Life Sciences LIVE at the Opera - February 4, 2009

2009 Co-Chairs: Harry F. Hixson Jr. Ph.D., Chairman, Braincells Inc., Marsha Chandler Ph.D., Executive Vice President, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Joe Panetta, President & CEO, Biocom

Patric Schlitz Ph.D., Anette Asher, Linda Travis-Macomber, & Dean Michael Lacourse Ph.D., National University

Noni Senyei & Drew Senyei MD, Enterprise Partner Venture Capital with Carol Pigliucci & Riccardo Pigliucci, Aldwych Associates

Dean Stan Maloy Ph.D., San Diego State University & Dennis Ryan, Pfizer

Jean Olsson, Santarus Pharmaceuticals & Roger Sabbadini Ph.D., Lpath Therapeutics

Dave Salisbury, Mintz Levin & Deborah Jondall, DJ Consulting

Harry F. Hixson Jr. Ph.D., BrainCells Inc.

Lila Webb & Dave Webb Ph.D., Celgene Inc.

Taylor Peterson, CONNECT & Don Starkey,Wachovia, Silver Sponsor

Zdenek Hostomsky Ph.D., Shubha Bagrodia, Zuzana Hostomska, Dennis Ryan and Steve Taylor: all from Pfizer La Jolla, Gold Sponsor

Angela Wallace, Georgia Theofan, Carolyn Fritz, Allylix Pharmaceuticals, Karen Dow, DLA Piper

Joe Panetta, BIOCOM, Diego Miralles MD, Johnson & Johnson PRD West Coast, Scott Foote, Square 1 Bank, Ara Miralles & Stephen Ferruolo Ph.D., Goodwin Procter, Gold Sponsor.

Marsha Chandler Ph.D., The Salk Institute; Wain Fishburn, Cooley Godward Kronish--Silver Sponsor; Linda Lloyd & Pietro Sanna, Scripps Research Institute

Jessica Terreras, Roger Johnson, Lana Ordonez: all from NexBio, Inc.

Chris Black, Isis Pharmaceuticals and wife, Jenny Black enjoy time with new friends from NexBio, Inc., Gallen Triana-Baltzer, Lisa Triana, Colin Rua, & Kira Saiki

Loren Tarmo, Digital Orchid & Erica Costanzo, RSM McGladrey, Gold Sponsor

Steve Stuckey, Comerica Bank, Bronze Sponsor & Jeff Ostrove Ph.D., Ceregene Inc.

Harry Hixson Ph.D., BrainCells Inc.& Mang Yu Ph.D., NexBio, Inc.

Mang Yu Ph.D. with Co-Chairs: Harry Hixson Ph.D., Marsha Chandler Ph.D. & Joe Panetta

Karin & Joe Panetta with Diana Robinson, Aisling Capital

Fang Fang Ph.D., NexBio, Inc. with Tony Hunter Ph.D., The Salk Institute

Joan Heller-Brown Ph.D. & Dean Palmer Taylor Ph.D.: both from University of California—San Diego

Charlene Zheng & Donovan Yeates Ph.D., KAER Biotherapeutics Inc.

Jasper Schaible, Toscana Ventures & Susanne Sather

David Kleinfeld, Foley & Lardner LLP, Gold Sponsor, Drew Senyei, EPVC & Robert Horsman, San Diego National Bank

Phil & Linda Melemed, Reno Contracting

Alicia Hampton

Many Yu Ph.D., NextBio & Tony Hunter Ph.D., The Salk Institute, share a laugh!

The elegant Pre-Opera reception catered by Girard Gourmet—La Jolla, was a hit with this crowd!

Over 300 Attend the 13th Annual Life Sciences LIVE at the Opera