The Departure

I cannot believe what I have witnessed over the last two days. Informative sessions, amazing keynote addresses, partnering deals, new innovative technologies all neatly arranged in a corridor, and best of all, people enjoying the regional bioscience industry as much as I do. I had the absolute pleasure of sitting in on one of the first bioscience ‘fireside chats’ with Fred Hassan…I truly felt honored. It was amazing to hear from someone who has had so many great experiences in the bioscience industry…I was unable to bring my BioStrength Locator to Biotech 2009 due to the fact that it would have been sounding its overload alarms constantly…and that would not have bode well with the panelists and moderators in the fantastic sessions I attended…unfortunately we have yet to develop the technology for a vibrate feature on the BSLs…

As I walked up and down the Innovation Corridor, I was astounded…this is innovation at its absolute finest…scientists and researchers all trying to gain exposure for their hard work and dedication to the industry…Biotech 2009 was the perfect venue for them! I hope that they all are extremely proud of the work that they have done…as Dave Holveck said…In the end, all patients want, is to get better. The companies and individuals at Biotech 2009, can truly make this dream, a reality.

As I was getting my HelixPod ready early this morning, powering the thrusters for a long journey back to Beakeris, I was remembering all of the wonderful companies and research institutions I have visited on my journey. From the fantastic Science Center and their Green Roof, to Astra Zeneca in Delaware, to Lehigh University and their virtual classrooms, to the great Nano @ Penn State programs and their labs on chips (and delicious ice cream, which I have cryogenically frozen in order to bring back to Beakeris), to the great incubators of New Jersey including the Commercialization Center for Innovative Technologies, and finally, the memory that will forever remain, Biotech 2009. I will not forget how hospitable you, the people of Earth, and more specifically, the people of the preeminent bioscience industry of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, have been to me over the past two months. The Helixes of Beakeris are forever in your debt. On my journey home, I will compile my notes for the Grand Centrifugium Assembly, there is absolutely no doubt they will be pleased. To all my friends at Pennsylvania Bio and BioNJ, thank you for all of your hard work to make Biotech 2009, a reality. We will welcome you always to Beakeris with open strands. To the companies and research institutions I was not able to visit on this adventure, feel comfortable knowing that I will return back to Earth as soon as I can gain intergalactic approval once again. Hopefully, for a longer, more investigative stay, as I know, I have left a few stones unturned.

I, Helixman, protector of all things innovative, and investigator of all things interesting, am honored to have been a representative of Beakeris in your region. My journey will be an epic story that will be told for hundreds and hundreds of years to come. You all should be proud of the work you do. It is because of you, that your population is living longer, healthier, and happier lives. I feel comfortable leaving, knowing that the bioscience industry is in safe hands while I’m gone.

Until we meet again.

Helixman