Nano is big buzzword. $50 b. investment moving into nano industry - Ricardo Vidal

Bio corridor in south San Francisco with mainly bio growth in region. Notice to Roche buying of Genentech and moving from Palo Alto - Ricardo Vidal

Berkeley has a city ordinate that regulates nano industry. Hasn't been well accepted by local nano industries. - Ricardo Vidal

60% of all funding in nanotech from Gov, 40% goes to Silicon Valley. - Ricardo Vidal

Oki asks: What ratio of nano material is biodegradable vs non-biodegradable? - Ricardo Vidal

Main nano applications: biofuels, pharmaceutical delivery, semiconductors, biosensors.... - Ricardo Vidal

Carbon nanotubes going at $1000/gram - Ricardo Vidal

Bay area feeling shortage of engineers - Ricardo Vidal

CNT were at a thousand. Was just talking about the growth of the industry. Single Wall more like $250 a gram, Double wall $250 a kilo. Big differences today. :) - Michelle Cadieux

High precision, multiplexed analytics will, IMO, have the biggest impact on the life sciences - Deepak Singh

Berkeley's ordinance just asks companies to register. Most companies want to do the right thing, for people and the environment. Some businesses just don't want another level of bureaucracy in their business. - Michelle Cadieux

Roche had 56% of Genentech and wanted to buy another 40% but Genentech just turned them down. This is important as there are 1,000,000 sq feet vacant at Stanford Research Park if they move. - Michelle Cadieux

@Michelle, thanks for clearing up those topics I jotted down during your presentation. Interesting details, nonetheless :) - Ricardo Vidal

Since I know people at Palo Alto, continuing to monitor this - Deepak Singh

Genentech turned the offer down? Wow. Now things get interesting... particularly for those of us, ahem, eyeing job vacancies at Genentech. - Bill Hooker

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1... Was in the San Jose Mercury today or yesterday. :) - Michelle Cadieux