Research Innovation Center next linchpin in battling disease

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University is about to ratchet up its infectious disease research capability once again with the addition of a Research Innovation Center, where scientists and business entrepreneurs can mingle and work on breakthroughs in the treatment of a variety of illness-causing bugs.

Earlier this month, CSU unveiled the Rocky Mountain Regional Biocontainment Laboratory on the university’s Foothills Research Campus in west Fort Collins. The $30 million laboratory, which features Level 2 biosecure laboratory space (Level 3 is highest), is part of an infectious disease research complex planned for the campus that will also include the RIC when…