Colorado’s universities lead bioscience charge

BOULDER — The exterior looks like a factory, and the interior is cavernous. The Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building dominates the university’s East Campus.

But the building is not simply an impressive addition to the Boulder skyline. The University of Colorado Boulder’s 336,800-square-foot, $145 million research facility is the new home of the university’s chemical and biological engineering program and hosts some of the groundbreaking bioscience research that is being conducted around the state.

Gillespie Professor of Bioengineering Ted Randolph said the building satisfies the needs of his laboratory, which evolved along with the field of…