John D. Furber

Business Consulting - Science and Technology

Master of Science, Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine.
Bachelor of Arts, Physics and Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz.

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I provide consulting services in the areas of Science, Technology, Business Development, and Management.

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In Memorium -- Robert Hall Furber

My younger brother, Bob, died scuba diving on July 31, 2006 at Point Lobos, south of Carmel, California. We have created a web site with links to pictures and remembrances of Bob.
http://www.LegendaryPharma.com/RobertFurber

New Business: Legendary Pharmaceuticals

Currently, I am running a biotechnology company, Legendary Pharmaceuticals, which is engaged in the discovery of pharmaceutical drugs and gene therapies to repair and reverse progressive damage to mitochondria and lysosomes, in order to prevent and treat serious, late-onset diseases commonly associated with aging. Legendary Pharmaceuticals is a privately held small business.

My fields of interest include:

Biomedical Research:

Aging and Longevity Research;
Bioinformatics, Genomics, Proteomics, and Computational Biology;
Pharmacology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery, Combinatorial Chemistry;
Genetics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Biochemistry, & Biotechnology;
Gene Expression Patterns, DNA Microarrays;
Molecular Structure Determination and Imaging;
Mitochondria;
Medical Information Searches, Clinical Trials, and advances in disease treatments;
Seminars and symposia recently attended.
--> Medline PubMed, National Library of Medicine.

Health, Nutrition, Fitness:

Environment, Energy, Ecology:

Asteroid and Comet Impact Prevention.
Preventing North Atlantic giant tsunami disaster (La Palma, Canary Islands).
Energy Policy, Solar Energy, Hydrogen Fuel Cells.
Design for a Sustainable Future; Resource Conservation.
Earth Monitoring, Geography, Mapping, Near-Earth Space Environment.

Business and Management:

Management Consulting, Financial Analysis;
Business Resource Links:
- Patents, trademarks, intellectual property;
- Connecting entrepreneurs with investors;
- Business incubators for startups.
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Science and Computers:

Computer Security, Viruses, and Hoaxes;
Web page production with Java, Perl, & HTML;
Computer Modeling and Systems Analysis;
Quantum Computing;
NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division
Pascal, Fortran, & Basic programming languages;
Unix & Linux computer operating systems;
Apple Computer, Macintosh, MacOS;
Statistical Computing and graphing software: Free open-source from The R Project http://www.r-project.org/
Physics and Astronomy.
Science Museums, Zoos, Gardens, Aquariums;
Science Teaching and Private Tutoring;
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing http://www.foldoc.org.

Recreation and Fun:

Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Swimming, Bicycling, Hiking, horseback riding, Yoga, Contra Dances, Aikido;
Movies I liked: Bulworth, Deep Impact, Kundun, Seven Years in Tibet, Contact, Medicine Man.
Brain-building games at Mindfun.com;
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart;
Illusionworks at Caltech http://illusionworks.com/index.shtml;
Cyberspace, Virtual Worlds at http://www.digitalspace.com/
All your Base are belong to us.

Useful Links:

--> Reference, Web Search, and News Sources

--> Logistics: Shipping, Communications, Travel, Maps

--> Official U.S. Time

--> Political Information, Government Services, Taxes

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Contact information:

John D. Furber
E-mail: johnfurber (at) gmail com
Telephone: 1-352-271-8711
Gainesville, Florida.
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