The UCCS Center of the University of Colorado Biofrontiers Institute is devoted to collaborations between scientists across disciplines to advance biotechnology. The initial focus of the UCCS Center will be to do research at the border between biology and physics.

Our goal is to attract talented researchers and students by providing an environment that encourages and rewards innovative thinking and collaborative research. As the Institute grows, additional research areas will be added, bridging such disciplines as physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, computational science, and biology.

We currently have six faculty members whose research will contribute to the Biofrontiers effort. We have extensive lab facilities and equipment in the new Osborne Science and Engineering Center. Funding is in place to hire additional researchers and to obtain additional equipment.

The Biofrontiers Institute began st CU Boulder as the Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology (CIMB) and has evolved into a system-wide program. The Institute is currently headed by Tom Cech (Nobel Prize winner) and Leslie Leinwand. We anticipate active collaboration between researchers at the different campuses.

The Biofrontiers Institute at UCCS is funded by a generous donation from the CU Foundation.

For more information, please contact:

Robert Camley, Professor of Physics
rcamley@uccs.edu
719-255-3512

Marilyn Burnett, Operations Manager
mburnett@uccs.edu
719-255-3964