CBSA Focus: Boettcher Investigators Announced...Boettcher Investigators Collaborate

Quoting from the Colorado BioScience Association June Focus newsletter:

"The Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees released the names of the seven early-career scientists selected for the fifth class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program...

...As members of the first class of Boettcher Investigators selected in 2010, Keith Neeves and Melissa Reynolds are each making their own marks in the scientific community."

Link to the pdf of CBSA's June Focus Newsletter (see pages two and three)

Colorado College: 'Amy Dounay Receives $225,000 Biomedical Research Award'

Quoting from the June 12th posting:

"Colorado College Assistant Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Amy Dounay ’96, who came to CC as a student on a Boettcher Scholarship and graduated with a B.A. in chemistry, has been awarded a $225,000 Boettcher Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award. She is one of only seven scientists in the state to receive the award this year. 

Award recipients represent 'some of the finest scientific minds in the state,' said Tim Schultz, president and executive director of the Boettcher Foundation. 'We are honored to have the opportunity to support their research, which has the potential to have significant impacts on human health.'"

Link to the Colorado College news story

CU Connections: 'CU leads fifth class of Boettcher Investigators'

Quoting from the June 12th CU Connections:

"Four University of Colorado medical researchers are among the 2014 Class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. Each early career scientist will receive a grant of $225,000 to further groundbreaking work that holds promise for improving human health. 

The announcement was made June 3 by Theodore F. Schlegel, M.D., chairman of the Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees. Starting its fifth year, the Boettcher Investigators program provides for the discovery of new knowledge that improves human health through the investment in and advancement of early career scientists."

Link to CU Connections

CSU: 'Researcher studies obesity, cardiovascular disease'

Quoting from the June 6th posting:

"Christopher Gentile wants to find out why obese people are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, and he just received one of the state's biggest biomedical research grants to do it.

Gentile, an assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Colorado State University, is one of only seven scientists in the state to receive a $225,000 grant from the Boettcher Foundation to support his research, which focuses on a part of the cell believed to cause decreased health in blood vessels.

During the three-year study, Gentile will use animal models to pinpoint the cell component believed to make vessels rigid and lose their ability to constrict and dilate in cases of obesity or diabetes. If the cellular culprit is confirmed, he and his team will apply their findings to humans by testing a blocking agent’s effectiveness in a group of obese test subjects as well as a control group."

Link to the full article at Today@Colorado State

BizWest: '7 scientists named Boettcher Investigators'

Quoting from yesterday's posting:

"Seven early-career scientists were selected this week by the Boettcher Foundation board of trustees for the fifth class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program.

Loren Hough, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and Christopher Gentile, an assistant professor of food science and human nutrition at Colorado State University, were among those chosen."

Link to BizWest

InnovatioNews: 'Boettcher Foundation honors seven scientists with selection to Webb-Waring Investigators class'

Quoting from yesterday's posting in InnovatioNews:

"The Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees today released the names of the seven early-career scientists selected for the fifth class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program...

...The 2014 Class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program includes:

* Kunhua Song, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, assistant professor of medicine – Regenerative medicine and heart development/disease

* Roger A. Bannister, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, assistant professor of medicine, Cardiology Division – Skeletal andcardiac muscle physiology

* Subhajyoti De, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine – Cancer genomics; lung cancer; somatic mutations; DNA damage and repair; algorithm development; optimization

* Loren Hough, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder, assistant professor of physics – Structural biology of order and disordered proteins

* Christopher L. Gentile, PhD, Colorado State University, assistant professor of food science and human nutrition – Molecular causes of vascular dysfunction

* Amy B. Dounay, PhD, Colorado College, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry – Medicinal chemistry for African Sleeping Sickness

* Rachel L. Zemans, MD, National Jewish Hospital, assistant professor of medicine – Resolution of Alveolar Epithelial Permeability after Lung Injury Boettcher Investigators are awarded grants of $225,000, covering up to three years of research with a goal for these early-career scientists to establish themselves and become competitive for major awards from federal agencies and private foundations."

Link to InnovatioNews

Other coverage:

Link to DeviceSpace.com

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Link to pharmiweb.com

Link to the BBC Record

Link to Yahoo! Finance

Boettcher Foundation Announces 2014 Boettcher Investigators; Celebrating Fifth Class of Colorado's Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program

Seven early-career scientists are joining the ranks of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program, with today’s announcement from Theodore F. Schlegel, M.D., Chairman of the Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees.

“The Boettcher Foundation Board is pleased to celebrate our fifth class in this very specialized and important niche of biomedical research,” Schlegel said. “Our investigators now number 29, and several of our early Investigators are already achieving significant advancements in their areas of research.”

The 2014 Class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program includes:

* Kunhua Song, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Assistant Professor of Medicine - Regenerative medicine and heart development/disease

* Roger A. Bannister, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division - Skeletal and cardiac muscle physiology

* Subhajyoti De, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine - Cancer genomics; lung cancer; somatic mutations; DNA damage and repair; algorithm development; optimization

* Loren Hough, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder, Assistant Professor of Physics - Structural biology of order and disordered proteins

* Christopher L. Gentile, PhD, Colorado State University, Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition - Molecular causes of vascular dysfunction

* Amy B. Dounay, PhD, Colorado College, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Medicinal chemistry for African Sleeping Sickness

* Rachel L. Zemans, MD, National Jewish Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine - Resolution of Alveolar Epithelial Permeability after Lung Injury

“The new class of Boettcher Investigators represents some of the finest scientific minds in the state, and we are honored to have the opportunity to support their research, which has the potential to have significant impacts on human health,” said Tim Schultz, President and Executive Director of the Boettcher Foundation. 

Boettcher Investigators are awarded grants of $225,000, covering up to three years of research with a goal for these early-career scientists to establish themselves and become competitive for major awards from federal agencies and private foundations. With the addition of the 2014 Class, there are now 29 Boettcher Investigators conducting research in the following Colorado institutions: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State University, National Jewish Health, Colorado School of Mines and Colorado College.

The Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program was created in 2008, as the result of an innovative agreement among the Boettcher Foundation, the Webb-Waring Foundation for Biomedical Research and the University of Colorado. Through the program, the Boettcher Foundation now invests more than $1.5 million each year into efforts to increase Colorado's competitiveness in biomedical science.

Link to the full release

Link to the related Business Wire release

Melissa Reynolds: 'Diazemed looks for investors to help take its naturally coated medical devices to market'

Quoting today's InnovatioNews posting about Diazemed, the company founded by Boettcher Investigator Melissa Reynolds in 2010:

"FORT COLLINS – Melissa Reynolds is confident her approach to developing revolutionary, anti-rejection coatings for medical devices is the right one.

And she’s embarked on a long road to take her natural-based coatings to market and – with any luck – a high level of profitability.

'Other people have tried, but they’re not as good as we are at developing new innovative technologies that have overcome the issues with other similar types of materials,' said Reynolds, a Colorado State University chemistry assistant professor who founded her own company – Diazamed – in 2010."

Link to the full article

Video: Boettcher Foundation Pres/ED Introduces 2013 Boettcher Investigators to Bioscience Community

Tim Schultz, President and Executive Director of Boettcher Foundation, introduced the 2013 Class of Boettcher Investigators to the Colorado bioscience community at the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA)Tenth Annual Awards Dinner on November 7 at the Marriott City Center in Denver. Video:

 
http://youtu.be/zLbQJkEdKw4

The 2013 (fourth) Class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program includes:

* Dr. Amrut V. Ambardekar, M.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Assistant Professor of Medicine — Cardiology, Myocardial Recovery After Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

* Dr. Joseph A. Brzezinski, Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Mechanisms of Retinal Development and Disease

* Dr. Soyeon Park, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Molecular Mechanisms of Proteasome Biogenesis

* Dr. Abigail L. Person, Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Corollary Discharge Pathways Underlying Schizophrenia Symptoms

* Dr. Michael Strong, Ph.D., National Jewish Health, Assistant Professor of Genes, Environment, and Health, Genomics of Respiratory Disease Associated Pathogens

* Dr. Lucas Argueso, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Assistant Professor of Radiation and Cancer Biology, Gene Copy Number Variation

* Dr. Brad Borlee, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Assistant Professor of Bacteriology, Molecular Regulation of Bacterial Pathogenesis

* Dr. Melissa Krebs, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Controlled Delivery of Therapeutics from Biopolymer Systems

With the addition of the 2013 Class, there are now 22 Boettcher Investigators conducting research in the following Colorado institutions: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State University, National Jewish Health and Colorado School of Mines. All grant awards are $225,000.

Link to the related May 30th Business Wire

CU Newsroom: 'Boettcher Foundation picks investigators for Webb-Waring Program'

Quoting from the 6/11 posting:

"Three CU School of Medicine scholars are among the Boettcher Foundation 2013 Class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. They are Amrut Ambardekar, MD, instructor of medicine – cardiology; Joseph Brzezinski, PhD, assistant professor of ophthalmology; and Abigail Person, PhD, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics."

Link to the CU Denver Newsroom

CSU: 'Researchers named Boettcher Investigators'

 Quoting from the June 3rd issue:

"Lucas Argueso, an environmental and radiological health sciences professor, and Brad Borlee microbiology, immunology and pathology professor, will each receive a three-year, $225,000 grant as part of the Boettcher Foundation’s Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program, which helps recruit, retain and advance scientific talent in Colorado."

Link to Today@ColoradoState

WSJ.com: 'Colorado BioScience Association Commends Boettcher Foundation For Ongoing Commitment To Early-Career Investigators Through Its Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program'

 Quoting from yesterday's posting:

"The Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees released the names of the eight early-career scientists selected for the fourth class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. The announcement is made by April Giles, President and CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), who said 'Our association commends Boettcher Foundation for its ongoing commitment to this stellar program that assists early-career investigators in our state to continue their important research.'

Launched in 2010, the Webb-Waring Biomedical Biomedical Research program fills an unmet need in the state by assisting early-career investigators engaged in biomedical sciences to advance their research. Further, the program honors the tradition of Colorado's Webb and Waring families by investing in science that has the possibility of making significant contributions to human health. Boettcher Foundation is a Titanium Sponsor of the CBSA.

Timothy W. Schultz, President and Executive Director of the Boettcher Foundation, said 'Through this program, the Boettcher Foundation has been able to bring resources to an area where funds are currently lacking and where federal and private research programs provide limited support. Early-career investigators quite frequently have a difficult time securing a first opportunity at an independent research effort that will move them out of the laboratory of their mentors and onto their own new and exciting areas of discovery.'"

Link to online.wsj.com

Coverage Overview: 2013 Boettcher Investigators

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Today @ Colorado State: 'What do Nick Fisk, Melissa Reynolds and Tingting Yao have in common?'

Quoting from yesterday's Today @ Colorado State news:

"They’re all faculty members who share the prestigious Boettcher Investigator title - one of the most prestigious research funding sources in Colorado that helps recruit, retain and advance scientific talent in the state."

 Link to the posting

Boettcher Foundation Introduces 2012 Investigators to Colorado's Bioscience Community

The 2012 class of Boettcher Investigators was formally introduced to Colorado's Bioscience Community at the Colorado BioScience Association's Annual Awards Dinner celebration, December 6, in Denver.

Timothy Schulz, Boettcher Foundation Executive Director, made the presentation.

The 2012 Boettcher Investigators include:

• Dr. Harald Junge, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology , University of Colorado Boulder. Investigating retinal vascular development.

• Dr. Matthew Kennedy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology , University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Investigating molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s pathology.

• Dr. Chad Pearson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology , University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Investigating organization of microtubule cytoskeleton for cell divisioning and signaling.

View the presentation video: http://youtu.be/AyP_dDXyZCk

Link to the Boettcher Foundation Biomedical Research webpage

Aurora Sentinel: 'Mothering inventions: Leg up for Anschutz researchers'

The Aurora Sentinel's Brandon Johansson recently introduced us to the 2012 Boettcher Investigators...

"Three University of Colorado doctors — including two at the Anschutz Medical Campus — have been chosen for a program aimed at helping researchers get a leg up early in their career.

The doctors, Chad Pearson, Matthew Kennedy and Harald Junge, have been named to the 2012 class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program.

The program is in its third year and supports scientists at the start of their careers, when support can be hard to come by...

... At Colorado BioScience Association, officials said the program is vital because it helps nurture early-career research that can lead to important discoveries."

Link to the article

Quoting the Aurora Sentinel: "Chad Pearson stands next to his lab area Friday morning, June 22 at Research Complex 1 South on Anschutz Medical Campus. Pearson is one of three University of Colorado doctors named to the 2012 class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)"

CU Connections: 'Trio of CU biomed scientists named Boettcher Investigators'

Quoting from CU's June 7th posting:

"Three University of Colorado researchers have been named to the 2012 class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. This is the third year for the program, which supports early career scientists in their work toward making discoveries that improve human health."

Link to the article

2012 Class of 'Boettcher Investigators' Announced

The Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees has released the names of the three early-career scientists selected for the third class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program.

Timothy W. Schultz, President and Executive Director of the Boettcher Foundation, said "Through this program, the Boettcher Foundation has been able to bring resources to an area where funds are currently lacking and where federal and private research programs provide limited support. Early-career investigators quite frequently have a difficult time securing a first opportunity at an independent research effort that will move them out of the laboratory of their mentors and onto their own new and exciting areas of discovery."

The 2012 (third) Class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program includes:

* Harald Junge, Ph.D. , University of Colorado at Boulder, Retinal Vascular Development and Disease

* Matthew Kennedy, Ph.D., University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, Molecular Mechanisms of Alzheimer's Pathology

* Chad G. Pearson, Ph.D., University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, Organization of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton for Cell Division and Signaling

With the addition of the 2012 Class, there are now fourteen Boettcher Investigators conducting research in the following Colorado institutions: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State University, National Jewish Health and Colorado School of Mines.

Link to the Business Wire release

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2011 Boettcher Investigators Introduced to Colorado Bioscience Community

The 2011 class of Boettcher Investigators was introduced to Colorado's Bioscience Community at the Colorado BioScience Association's Annual Awards Dinner celebration, December 8, in Denver. Timothy Schulz, Boettcher Foundation Executive Director, made the presentation, along with Ted White, chair of the Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees.

The 2011 Boettcher Investigators include: 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; Robert Doebele, M.D., Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; and John D. (Nick) Fisk, Ph.D., Colorado State University. Video of the presentation follows:


http://youtu.be/ub8azy2KG8M

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)