Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

July 2009 Issue

• Two local businesses named semi-finalists in regional Clean Tech Open
  InnovaTek and NHThree, both based in Richland, Wash., have been selected as semi-finalists in the inaugural Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open competition. more...
• Research District welcomes new tenants, honors SIGN
  The Tri-Cities Research District, located in Richland, Wash., recently welcomed two businesses that have located offices within the Research District boundaries, and also honored the Surgical Implant Generation Network for its contributions toward making the Research District successful. more...
• Meier Architecture – Engineering honored
  Meier Architecture - Engineering, based in Kennewick, Wash., was named one of "Washington's Best 100 Companies to Work For." The company ranked 22nd in the small business category on the list compiled by Seattle Business Magazine. more...
• AMIC to test isotope production
  Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation, of Kennewick, Wash., and the University of Missouri are collaborating on preparations to test and develop prototype compact devices to produce the isotope molybdenum-99 more quickly and at lower cost. more...
• Dade Moeller president receives award
  The president and chief executive officer of Dade Moeller & Associates, based in Richland, Wash., has been honored by the Mid-Columbia Leadership Development Association. more...
• WBBA welcomes new staff member
  The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association named Stacie Byars as the new director of marketing and membership. more...
• Green Recognition program accepting nominations
  The City of Richland is taking applications for the 2009 "Green Recognition" awards. The yearly recognition program honors business, organizations, groups, schools or individuals in several "green" categories -- overall effort, project, process change or other. more...

• Technology commercialization grant funding
  The Life Sciences Discovery Fund is accepting pre-proposals for its 2009 Summer Commercialization Grant Competition. more...
• NREL Industry Growth Forum accepting applications
  The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is accepting applications to present at the 22nd NREL Industry Growth Forum in Denver, Colo. more...
• National Institutes of Health funding under Recovery Act
  The National Institutes of Health is accepting proposals for projects that will be funded under the agency's new "Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the Acceleration of New Technologies" Pilot Program. more...
• Department of Defense funding under Recovery Act
  The Department of Defense is accepting proposals for projects that will be funded under the agency's "Near Term Energy-Efficient Technologies Recovery Plan." The program is funded through the money the agency received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. more...
• Web portal provides grant writing assistance
  The Department of Energy's Small Business Innovation Research Program has launched a Technical Assistance Program commercialization web portal to provide applicants and other energy entrepreneurs with the necessary tools, training, and support to write a successful SBIR proposal. more...
• Exhibit at SmartMap Expo
  The Tri-City Development Council is accepting applications for vendors at its annual SmartMap Expo. more...
• Sponsorships available for Harvesting Clean Energy conference
  Conference coordinators for the 10th annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference have sponsorship opportunities available for the event, which will be held in February 2010 in Kennewick, Wash. more...
• Online resources
  1) The article "Clean tech a bright spot in economy" was published in the Tri-City Herald on May 17. more...

• BioSpace career fair
  JULY 16. The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association is holding the BioSpace Career Fair in conjunction with its annual summer social at the Naval Reserve Center in Lake Union Park in Seattle, Wash. more...
• Lab2Market Entrepreneurship Academy
  AUGUST 25-27 and SEPTEMBER 15-16. REGISTER BY JULY 15. The 2009 Lab2Market Entrepreneurship Academy will be held in August and September in Portland, Ore. more...
• 2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference
  SEPTEMBER 21-23. REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 11. The 2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference will be held September 21-23 at the DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Portland, Ore. more...
• SmartMap Expo
  OCTOBER 1. The Tri-Cities Development Council will hold its annual SmartMap Expo, on October 1 at the Trade, Recreation, and Agricultural Center in Pasco, Wash. more...
• Harvesting Clean Energy 2010
  FEBRUARY 7-10, 2010. The 10th annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference will be held at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Wash., in February. more...

• PNNL creates distinguished postdoctoral fellowship program
  Scientists and engineers are invited to apply for the new Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash. more...
• Trapping proteins that work together inside living cells
  Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., have developed a new crosslinking tool that is small and unobtrusive enough to use in live cells to try to understand how proteins work together and which ones work together. more...

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Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.