CSC: Business Solutions, Technology, Outsourcing CSC: Business Solutions, Technology, Outsourcing DynPort's business of biotech video series continues, with EVMS explained, plus biodefense and government contracting news and 25 events. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:44:57 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/82738-earned_value_management_for_life_sciences http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/82738-earned_value_management_for_life_sciences Not long ago, while in a hotel and faced with a rare moment of "nothing better to do" I watched a couple installments of one of the so-called reality shows devoted to the interesting creature known as a "hoarder.” If you've missed out on this, hoarders are people who surround themselves with mountains of junk and trash, sometimes imprisoning themselves in filth. ... Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:40:07 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/82538-talking_dirty http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/82538-talking_dirty We're introducing a video series on educational topics related to biopharmaceutical product development, government contracting and the business of biotech. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:05:04 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/80294-new_business_of_biotech_video_series_featuring_electronic_document_management_this_month http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/80294-new_business_of_biotech_video_series_featuring_electronic_document_management_this_month I spent almost 20 years of my career working at the bench, all of that time involved in studies using animals as test systems (as opposed to totally in vitro or in silico models). Readers of this blog will recognize that I believe that--for now--it remains absolutely necessary to use living animals to conduct scientific research since none of the alternative are yet reliable enough to give us even marginally relevant information about in vivo events. I hope in my lifetime to see non-animal systems evolve to the point where it will no longer be necessary to exert dominion over our fellow creatures, it's just that that day is not yet here. ... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:34:48 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/80206-we_re_not_all_clones http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/80206-we_re_not_all_clones The latest biopharmaceutical product development and government contracting news and events from DynPort, for our partners. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:41:29 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/79053-nonclinical_research_updates_biotech_news_and_events http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/79053-nonclinical_research_updates_biotech_news_and_events The latest biopharmaceutical product development and government contracting news and events from DynPort, for our partners. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:40:31 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/78382-hot_topics_biotech_funding_and_abstract_deadlines http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/78382-hot_topics_biotech_funding_and_abstract_deadlines Update on development of DVC's botulinum and plague vaccines, Black Death genome mapped, and more industry news and events. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:43:12 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/75497-wishing_you_a_black_death_free_holiday_season http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/41185/75497-wishing_you_a_black_death_free_holiday_season A good friend and colleague of mine, an expert in breast cancer, told me that as he has gotten older, his focus has switched from breasts to prostates. (This is a funny quip, but he assures me it's true.) Like my friend, as I have gotten older my interests have evolved, although thankfully not quite so divergently. Rather, as my various systems don't obviously work as well as they used to, I've researched the effects of age on the immune system, and I'm not liking what I've learned. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:27:17 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/75334-getting_old_is_still_a_bitch http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/75334-getting_old_is_still_a_bitch Let me state for the record that any political decision that uses "for the children" as its basis triggers a response from me somewhere between indifference and anger. Any efforts by society to make the world a better place should be rooted in the here-and-now, with benefits to accrue to future generations. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:30:43 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/74821-misguided_protection http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/74821-misguided_protection A few years ago I served as a board member of an industry group; at one of our meetings, a discussion broke out and I voiced my opinion on the topic at hand. The chairman of the board (and a thoroughly unpleasant piece of work he was) barked at me "I believe you should get your facts straight". Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:26:53 -0400 http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/72525-get_your_facts_straight http://www.csc.com/dvc/blog/28826/72525-get_your_facts_straight