BayBio Expands Through New Emeryville and Sacramento Offices.Life Sciences Organization Returns to Its Roots with East Bay Office; Sacramento Addition Also Creates New Opportunities for BayBio and Its Members SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , Calif. -- BayBio announced today the establishment of new representative offices in Emeryville and Sacramento, as the Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern life sciences association expands its coverage efforts throughout the region. The Emeryville office is the result of a broad partnership with Wareham Development, one of the leading developers of biotechnology properties in the region, and a major factor in the success story of East Bay biotech bi·o·tech n. Informal Biotechnology. biotech Noun short for biotechnology Noun 1. . "We're delighted to have BayBio in one our East Bay Biotech Corridor buildings," say Geoffrey B. Sears, partner with Wareham Development. "Wareham began building the first of our 1.5 million square feet of life science space in 1977 and have supported BayBio since its inception. We look forward to greater outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. to life science companies in this important cluster." Matt Gardner, President of BayBio, said, "The East Bay - by itself - is one of the ten largest biotech communities in the world. It is critical for us to be as close to our members and in their communities as possible." Membership outreach will be a primary activity of the office. The organization also intends to use the East Bay presence for community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. , networking activities, member committee meetings, and more. BayBio has a historic commitment to the East Bay dating back to an original office in Oakland in 1990. Simultaneously, BayBio announced the establishment of a Sacramento office for advocacy and support of the growing life sciences community along the I-80 corridor. "In part, this is recognition of the increasing activity surrounding UC Davis and the number of companies in the Sacramento region engaged in life sciences work," Gardner added. "We know this will also help to bring the life sciences industry closer to many of our partners in the public sector." About BayBio BayBio is Northern California's life sciences industry association. We support the regional bioscience bioscience /bio·sci·ence/ (-si´ens) the study of biology wherein all the applicable sciences (physics, chemistry, etc.) are applied. bi·o·sci·ence n. See life science. community through advocacy, enterprise support and the enhancement of research collaboration. Our members include organizations engaged in, or supportive of, research, development and commercialization of life science technologies. BayBio is the regional affiliate for Northern California of the Biotechnology Industry Organization Biotechnology Industry Organization or BIO was founded 1993 in Washington, DC. James C. Greenwood is BIO's current President. External links
n. pl. bi·os Informal 1. A biography. 2. A biographical sketch or outline. ). For more information please visit www.baybio.org or call (650) 871-7101. |
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