National Biotechnology Week took place from September 17^th to the 24^th and while it never became a trending topic across Twitter's sphere of influence it did get some of attention.
140 characters posts were tweeted and re-tweeted across the system numerous times during the week and Genome Alberta was in the forefront and got some special mentions from BIOTECanada for our efforts. In twitter-speak the "hashtag" for the week was #NBW2010. Anything that was posted about National Biotech Week would be instantly searchable while anything without #NBW2010 would easily be lost in the millions of tweets posted every day.
What is perhaps most notable about the list is the lack of an Alberta presence much beyond what Genome Alberta posted. I used our @GenomeAlberta and @mikesgene  accounts to re-tweet many of the postings that appeared, posted every video and story I could find on ourGenOmics site, and added many of the events to our calendar. You'll find Ministers from several provinces in those videos on GenOmics or in the links below, and you'll even notice in this list that Glen Murray, Minister of Research & Innovation for Ontario does his own tweeting.  Canada still has to catch up with the U.S. when it comes to socia media use and Alberta has to play catch up at the National level.
Check these links and the people connected to them and if you are from Alberta, join in somewhere along the line.


@  Great article on Albert Scardino speech at BioNova even in Halifax http://ow.ly/2Jx48  #NBW2010

@  Our bio-economy is worth $80 billion+ and has job network of 1 million+. See how we celebrated it this week http://ow.ly/2Jv5F  #NBW2010

@  Interesting answers pouring in to our question of the day, bottom right at http://ow.ly/2Jp0X  #NBW2010

@  Thx to #NBW2010 National Partners: @Amgen Canada, @Pfizer_News Canada,@GenzymeCorp Canada, @agbiotech, Sanofi Pasteur Ltd, Biovail Corp

@  Last day of Canada's #NBW2010, let us know: did you learn anything about biotech this week?

@  Last day! - Win art made from your DNA by trying this Genome Atlantic quiz - http://ow.ly/2JiQO  #NBW2010

@  Transcript: @Glen4TC's comments at Queen's Park yesterday about National Biotech Week http://ow.ly/2Jih7  #NBW2010

@  CN Tower is lit up as the iBoL (International Barcode of Life). A Canadian led initiative to identify & record the DNA of each species

@  easy question: What discovery were Watson and Crick responsible for? Let us know at http://ow.ly/2Ji6j  #NBW2010

@  Last Friday, National Post published a special supplement on biotechnology in Canada. Check it out online here http://ow.ly/2J0YK  #NBW2010

@  Just voted! @BIOTECanadaNBW Interesting answers pouring in to our question of the day, bottom right at http://ow.ly/2Jp0X  #NBW2010

@  #NBW2010 ended last week, but see news in Hot Topics and photos/videos in our gallery. Thanks everyone! http://ow.ly/2LAHm  

@  Great Video - National Biotechnology Week Launch by @lifesciences_bc http://ow.ly/2LO0K  #NBW2010

@  #NBW2010 ended last week, but see news in Hot Topics and photos/videos in our gallery. Thanks everyone! http://ow.ly/2LAHu  

Here are some of the people who posted, re-posted, and generally gave the week some online profile with the tweets listed above:

@Christine_TVG is Christine Bennett from Santa Cruz, California. She is Assistant Conference Director, TVG which produces BioPartnering conferences that connect innovators and leaders in the global life science industry 
@CLSD is all about Canada's life sciences industry from BIOTECanada, the national industry association 
@crossborderbio is Jeremy Grushcow Ph.D, J.D. from Toronto, Ontario, practicing corporate law at Ogilvy Renault LLP 
@DivaBiotech is Ruby Gadelrab who is based in Silicon Valley. She describes herself as a Diva in Biotech Marketing, specializing in genomics, cancer research, personalized medicine and personalized genomics. Lover of food, social media and shoes 
@Glen4TC is Glen Murray, Minister of Research & Innovation Ontario, MPP Toronto Centre & Urbanist and who gets his own fingers working those tweets. 
@helenfilipe Adminstration Director, Corporate & Student Development Master of Biotechnoloy, University of Toronto 
@KathyRzeszutek is an Intellectual Property Lawyer based in Vancouver, B.C. 

@MaRSDD MaRS Discovery District is a non-profit innovation centre connecting science, technology and social entrepreneurs with business skills, networks and capital. http://www.marsdd.com/  
@BIOTECanadaNBW is BIOTECanada’s account for National Biotech Week to salute Canada's bio-economy. http://www.imagenenation.ca/  
@NSLifeSciences is the account for BioNova at http://bionova.ca/  
@OntInnovation Ontario Innovation is an initiative from Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. You can find out more at facebook.com/ OntarioInnovation or http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/  
@SRCnews is the account for Saskatchewan Research Council at http://www.src.sk.ca/  
@tfpeterson Tim Peterson is a web strategy consultant/account manager, and social media enthusiast who adds that he is also a snowmobiler, lover of Saskatchewan and time spent with his wife

And as usual on Twitter Snips we also have a selection of some other interesting tweets and twits we have come across over the last 2 weeks.

@2020science Nestlé invests in neutraceuticals big time: http://tinyurl.com/2w7u8sm  - interesting impact/oversight challenges ahead 

@BiologyAnswers What is allele frequency? http://bit.ly/agUy1I  

@bugdreams Secret lives of harvest mice. http://gu.com/p/2jpmx/tw  RT @BeesinArt #wildlife #garden #bees 

@EHillBurns Genetically engineered silkworms produce mix of spider silk and their own http://bit.ly/d5m26Z  by @thisischristina

@MishaAngrist Why I think SACGHS's demise is not such a terrible thing. http://bit.ly/cPxfd  

@phylogenomics Thomas Friedman using Beijing Genome Inst. as evidence for trouble in America ... http://ff.im/-ranPY  

@ScienceIsVital Royal Society's evidence-based case for science: http://bit.ly/dt0V58  Help us to 10,000 signatures by end of the week! http://bit.ly/cjk7LV  

@Sheril_ Looking Hurricane Igor in the eye! http://twitpic.com/2oi7m6  Terrible beauty 

@WhereBioBegins How do scientists use social media? http://bit.ly/bX8oZx  So far over 50% say they use it to keep up with scientific advancements.


@2020science  Andrew Maynard is a scientist who says he has an unhealthy interest in the dark side - policy, communication, engagement, and all that! In “spare time” directs the University of Michigan Risk Science Center. He writes a blog at http://2020science.org/ 
@BiologyAnswers Biology Questions and Answers is a website that explains the entire Biology through reviews made of questions and answers.
@bugdreams  Rick Lieder is based in Michigan. He is a painter, photographer, illustrator of unique birds, insects and wildlife art. He like to chronicle the wild world underfoot and overhead. http://www.socialoomph.com/profiles/bugdreams 
@EHillBurns Erin Hill-Burns lives in Long Island, New York. She is an evolutionary genetics researcher, particularly interested in divergence between Drosophila species. http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/truelab/Erin_Hill-Burns.html 
@MishaAngrist  Misha Angrist blogs at http://genomeboy.com/ and is Assistant Professor in the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & PolicyAssistant Professor in the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy . He was also the 4th subject in the Personal Genome Project.
 @phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen is an evolutionary biologist, microbiology & genomics researcher, open science advocate, and professor at UC Davis
@ScienceIsVital  No more Doctor Nice Guy! Stand up for scientific research in the UK; defend public funding. http://scienceisvital.org.uk/
@Sheril_  Sheril Kirshenbaum is a science writer and research associate at theCenter for International Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. She also blogs at Discover Magazine on marine biology, policy, food, & conservation and is the author of  The Science of Kissing  and Unscientific America
@WhereBioBegins  Where did your biology begin? Sigma Life Science is asking this question. @kristy3m is your Tweeter. http://www.wherebiobegins.com/