Thanks to all who attended the CU Anschutz Innovation Forum
CU Innovations, Startup Toolbox and Academia Industry Alliance (AIA) hosted a 3-day event on June 10-12th that highlighted the diversity of innovation at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Engaging presentations and panel discussions demystified the innovation journey. Key sessions covered company formation, building inclusive teams and career opportunities. CU researchers, start-ups and industry partners participated and networked at this successful event!
Congratulations to the winners of the Venture Showcase: NowVitals, pitched by Robin Deterding, MD, and Vināśa Oncology, pitched by Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD!
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Agenda
Building upon the success of last year's Stories of Women-Led Innovation Event, this forum continued highlighting the achievements and challenges faced by our women innovators and demystifying the innovation pathway through presentations and panel discussions. Sessions covered intellectual property protection, building inclusive teams and addressing bias in the context of academic innovation.
Attendees were excited to hear from our keynote speaker, Gitanjali Rao, aspiring scientist, inventor and author!
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
This event aimed to educate and inspire entrepreneurs at all stages. Featuring panels on company formation, funding biomedical discoveries and creating strategic alliances, each session included interactive elements and the chance to network with potential partners from the Anschutz campus and beyond.
Attendees got to know Jodie Morrison, CEO of Q32 Bio, and Kimberly Muller, Executive Director of CU Innovations, through their Fireside Chat Keynote.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Congratulations to the judge vote winner, NowVitals pitched by Robin Deterding, MD, and the audience vote winner, Vināśa Oncology pitched by Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD!
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
With sessions featuring scientific talks, career panels, and a 2-hour networking lunch, RMBTS offered a prime platform to highlight scientific advancements and career opportunities, and foster collaboration within Colorado's scientific community.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
Kimberly Casalvieri PhD
Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry, Cambrex
Kimberly received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 2011. She spent time working in formulation development at Johnson & Johnson and synthetic organic chemistry at MitoChem Therapeutics prior to completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. Since her Ph.D., she has worked as a process chemist at Cambrex Corporation in Longmont, CO. In her role she is responsible for optimizing synthetic routes to active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, safety, reproducibility, scalability, and yield. As a project lead, she is responsible for presenting work both internally and externally to clients and works directly with manufacturing colleagues to support the successful production of active pharmaceutical ingredients on the gram to kilogram scale.
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