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Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator Announces New CEO, Major Expansion
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New President PCB, Robert (Bud) Bishop, Ph.D (r) listens to President Emeritus Bruce Blomstrom who ran the incubator for the past decade. – Photos by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
asadena Bio Collaborative Incubator (PBC) Board of Directors Friday announced the appointment of Robert (Bud) Bishop, Ph.D, as the organization’s new President, effective April 14. Bishop succeeds Bruce A. Blomstrom, who is retiring after more than 10 years with PBC, Pasadena’s premier high-tech incubator for early stage life science companies and a regional workforce development magnet for scientists seeking wet lab R&D competency. The announcement was made during a press briefing at PBC, 2265 East Foothill Boulevard, Pasadena, celebrating Dr. Bishop’s appointment along with Mr. Blomstrom’s retirement; the expansion of PBC’s educational program; its new branding campaign; and its increased capacity to help additional start-ups. “Today is an important milestone for PBC. We are celebrating the extraordinary effort and progress made un-
der Mr. Blomstrom and announcing the beginning of a new chapter for the organization with Dr. Bishop and a renewed emphasis on scientific training,” said Bill Bogaard, Board Chair and former Mayor of Pasadena. “We’re also expanding our capacity to assist science-based startups, which, I am proud to say, enables PBC to remain at the forefront of Southern California’s emerging bioscience community.” Under Mr. Blomstrom’s direction, PBC fostered more than 40 companies and achieved a highly respected standing in the field, putting Pasadena on the map with a national reputation as a center for innovation in science, technology, engineering and entrepreneurship. Mr. Blomstrom has been appointed the organization’s President Emeritus and he will continue to serve on the PBC Board to help in the transition. Dr. Bishop joined the PBC Board of Directors in 2015 as Vice President and has served
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Phil Hosp Has Slight Lead Over Andy Wilson PUSD Convenes Special Meeting First-time council candidate Phil Hosp holds a 20vote lead over Councilmember Andy Wilson based on unofficial final election results from the April 18, 2017 run-off election for the Pasadena Council District 7 seat. City election officials cautioned that the race was still too close to call as a mandatory re-count of ballots will
occur next week and approximately 290 ballots, including about 90 provisional ballots and 200 vote-by-mail ballots, still need to be verified as eligible to be counted. In addition, an unknown number of vote-by-mail ballots could be received by the end of this week and they too need to be verified as eligible to be counted.
Election results on April 18 were counted and announced in the Council Chamber by City Clerk Mark Jomsky. About 2,000 voteby-mail ballots were received and counted along with 1,184 votes from four precincts. Phil Hosp was ahead by 20 votes, with 1,602 votes cast for Mr. Hosp, or 50.3 perSEE PAGE 10
BY GUS HERRERA Last week, the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education convened a special meeting to discuss the results from a recent community survey, as well as the prioritization of future projects funded by Measure TT (MTT). The survey, which was carried out electronically on the Canadian platform Thought Exchange, included 1,458 participants and al-
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lowed parents, teachers, and staff to express their thoughts and concerns. The district presented participants with the following three questions: 1. What are some concerns you have? 2. What are some things you appreciate? 3. What are some things you would like your child to be able to experience that they SEE PAGE 11