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Fitzsimons Innovation Community Celebrates Women Leaders
Blog | Mar 26, 2024

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Celebrates Women Leaders

The first time April Giles, Vice President of Business Development for Fitzsimons Innovation Community, spent real time on the University of Colorado School of Medicine campus she was in elementary school. At the time, her mom was one of three women in her medical school class and the only student in the program who had young children. Giles and her sister would often spend time in the halls of the university doing homework or exploring while their mom was in class or clinic. When we talked with Giles about Women’s History Month and how she is shaping leadership and strategy at Fitzsimons Innovation Community, she was quick to bring up that her mom had set an early example of what it looks like for women to push boundaries, break barriers, and pursue their dreams.

Colorado Wants to be No. 1 Destination for Life Science Companies
News | Feb 27, 2024

Colorado Wants to be No. 1 Destination for Life Science Companies

Nearly two dozen Colorado organizations hope to leverage the momentum of a growing life sciences sector in the state with a new campaign that recruits more companies to locate here. The effort, called the Colorado Hub for Health Impact, touts the state's highly educated talent pool, central U.S. location, successful fundraising and more as reasons to make Colorado a hub for health innovation, its leaders say.

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Partners with Colorado Hub for Health Impact, a National Economic Development Campaign to Attract Health Innovation Companies to the State
News | Feb 27, 2024

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Partners with Colorado Hub for Health Impact, a National Economic Development Campaign to Attract Health Innovation Companies to the State

Colorado Hub for Health Impact, a new national economic development campaign elevating Colorado as America’s epicenter for life sciences innovation launches today. More than 20 life sciences organizations, economic development groups, local governments, developers, and builders invest to bring new, high-growth companies to Colorado.

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Partners with the Colorado Hub for Health Impact Campaign
Blog | Feb 27, 2024

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Partners with the Colorado Hub for Health Impact Campaign

If it has to do with health and innovation in Colorado, Fitzsimons Innovation Community is bound to be a part of it. We are especially proud to be an Innovator Partner in our state’s life sciences ecosystem campaign: Colorado Hub for Health Impact. This campaign brings together more than 20 Colorado organizations to promote the benefits of working, living, and discovering in Colorado to a national audience. The campaign is spreading the word about how our excellent infrastructure, lab and manufacturing space, and outstanding academic and research institutions make the perfect home for life sciences companies of all sizes.

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Receives AC-REP’s Gamechanger Award
News | Feb 22, 2024

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Receives AC-REP’s Gamechanger Award

Aurora's A1 Boxing is helping kids get off the streets and into the ring, and a city initiative is helping to fund it. It's all part of Aurora's goal to put an end to youth violence. Also on this week's show, the Aurora Police Department launches a new high-tech way for residents to track crime in our city; meet an Aurora couple who may have the answer for finding ever-lasting love; and we'll take you behind-the-scenes of the Aurora Eatery at the Town Center of Aurora.

Nature Showcases Strength of Fitzsimons’ Collaborative Environment for Advancing Health Innovation
News | Feb 01, 2024

Nature Showcases Strength of Fitzsimons’ Collaborative Environment for Advancing Health Innovation

Johannes Fruehauf recognized a need for co-working laboratories — flexible rental lab spaces with shared equipment and consumables — a few years before he sold his first biotechnology spin-out company, Cequent Pharmaceuticals, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2010. At the time, he had started providing wet-lab consulting services to venture capitalists, so they could see whether he could replicate results from start-up companies that they were considering investing in. Some of those small companies asked whether they could rent a corner of his lab.

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Presents Our Third Annual Innovation Report
Blog | Jan 30, 2024

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Presents Our Third Annual Innovation Report

At Fitzsimons Innovation Community, we know January is one of the best times to look forward, set goals, and make plans for the year ahead. But it’s also a great time to reflect on the successes of the prior year, and our newly released 2023 Fitzsimons Innovation Community Innovation Report is our favorite way to do that.

A Decade of Discovery
Blog | Dec 19, 2023

A Decade of Discovery

Back in December of 2013, Jian Zhang, Ph.D. and Founder and CEO of Z Biotech, was doing advanced research in glycobiology and just starting his company. He was a one-man show, and, in 2014, opened with one bench in the Bioscience 1 building. While he was just getting started then, glycobiology is now one of the fastest growing scientific fields, and Dr. Zhang has been one of its trailblazers. He and his team are now celebrating Z Biotech’s tenth anniversary, and we’re proud to say they’ve been blazing those trails here at Fitzsimons Innovation Community for the past decade.

ColoradoBiz Features Cutting-Edge Health Innovations Showcased at Media Pitch Day
News | Dec 14, 2023

ColoradoBiz Features Cutting-Edge Health Innovations Showcased at Media Pitch Day

Dive into the forefront of bioscience at the Fitzsimons Innovation Community Showcase, where groundbreaking advancements redefine health and life sciences. Bioscience companies from across the region showcased their advancements and discoveries on Sept. 27 at an event held at the Benson Hotel and Faculty Club and hosted by Fitzsimons Innovation Community and Aimco.

STAQ Pharma: How One Denver Company Plans to Help with National Cancer Drug Shortage
News | Dec 13, 2023

STAQ Pharma: How One Denver Company Plans to Help with National Cancer Drug Shortage

Staq Pharma Inc. opened its FDA-certified facility for pharmaceutical compounding and packaging in 2019 in Denver. The company plans a similar but larger facility in Columbus.

Innosphere Ventures Fund Announces Major Investment in GelSana to Revolutionize Advanced Wound Care
News | Nov 30, 2023

Innosphere Ventures Fund Announces Major Investment in GelSana to Revolutionize Advanced Wound Care

Fort Collins, CO, Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innosphere Ventures Fund is thrilled to announce a significant follow-on investment in GelSana, a groundbreaking company in the advanced wound care industry. GelSana has secured $3.1M to date in both dilutive and non-dilutive funding for its innovative hydrogel technology.

Changing the Game for a Thriving Local Economy
Blog | Nov 28, 2023

Changing the Game for a Thriving Local Economy

Fitzsimons Innovation Community awarded for work in economic vitality. Last month, the Adams County Regional Economic Partnership (AC-REP) hosted its second annual Gamechangers Awards event. This event celebrates organizations in the region that have had a positive impact on the Adams County economy, and Fitzsimons Innovation Community was honored to be among the recipients.