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Innovating is a team sport, and the Colorado life sciences and health innovation communities are known for their collaboration. With academic and research facilities across the state educating and employing the top minds in tomorrow’s ideas, we know the next big discoveries and cures are waiting to be uncovered against the backdrop of our modern infrastructure and giant mountains.
CU Boulder's National Ranking for Startups Launched
(AUTM, 2025)
R1 Designated Research Universities
(Carnegie Classification)
Federal Labs, One of the Largest Concentrations in the U.S.
(COLABS)
CLIA-Accredited Labs
(CLIA)
Our Success Stories
Meet our community
Building a Research Career in Colorado: Insights from an Inaugural Boettcher Investigator
For Robin Dowell, D.Sc., Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder BioFrontiers Institute, Colorado offers the right environment for a bold, interdisciplinary scientific career. Her research merges genetics and computer science to investigate transcriptional...
Onconaut Therapeutics Advances Precision Oncology from the University of Colorado Anschutz
For Dan LaBarbera, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Onconaut Therapeutics, Colorado provides the momentum and support needed to accelerate first- and best-in-class cancer therapies rooted in decades of scientific discovery. As Professor and Director of the CU Anschutz Center for...
Umoja Biopharma’s Colorado Momentum
The mission-driven team at Umoja Biopharma is advancing next-generation in vivo CAR T therapies. Recently named as “Company of the Year” at Colorado BioScience Association's 22nd Annual Awards Celebration Presented by AGC Biologics, Umoja’s Colorado footprint includes the CLIMB, a...
EnteroTrack Founder Robin Shandas, Ph.D., Transforms GI Biopsies at Fitzsimons Innovation Community
For Robin Shandas, Ph.D., innovation begins with listening to physicians and patients who are frustrated by repeat biopsies and eager for relief. The bioengineer and entrepreneur, a Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering at University of Colorado Denver’s Department of Bioengineering, part...
Bringing Life Sciences Innovators Home to Colorado
Fitzsimons Innovation Community brings you a new tool, our just-released eBook, entitled Bringing Life Sciences Innovators Home to Colorado. This is a resource for life sciences companies who are considering building or relocating to Colorado. Consider this eBook a guide...
How a Serial Entrepreneur Plans to Bring Biotech Innovation Hubs to Colorado
When Afshin Safavi moved to Colorado with his wife and two daughters in 2016, he intended to retire. The serial entrepreneur and veteran biochemist had spent the first ten years of his career working for innovative pharmaceutical companies like Bayer,...
Growth Mindset
Life Sciences Infrastructure
in Colorado
Colorado is a startup powerhouse. The CU System ranks fifth in the nation for startup creation. The state’s R1 universities boast highly respected venture partner organizations with highly experienced teams supporting technology transfer.
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines Technology Transfer Office
Chemical & Biological Engineering
Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
CU Innovations
Children's Hospital Colorado | Children's Hospital Center for Innovations
UC Health | UC Health Care Innovation Center
School of Medicine
School of Dental Medicine
College of Nursing
Colorado School of Public Health
Skaggs School of Pharmacy
Gates Institute: Translational Research Institute with Biomanufacturing Capabilities for Cell & Gene Therapy
Patent Office
USPTO's Rocky Mountain Regional Office (RMRO) - Denver
Colorado State University
BioMARC
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
CSU Strata
University of Colorado Boulder
BioFrontiers Institute
Venture Partners at CU Boulder
CMOs & CDMOs
KBI Biopharma - Boulder
AGC Biologics - Boulder
AGC Biologics - Longmont
Cambrex - Longmont
Corden Pharma - Boulder
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