forever change the healthcare industry. Using AI / Deep Learning and genomic data sets, Deep Genomics is ready to [...]
According to Research and Markets analysts, the sports analytics industry is expected to reach 3.97 billion dollars over the next five years. However, controversy is involved: athletes feel concerned about who has the right to their personal data, but many experts have speculated that this data could help determine player salaries and draft. On May [...]
VISIT OUR EVENT PAGE FOR DETAILS AND TICKETS Can't make it to Menlo Park? LIVESTREAM TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE, TOO! Immunotherapy is getting a lot of attention in the news as rapid research and development are speeding new discoveries to clinical trials and to market. While most of the focus seems to be on cancer treatment, [...]
We’re thrilled to welcome Bilal Zuberi, Partner at Lux Capital, to our next event, “AR/VR: Where Virtual and Physical Worlds Converge,” on Tuesday, October 18, 2016.VLAB event. Zuberi is passionate about bold ideas, disruptive innovation, and startups with technically ambitious solutions. As an early-stage investor, Zuberi often leads investments that break new ground and solve [...]
Daniel Kraft, founder of RegenMed Systems and the Chair of Medicine at Singularity University joins the Launching Longevity: Funding the Fountain of Youth panel on June 21, 2016. Kraft joins the panel with over 20 years of experience in biomedical research, healthcare innovation, and clinical practice. Kraft holds an undergraduate degree from Brown University, as [...]
Dr. Brian Kennedy, CEO of Buck Institute for Research on Aging joins the Launching Longevity: Funding the Fountain of Youth panel on June 21, 2016. Kennedy has years of teaching experience as well as being published in over 80 prestigious journals. Kennedy holds a Ph.D. in Biology from MIT and is well known for his [...]
Ted Driscoll, Director of Claremont Creek Ventures, will be moderating Rewriting DNA: Big Returns from Gene Editing on April 19, 2016. Driscoll has 30 years of experience in health and imaging technology fields as both an investor as well as entrepreneur. Driscoll holds a Ph.D. from Stanford, a Masters from Harvard and a Bachelors degree [...]
Tuesday evening’s Smart Building event is shaping up to be a power house of who’s who in commercial real estate technology. Take a look at the panelists and eight demo companies that will participate and then hop over to the event website and get your ticket online (online ticket sales close Monday evening). Panel Jim [...]
An Interview with Smart Building Event Co-Chair Josh Bradshaw Monique Hodgkinson, VLAB Marketing Co-Chair, recently caught up with Josh Bradshaw, Co-chair for the VLAB Smart Building event on Feb 16, 2016, to talk about the event. Monique: First, some background. How long have you been involved with VLAB? Josh: The first VLAB event [...]
