CBSA Announces BioWest 2012 Rundown + Unveils Venture Showcase Finalists

The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) announces the 9th BioWest Conference, September 11, 2012, at the Marriott City Center, Denver. The announcement is made by CBSA President & CEO Holli Riebel, who says, “BioWest is the Rocky Mountain region's premier medical device and biotechnology conference and the venue of our much anticipated Venture Showcase competition. We've now selected the six finalists for this year's Venture Showcase and are thrilled by the amazing new technologies that will be presented at BioWest in September."

The six finalists in the 2012 Venture Showcase competition include:

Flashback Technologies Inc. - Longmont, CO - is developing and commercializing product applications of its proprietary software algorithm platform called CipherSensorTM Technology. The first product application is in the medical trauma setting enabling the immediate, noninvasive detection of the risk for cardiovascular collapse and monitoring of the effectiveness of fluid resuscitation therapy. http://www.flashbacktechnologies.com  

KromaTiD - Fort Collins, CO - makes products for analyzing defects and damage to human chromosomes. The company is launching the first commercial platform for the discovery and detection of a recalcitrant class of DNA mutations known as Chromosomal Inversions. http://www.kromatid.com  

Siva Therapeutics Inc. - Boulder, CO - is developing a method for cancer therapy which promises to be safer, with fewer side effects, and at least as effective as current therapies. The company’s approach is precision photothermal treatment of solid tumors using targeted gold nanorods - SivaRods™. http://www.sivatherapeutics.com  

Sophono Inc. - Boulder, CO - has developed the world’s first non-percutaneous, implantable, bone-anchored hearing device. The company’s Alpha 1 System eliminates the problematic abutment of other devices by using magnets to securely affix the external sound processor to a titanium implant. http://www.sophono.com  

SuviCa Inc. - Boulder, CO - is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of small molecule drugs for oncology. The company’s family of compounds target a process crucial for cancer growth but under-utilized as a drug target. http://www.suvica.com  

VetDC Inc. - Fort Collins, CO - is an emergent veterinary biotechnology company that licenses innovative human biomedical technologies to address serious unmet medical needs in companion animals. The company’s lead candidate is a novel anti-cancer drug. http://www.vet-dc.com  

The Venture Showcase finalists pitch their technologies and business plans in front of a live audience at BioWest to a panel of bioscience experts and venture capitalists. The winner, announced at the end of the conference day, will receive a $7,500 cash prize.

Link to Register for BioWest 2012

Link to the Business Wire Posting

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media Release

DBJ: 'Fitzsimons changes focus to better nurture startups'

Quoting from the article by Greg Avery on Steve VanNurden, recently appointed Pres/CEO of the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority:

"VanNurden’s hiring completes a shift making the FRA less of a real estate organization and one more focused on helping to attract and find resources for medical and technology businesses that want to be in the park.

'Rather than make this a real estate play, we’re going to make this a biosciences community,' he said. 'We have all the ingredients to be able to do that; we just need to put them in the right places.'. .

. . . . Near VanNurden’s office door, construction workers are finishing the interior of an $8 million expansion of the building that houses the FRA headquarters and 3½ floors of labs and offices for 38 bioscience startups, most of which come from the university labs across the street.

The new wing was considered speculative development when it was announced two years ago, but demand for it proved strong.

The expansion opens July 25, and it will be 90 percent occupied. Four companies — Isogenis, Inc., LightLabs, Mitomics and Touch of Life Technologies — are moving in. They outgrew their space in the bioscience incubator building, said Vicki Jenings, the FRA’s director of business relations.

VanNurden hopes the growth of companies incubated on the campus will drive demand for more buildings, and that some large companies result from the homegrown tenants.

He plans to look beyond the FRA’s immediate surroundings for tenant companies. He envisions the park one day attracting computer technology companies and clinical-trials management companies, not just strictly drug and medical-device research companies. . .

. . . On July 3, VanNurden realized a longtime industry contact had a layover at DIA. VanNurden — who declined to identify that person’s company, saying only that it’s well-known — picked up the person and his colleagues, and gave them an impromptu tour of Fitzsimons and information about the work being done on the campus before returning them to DIA.

'They didn’t know what this was, and they were very interested to discover what’s going on here,' he said."

Link to the Denver Business Journal

Listen Up! Cat Care Society Underwriting Messages Hit Colorado Public Radio Airwaves This Week

In celebration of the upcoming Tails of the Painted Cats Final Auction Gala and Dinner, several Cat Care Society board members have contributed a series of underwriting messages on Colorado Public Radio this week.

So be listening for these words from the Colorado Public Radio announcer...

"Support comes from the Cat Care Society and Clinic in Lakewood, hosting the 2012 Tails of the Painted Cats Art Project benefiting the shelter cats and community outreach programs. Details at Cat Care Society dot Org."

On Tuesday, July 17... Cat Care Society announcements are scheduled for:

10:06 a.m. and

5:30 p.m.

Listen on your radio at:

Denver KCFR 90.1 FM and

Boulder KCFC 1490 AM

Or, online at: http://www.cpr.org - click "LISTEN TO COLORADO NEWS" at the top of the web page.

Remember - we're less than two weeks out from the Tails of the Painted Cats Gala Dinner & Auction at the Lakewood Country Club.

Bid on Painted Cats in Advance: http://BidOnACat.blogspot.com

Order tickets for the Final Auction Gala online: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e5rymoroc74ec81a&oseq=

Feline Frenzy/Denver: Cat Care Society is Celebrating 'Caturday Saturday' July 14th!

It's Feline Frenzy Week in Denver and this Saturday, you'll find Cat Care Society simply 'omnipresent' citywide at the various Denver Events:

Cat Care Society's Painted Cats Claudia Monette and Little Roar will be found at Denver's Horseshoe Craft & Flea Market, 46th & Tennyson, on Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rest of the Tails of the Painted Cats Lineup are found at galleries and shops at the nearby Tennyson Street Cultural District - click here for the rundown - learn more about the Horseshoe Market: http://horseshoemarket.com/about-the-market

Cat Care Society is again exhibiting at the Denver Dumb Friends League CAT FEST expo.  DDFL is located in East Denver at 2080 S. Quebec St. and Cat Fest runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Parking available at the shelter and in the Big Lots shopping center parking lot on the northeast corner of Quebec & Iliff. Come out and say hi to Cat Care Society's own Dorothy Ruxton at the Cat Care Society booth. For more information at the Cat Fest expo, visit: http://www.ddfl.org/adopt/cat-companions

Next head south to Tagawa Gardens in Parker for Grey Kitty's Birthday Party. There's a cat expo, birthday cake honoring Grey Kitty and of course Tagawa's awesome garden product land. Carol and Kay from Cat Care Society will be taking a CCS kitty to help with Grey Kitty's celebration. Be there -- 7711 S. Parker Road on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more at: http://www.tagawagardens.com



Those Amazing Acro-Cats are finishing their 2012 Denver run at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St, again raising funds for the Cat Care Society shelter cats and community outreach programs. Saturday performances are 1, 4 and 7 p.m. (Friday performances are 7 and 10 p.m.). Purchase tickets in advance online: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3482653711

If you have time left, don't forget the Cat Care Society shelter at 5787 West 6th Avenue is open 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays (plus Sundays noon to 3 p.m.) if you're ready to adopt a kitty. Or, just stop by to pet our little guys waiting for their Forever Homes.
Visit http://www.catcaresociety.org

Plus Cat Care Society kitties are found at Woofs 'n Hoofs in Ken Caryl - 12482 W. Ken Caryl Ave, Sat:  9  a.m. - 6 p.m. Visit: http://www.woofshoofs.com/catroom.html Littleton (by the Safeway center)




Remember - we're just two weeks out from the Tails of the Painted Cats Gala Dinner & Auction at the Lakewood Country Club.
Bid on Painted Cats in Advance: http://BidOnACat.blogspot.com
Order tickets for the Final Auction Gala: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e5rymoroc74ec81a&oseq=

9News Denver: 'Colo. bioscience industry, patients to benefit from new law'

CBSA Pres/CEO Holli Riebel interviewed with 9News yesterday regarding the new federal law that cuts the FDA's approval timetable for new drugs. Quoting from the 9News posting:

"Supporters say the bill would benefit hundreds of Colorado startups that are developing novel medicines and therapies. They say the provision could also help severely ill patients who are willing to take experimental drugs that haven't undergone the full battery of tests for all possible side effects and complications...

...About 600 bioscience companies, research institutions and venture capital groups in Colorado employ about 20,000 people, and the industry continues to grow despite the sluggish economy, according to the Colorado Bioscience Association."

Link to the video report or view here:



http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=277012

Tennyson Street Cultural District Hosts Cat Care Society's 'Tails of the Painted Cats' Lineup During July, Debuting at First Friday Art Walk July 6

The 2012 'Tails of the Painted Cats,' the Cat Care Society's lineup of one-of-a-kind, larger-than-life artwork cats - created by accomplished area artists - will be on display at Denver's Tennyson Street Cultural District for the month of July, debuting at the District's First Friday Art Walk on July 6 (6-9 pm).

The announcement is made by CCS President Diane Stoner, who says, "Our Painted Cats will be hosted at 18 galleries and businesses throughout the Tennyson Street Cultural District. Plus our Drawing Cat, Claudia Monette, will be present at Tenn Street Art for First Friday and the District's Horseshoe Market on July 14. "

Here's where you'll find the Painted Cats on Tennyson during July:

Tenn Street Art - 4418 Tennyson - Little Roar by Jane McFadden Dorsey and The RubaiyCat of Omar Siam by Kathryn Jackson and Claudia Monette by Jane McFadden Dorsey (First Friday Art Walk Only)

Mac Garage - 4417 W 43rd Ave - Rudi by Bonnie Wilber

Modestea - 4415 W 43rd Ave - Soleil by Gail Firmin and Toulouse Le Chat by Cam Williams and Cat Masquerade by Melanie Gwendahlin Keyes

The Wine Jester - 4342 Tennyson - Meowscarade by Pam Schmidt

Planet Pet - 4338 Tennyson - Sushi Chef by Shirlee Akemi Miyake

Always Clean - 4307 Tennyson - Hibiscat by Carla Pawlewicz

Pearl Velo Bike Shop - 4301 Tennyson - Pearls & Lilies by BW Sharp

The Bookery Nook & Ice Cream Shop - 4280 Tennyson - C is for Cat by Liz Cooper

Clotheshorse Wendy - 4232 Tennyson - Colorado Calico by Ashley Conroy

Mouthfuls - 4224 Tennyson - Unity by Sara Nevadomski

Ooh! Aah! Jewelry - 4216 Tennyson - Bridal Henna Cat by Kathy Burton

NOW Gallery - 3977 Tennyson - Casino Kate: The Cat by K. Ross

The Winey Bean - 3937 Tennyson - Crazy Quilt Cat by Joan A. Lee

Flesher-Hinton Music Co - 3936 Tennyson - Helios by Karen R. Mahnken

Hops & Pie - 3920 Tennyson - Misty by Pam Schmidt

Cake - 3832 Tennyson - Claudia Monette by Jane McFadden Dorsey (Claudia is our 2012 Drawing Cat - in addition to Cake, she'll be at Tenn Street Art during the First Friday Art Walk, July 6, and be part of the Horseshoe Market on Saturday, July 14)

Drawing Kitty: Claudia Monette by Jane McFadden Dorsey In addition to the Painted Cats being auctioned, local artist Jane McFadden Dorsey has again created the project's official 'drawing kitty.' This year it's Claudia Monette. For a $10.00 donation per ticket, names are entered in a drawing to take her home. Claudia Monette will be present at the District's Horseshoe Market on Saturday, July 14. The winner of Claudia Monette will be announced at the July 28th Gala.

About Tails of the Painted Cats Some of the Painted Cats are standing, and some are sitting, but they are all unique, original decorator pieces. You can visit the Online Gallery at http://www.catcaresociety.org/paintedcatsgallery.html. The larger (about 28" tall) Painted Cats each started with an opening bid of $300 and the smaller Painted Cats opened at $150 (bids increase in $50 increments). Advanced online bidding is available at http://BidOnACat.blogspot.com through Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at noon (MDT). Advanced bids can also be placed by calling Suellen Scott, CCS director of development, at 303-239-9680, ext. 19.

On July 28th, the Painted Cats will be auctioned at Cat Care Society's Gala Dinner Auction at Lakewood Country Club. The emcee is Ed Greene, CBS4 Weather & News Anchor. The auctioneers are Warren and Terri Smith of Two for the Show Auctions. Individual tickets for the Gala are $75.00 each. New this year is an individual patron ticket to a private VIP Meet & Greet prior to the dinner on July 28 where Ed Greene will sign the 2013 'Weather Cat' painted cat -- $100.00 each. Details regarding sponsorships, table upgrades and proxy bidding are also available by calling Suellen Scott, CCS director of development, at 303-239-9680, ext. 19.

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media Newswire

This week: The Acro-Cats Pounce On Denver - Benefiting Cat Care Society Again!

The Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado (3654 Navajo St.) welcomes Samantha Martin and The Amazing Acro-Cats, one of only four performing house-cat troupes in the U.S., July 6th – 8th and July 11th – 14th as part of their 2012 Summer Tour.

See the Amazing Acro-Cats Live and in Purr-son in Denver...

Fri July 6 @ 7 & 10 pm

Sat July 7 @ 4, 7 & 10 pm

Sun July 8 @ 1, 4 & 7 pm

Wed July 11 @ 7 pm

Thurs July 12 @ 7 pm

Fri July 13 @ 7 & 10 pm

Sat July 14th @ 1, 4 & 7pm

Tickets $15 / /$12 children 12 and under.

Advance ticket orders are recommended - order at: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3482653711/es2?srnk=2

A portion of the proceeds from this show will again benefit Cat Care Society, Lakewood, CO. www.catcaresociety.org

Thank you, Acro-Cats for helping the shelter cats at Cat Care Society again this year!

Read more about the Acro-Cats Denver Gig:

303 Magazine

Denver Post

Westword

Lakewood Pet Examiner