| Thank you for signing up for the Genentech Alumni Network. Now that you're a part of our network, we invite you to explore the privileges that membership provides. You can set up a profile, reconnect with former colleagues, join groups, create your own groups and more. One perk of your membership is this Alumni Network Newsletter, which will keep you posted on the latest updates with the Genentech Alumni Network. We have a host of breaking news stories and new features to check out in this issue. Here's a preview of the latest stories: |
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Name:
Gordon Vehar
Years with GNE:
1980-2000
GNE Departments:
Protein Chemistry
(1980-1986),
Cardiovascular Research
(1986-1994),
Protein Chemistry
(1994-2000)
GNE Positions:
Senior Scientist, Staff
Scientist, and Director
Current Employer:
BioMarin
Pharmaceutical Inc.
Current Position:
Vice President of Research
Click here to learn more about Gordon's experiences in the early days of Genentech.
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Inside the Pipeline: Antibodies Take Up Arms
and Offer a New Way to Fight Cancer.
From his office on the South San Francisco campus, Hal Barron, Senior Vice President, Development, and Chief Medical Officer, considers a current dilemma of cancer treatment. "Powerful anticancer chemotherapies cannot be given at doses needed to kill all the cancer cells because they harm normal cells," he said. "We’re trying to find a way to deliver chemotherapy directly to the tumor cells while minimizing normal-tissue exposure." If we could do so successfully, “it would be game-changing,"… (read more)
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Fueling Innovation One Bean at a Time: Employees
Recall How Coffee Found its Way Into Our DNA.
Early in the ninth century, Ethiopian shepherds serendipitously noticed that goats became extremely energetic, even appeared to dance, after eating wild coffee berries. Unknown to future Genentech employees, this early unblinded, ex-U.S. preclinical trial would affect their daily lives 1,200 years later… (read more)
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Plus the Top 10 Ways You Know You Worked at Genentech, Genentech's very own Indiana Jones,
our latest Alumni Profile and more! (read more)
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• Business Benefits & Insurance
• Health Insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Life and Long Term Care Insurance
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