More Video 2010 BioWest/CBSA Awards Dinner - Dr. Temple Grandin, BIO & MDMA

The CBSA had the honor of hosting CSU's Dr. Temple Grandin as the keynote presenter for its 2010 Awards Dinner at the Denver Grand Hyatt - September 29, 2010. Dr. Grandin also received the CBSA's 2010 Chairman's Award (CBSA Board Chair Rick Jory, pictured here thanks to w3w3.com, presents the award to Dr. Grandin).

Dr. Grandin was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her achievements are remarkable because she was an autistic child. At age two she had no speech and all the signs of severe autism. Fortunately, her mother defied the advice of the doctors and kept her out of an institution. Many hours of speech therapy, and intensive teaching enabled her to learn speech. As a teenager, life was hard with constant teasing. Mentoring by her high school science teacher and her aunt on her ranch in Arizona motivated her to study and pursue a career as a scientist and livestock equipment designer. Dr. Grandin obtained her B.A. at Franklin Pierce College in 1970. In 1974, she was employed as Livestock Editor for the Arizona Farmer Ranchman and also worked for Corral Industries on equipment design. In 1975, she earned her M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University for her work on the behavior of cattle in different squeeze chutes. Dr. Grandin was awarded her Ph.D. in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1989 and is currently a Professor at Colorado State University.

Most recently the HBO made-for-TV movie of Dr. Grandin's life story won seven Emmy awards. Visit http://www.grandin.com or http://www.templegrandin.com for more information. Link to the CBSA YouTube Channel to view Dr. Grandin's introductory remarks at the 2010 CBSA Awards dinner:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qparN8PcdQY

View BIO CEO Jim Greenwood's Introductory Remarks - 2010 Keynote Luncheon - Healthcare in Transtion:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dIA54LICh0

View MDMA CEO Mark Leahey's FDA Issues and Physican Disclosure Video Clips:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5OGjPYulhQ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gopeww-1b9U

Special thanks: these video clips were shot by John Downs for the CBSA. Visit http://www.downsmkting.com

View additional 2010 BioWest videos previously posted at the COBioscience YouTube Channel: http://coloradobio.blogspot.com/2010/10/selected-video-recaps-from-biowest-2010.html

Also review related 2010 BioWest news coverage:

Colorado Springs Gazette

Colorado Public Radio

Denver Post

Northern Colorado Business Report

9News - Denver

Denver Business Journal

The Colorado BioScience Association and 650+ Partners Oppose Amendments 60 and 61 & Proposition 101

The Colorado BioScience Association together with over 650 partners are opposed to three ballot measures facing Colorado this election – Amendment 60, Amendment 61 and Proposition 101. The announcement is made by Holli Baumunk, CBSA President & CEO, who says these three measures - also known as the 'ugly three' - are referred to as tax breaks, but will have a devastating impact on Colorado and the companies located in the state for years to come.

“These three measures are certain to bring long-term harm to the bioscience industry as a whole and push Colorado’s economy further into recession,” Baumunk explains, “Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 create an unprecedented $4.2 billion deficit at the state and local level, displacing 73,000 jobs, terminating over 8,000 classroom teachers and dramatically increasing fees and licenses on small business. This will happen on top of the 110,000 jobs already lost in Colorado in the last 18 months of the recession.”

Link to the Business Wire release

Link to the Pitch Engine social media release [includes four videos]

October Focus Newsletter from the CBSA

Page 2: BioWest Conference & Expo - 2010 Highlights

Page 3: CBSA Externship Program at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Page 4: Colorado Ballot Initiatives - An Overview for Voters

Link to the pdf

Guest Commentary: 'Investing in bioscience innovation'

Quoting from the commentary by Kristina M. Lybecker:

"As the national unemployment rate nears 10 percent, job creation and industrial growth are more important than ever. America's continued international competitiveness depends on building on our successes and fostering economic growth. The biopharmaceutical sector is one of those successes. Moreover, it has been one of the few sources of good news during the recession of 2008. While private-sector employment was declining, the biopharmaceutical sector grew by 1.4 percent."

Link to denverpost.com

Colorado BioScience Association and Two of the State’s Economic Development Entities, Tout Colorado’s Strengths at AdvaMed 2010

Denver, CO, October 18, 2010 – Representatives from the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation will showcase Colorado’s medical device and diagnostics sectors during 'AdvaMed 2010: The MedTech Conference,' October 18-20, in Washington, D.C. The announcement is made by Holli Baumunk, CBSA President & CEO, who says more than 170 industry experts and thought leaders will participate in 35 educational panels and four executive workshops during the event, including the following CBSA members:

Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, www.metrodenver.org
Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, www.colorado.gov
CEA Technologies, www.ceatechnologies.com
Cardinal Health, http://www.cardinal.com
Covidien, http://www.covidien.com
Medtronic, http://www.medtronic.com
CaridianBCT, http://www.caridianbct.com
Roche, http://www.roche.com
Johnson & Johnson, http://www.jnj.com
Ernst & Young, http://www.ey.com

Link to the Business Wire release

Selected Video Recaps from BioWest 2010 Now Posted at the CBSA YouTube Channel

Link to a selection of videos from BioWest 2010 at the CBSA YouTube Channel:

Dorsey & Whitney Venture Showcase Winner: Sharklet Technologies (winner of both the Venture Showcase and CBSA Rising Star Company): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWSJatkLySM

PeptiVir Venture Showcase Presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51iCtGMfrHg

Introduction of 2010 Boettcher Investigators at BioWest/CBSA Awards Banquet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a70tpKnipOQ

Well Fargo Bank (Sponsor of the Colorado Large Company Showcase)- BioWest Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvv0zRtKNFc

Amgen Overview - BioWest 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8j1kKjSOs

CaridianBCT Overview - BioWest 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v45gyt7Bdqs

Medtronic Navigation Overview - BioWest 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GLjdORbJN8

Roche Colorado Overview - BioWest 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWHR9fGQXQ

Part 1 - Mark Heesen Presentation at BioWest 2010 - Heesen is President of the National Venture Capital Association (first of five parts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LshupB5Ca0

Business News: "Colorado BioScience Association names industry winners"

"The Colorado BioScience Association announced the winners of its 2010 industry awards presented today at the Grand Hyatt, Denver. Recipients of the 2010 awards are:

- Life Time Achievement Award: Robert Collins. In 1964, Collins and business partner Ran Bellows moved their small southern California business to Lakewood. Their company, COBE Laboratories, manufactured and distributed medical specialty products around the world, and soon became an international player in the medical device sector. Collins directed the development of COBE until its sale to Gambro in 1990. He has remained active in the health care field as a director of Denver Biomedical, Inc. and Eleanor Roosevelt Research Institute.

- Life Time Achievement Award -Robert Anderson. In 1969, Anderson co-founded Valleylab, Inc., and served as CEO and chairman until January 1986. He relinquished his role as CEO in 1986 and continued as chairman until retiring in May of 1996. ValleyLab, which focuses on electrosurgical and ultrasonics systems, was acquired by Pfizer, Inc., in 1983. Anderson was named the first Boulder Entrepreneur of the Year in 1985. In 1999, he received the “Pioneer in Endoscopy” award from the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons, for his early work in “keyhole” surgery. He holds six patents assigned to Medtronic and ValleyLab."

Link to gazette.com for all the winners

Venture Showcase - "Biotech in Colorado: Synthetic Sharkskin and So Much More"

Report by Eric Whitney: "The Colorado BioScience Association holds a competition every other year to find the state's top new biotechnology start-up company. Nominees get the chance to pitch their ideas to a room full of potential investors. That's more important than ever in a down economy, when start-up funding is hard to find."

Link to listen to the CPR story

CBSA Awards Dinner 2010: Honoring The Best of Colorado's Bioscience Industry

Congratulations to these winners:

Life Time Achievement Award -- Robert Collins

Life Time Achievement Award – Robert Anderson

2010 Company of the Year Award -- Amgen

2010 Rising Star Award -- Sharklet Technologies

Volunteer of the Year Award – Larry Blankenship

Educator of the Year Award – Deanna Scott

2010 Partner of the Year Award – University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office and Colorado State University Technology Transfer Office

2010 CBSA Chairman’s Award – Dr. Temple Grandin

Read more about each honoree:

Denver Post: Sharklet Technologies wins BioWest Venture Showcase & CBSA Rising Star

"Sharklet Technologies Inc., an Aurora- based maker of an antimicrobial surface, won the Dorsey & Whitney Venture Showcase Award at the 2010 BioWest Conference & Expo on Wednesday. Sharklet competed against three companies for the honor: AmideBio of Boulder; BioVantage of Golden; and PeptiVir Inc. of Aurora."

Link to denverpost.com

Note: Sharklet was also the CBSA Rising Star Company of 2010.

Link to Business Wire or PR Web newswire for an overview of all the 2010 CBSA award recipients.

NCBR: "Colorado State University is bioscience Partner of the Year Award winner" and more

"September 30, 2010 -- Colorado State University's Technology Transfer Office shared the 2010 Partner of the Year Award with the University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office from the Colorado Bioscience Association."

Link to the article at ncbr.com

Rocky Radar Overviews BioWest and Venture Showcase 2010

"The first day of CBSA’s BioWest included a wide variety of perspectives from presentations by emerging companies in Colorado to a panel focusing on international opportunities."

Link to BioWest Day 1 Recap

"The first day of CBSA’s annual BioWest Conference brought the always-popular venture showcase in which the four finalists, selected from 21 entrants, presented their technologies to a panel of investors."

Link to Sharklet Wins Biowest Venture Showcase

"The second day of BioWest began with Chris Nolet of Ernst and Young discussing his company’s global biotechnology report."

Link to BioWest Day 2 Recap

Sept 2010: CBSA FOCUS Newsletter

September

Boettcher Foundation Pres/Exec Director Tim Schultz Introduces 2010 Class of Boettcher Investigators to Bioscience Industry at CBSA Awards Dinner

Timothy W. Schultz, President and Executive Director of the Boettcher Foundation, introduced the new Webb Waring Biomedical Research program and the 2010 Boettcher Investigators to the Colorado Bioscience Community at the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) Awards Dinner held September 29th during the 8th annual BioWest Conference & Expo.

There are six Boettcher Investigators in the inaugural 2010 class -- three from CU and one each from National Jewish Health, CSU and the Colorado School of Mines. Areas of focus include: chronic beryllium lung disease, translational bioinformatics, Parkinson's disease, Ewing Sarcoma, formation of blood clots and releasing materials for cardiovascular medical devices.

The 2010 Class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program includes the following:

• Shaodong Dai, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Immunology, National Jewish Health, Chronic Beryllium Lung Disease
• Robin Dowell, D.Sc., Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Translational Bioinformatics Involving Drug Efficacy and Genetics
• Gidon Felsen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, Parkinson’s Disease
• Paul Jedlicka, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, Ewing Sarcoma, a Common Cancer of the Bone and Soft Tissue Affecting Children
• Keith Neeves, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Role of Blood Flow in the Formation of Blood Clots
• Melissa Reynolds, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Nitric-Oxide Releasing Materials for Cardiovascular Medical Devices

Link to video of remarks by Tim Shultz a the 2010 CBSA Awards Dinner: