When people think about careers in biotech, they often think specifically about careers in scientific research. When we tell the story of a biotech start-up, the focus is typically on the work done by scientists...
How do you build a biotech industry? Is it something that simply develops organically and without intervention given the right combination of people and resources, or does it require a little more direction? In the...
Communication is a perennial challenge in the world of biotechnology. This is true for people with a research background who want to talk to venture capitalists, and for people from the world of business, real...
The biotech industry on Long Island and elsewhere in the United States has grown up in the space between academic science, venture capital, and long-established industries such as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. This position gives biotech...
How can we figure out what is going on inside a cell at any given moment? One thing that tells us a lot about which genes in a cell are being expressed — what the...
Plants need nitrogen to grow, but a significant portion of the nitrogen in fertilizers is not absorbed by the soil or used by the growing plants. Rather, it washes away into waterways, rivers, and the ocean. This in turn has had devastating effects on marine life. In some areas, excessive nitrogen in the oceans has caused algae blooms that kill wildlife, make it dangerous for people to consume fish or shellfish or in some cases even swim in affected waters. This problem isn’t limited to poorer countries. Nitrogen pollution is a serious problem here on Long Island. In our case, the nitrogen comes primarily from septic tanks and cesspools, although nitrogen from agricultural fertilizers also plays a role. Nitrogen pollution in the waters around Long Island has hampered fishing, made it dangerous to eat seafood from some areas, and caused environmental changes that make coastal areas more prone to flooding.