The 2010 Season of BioBeers kicks-off on Tuesday 2 March 6:30pm. This is not your mother’s, uncle’s, brother’s BioBeers. The format has been re-engineered with the hope that you will find attending the Meetups more valuable than ever. But it takes a village to make BioBeers, that is why I urge you to visit http://www.BioBeers.com to sign-up for notifications and importantly to RSVP to the upcoming and downstream events – and…(please) invite your friends and colleagues to sign-up at the site too.

At the new online BioBeers home you will find, among many other bells and whistles, the 2010 BioBeers schedule (each quarter an event in Boulder AND Denver will be held), as well as view who will be attending, now that is cool and injects some serious efficiencies for those of you fixated on networking, and why shouldn’t you be?

For those Life Science Deal Flow readers outside of Colorado who may be interested in establishing your own local BioBeers chapter – shoot me an email [arubenstein@rnaventures.com] and we will get you set up with your own unique URL, e.g. http://www.BioBeers.com/YourLocalGroupName and other fun stuff.

And now for the details…Come Kickoff the 2010 BioBeers Season at BioBeers – Boulder.

Twisted Pine will once again play host (directions available at http://www.BioBeers.com) Note: please arrive promptly at 6:30pm. Feel free to arrive earlier and stay later however, the formal event kicks-off at 6:30 sharp and lasts for one hour.

SCHEDULE:

6:30 – 6:35 Welcome & News Announcements
6:35 – 6:40 Speed Intros
6:40 – 6:50 Presentation and Q&A | CID4 more info below
6:50 – 7:00 Presentation and Q&A | UCBC more info below
7:00 – 7:30 BioBeers schmooze-fest
7:30 – ?:?? BioBeers specials and programming end but feel free to stick around…

ABOUT PRESENTERS:

Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development

President and CEO of CID4 Rick Duke, Ph.D. and COO of CID4 Kevin Smith will be on hand to enlighten us about the recent CID4 launch as well as the RFP to help fund Colorado technologies in the gap-stage between proof-of-concept and first in (wo)man studies.

CID4 provides management expertise to efficiently transform emerging life science technologies into commercial successes. We do this by identifying and funding potential opportunities, and by utilizing an advanced leadership team to ensure speed to market, putting new products and services to work where they are needed.

University Colorado Bioengineering Center

Robin Shandas, Ph.D. head of the Bioengineering department with a joint appointment as research professor of mechanical engineering at CU-Boulder, and serial-entrepreneur will provide details about this recently launched program.

The University of Colorado Denver announced that it will be home to the first Bioengineering Department in the state, pending Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) approval on March 5. This new department aims to bring engineers, clinicians and medical researchers together.

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