Colorado Society of CPAs Magazine: "State of the Industry: Biotechnology"

Quoting from the interview of CBSA's Pres/CEO Holli Riebel by Natalie Rooney:

"Over the last five years, jobs in Colorado's bioscience field grew above the national average. Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology grew at 3 percent in Colorado, but these same field decreased 4 percent across the U.S. Overall,biotechnology was on of the few Colorado employment sectors that grew."

Link to the article in the July/Aug 2011 NewsAccount magazine

Denver-Based Boettcher Foundation: 2011 Class of Boettcher Investigators

The 2011 Boettcher Investigators include (pictured left to right– back row):

Tingting, Yao, Ph.D., Colorado State University

Zhe Chen, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder

Jing Wang, M.D., Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

(pictured left to right– front row):

Robert Doebele, M.D., Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

John D. (Nick) Fisk, Ph.D., Colorado State University

Link to the July Colorado BioScience Association FOCUS newsletter featuring the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research/Boettcher Investigators program (page 2 of the pdf)

Includes Video: 'Cat Rescue Society Hopes To Find Young Animal Abuse Suspects'

Quoting from the posting: "A cat rescue organization is looking for boys who abused a kitten.

Two girls rescued the kitten on Friday and took it to the Cat Care Society. The girls wouldn’t give their names and only said they rescued the kitten at 10th and Sheridan. They said boys burned his whiskers nearly off along with some of the hair on his ears. They were also swinging him around by his tail.

When the kitten came in, his eyes were full of blood and he had internal bleeding. He still has contusions in his lungs and some head trauma."

Link to the news item with video

Denver & The West: "4-month-old kitten recovering after being twirled by his tail in Lakewood"

Quoting from the 7/27 Denver Post article by Jordan Steffen:

"A Lakewood cat shelter is asking for help in finding the people who twirled a 4-month-old kitten by its tail, before trying to burn its whiskers with a lighter.

On Friday, Marvell, a male kitten, was brought to the Cat Care Society, after two girls spotted some children abusing the kitten near 10th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, said Shari Shiffer-Krieger, executive director of the shelter.

"They took the tail and did a lasso movement, swinging the cat around," Shiffer-Krieger said.

His whiskers and ear tips were also singed by a lighter.

Marvell, named after the Colorado Rapid's player Marvell Wynne, was treated for internal injuries to his lungs and bladder, as well as eye injuries and brain trauma, Shiffer-Krieger said."

Link to the full Denver Post report.

The incident was also reported by 9News this week.

Marvell should be available for adoption in a few weeks.

9News: "Severely abused kitten in recovery" at Cat Care Society

Quoting from the posting:

"LAKEWOOD - A 4-month-old male kitten is recovering after suffering abuse and burns, according to the shelter that rescued him. The kitten suffered burns to his whiskers and tips of his ears, and showed signs of injuries from being swung by his tail before he was brought into the Cat Care Society, a feline shelter and veterinary clinic, in Lakewood on Friday. They say the kitten underwent five hours of treatment when it arrived at the shelter." [Marvell, pictured here, recuperating until strong enough for adoption from the Cat Care Society]

Read more at 9News.com

BCBR: "CID4 seeks bioscience project to fund"

Quoting from today's article by Beth Potter:

"AURORA - A nonprofit bioscience funding group that has given money to two Boulder County companies is looking to give a grant of up to $600,000 to a new project.

Companies should submit requests to the Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development, or CID4, which so far has committed $1.25 million to four projects. The deadline to ask for money is Friday, Aug. 5. For details on the selection process, go to http://cid4.com."

Link to the Boulder County Business Report

Deadline: CID4 Sets Aug 5 Cut-off for Inclusion in Fifth Project Funding Review

Aurora, CO July 22, 2011 – The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit entity focused on advancing the Colorado life science ecosystem through company creation and job growth, is seeking its fifth project. A review date of Friday, August 5th has been selected as the cut-off for submitting material to CID4.com for consideration.

Link to the related CID4 blog post

Link to the Pitch Engine posting