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Trace Biosciences

Operating Company · Beaverton, OR

Trace Biosciences is a biotechnology startup based in Beaverton, Oregon that develops imaging agents for surgery to highlight detailed anatomy in real-time. The company was co-founded by OHSU professor Summer Gibbs, Ph.D., and colleagues from Oregon Health & Science University.

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Portland's tech nickname comes from Intel's massive Oregon manufacturing presence, but Tektronix — an electronics and test-equipment company — was there first, decades earlier, and helped seed the engineering culture Intel later built on. Oregon Health & Science University anchors a health-tech side that runs alongside software and cleantech in the Willamette Valley.

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