BioSciences Colorado Pillar

743_ Colorado State Government Talks about the BioScience Pillar 
The BioWest Conference and Expo has earned the reputation of being the Rocky Mountain region’s preferred venue for visiting with researchers discussing their newest discoveries and meeting founders of the area’s most innovative and promising bioscience start-up companies. The conference included a panel on Investor Relations For Life science Companies (panel included Charles Duncan, Managing Director, Senior Biotechnology Analyst for JMP Securities; Joe Turner, former CFO, Myogen; Derek Cole, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, ARCA Biopharma); The Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference with three company presentations; The State Of Colorado - Inside Look at the Economy and Economic Development with Don Elliman, Chief Operating Officer, State of Colorado Don Marostica, Director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade and moderated by Richard Duke, President and CEO of CID4; Tech Transfer Posters; and the Annual Awards Dinner (winners included: Lifetime Achievement - Thomas Cech, a Nobel Laureate and director of the University of Colorado at Boulder's Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology; Lifetime Achievement - Leslie Leinwand, a CU professor and chief scientific officer of CU' Boulder's Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology, co-founded Myogen; Company of the Year - Accera Inc., a Broomfield-based drug development company, launched a prescription drug that fights Alzheimer's disease; Rising Star - MiRagen Therapeutics Inc., founded in 2007, develops microRNA-based drugs to treat cardiovascular and muscle disease; Volunteer of the Year - Dan Mitchell, a Boulder-based Sequel Venture Partners partner, serves on the Colorado BioScience Association board; Partner of the Year, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade; Educator of the Year, Corinne Carlson; Erin Silver was named the Chairman's Award Recipient ...listen for more...
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