Research

 

 

Interdisciplinary by design and boundary-pushing in nature, research at The BioFrontiers Institute is broadly organized around several key themes.

 

 

Key Research Themes

Degenerative Diseases

Neurodegeneration. Arthritis. Heart & heart valve diseases. Diabetes. From the Parker Lab’s work to stop Alzheimer’s progression with gene therapy targeting toxic protein spread to the Hill Lab’s search for microbially-inspired childhood diabetes treatments, you can learn about BioF Degenerative Disease research here. 

Regenerative Medicine

Skeletal muscle. Bone & cartilage. Heart & heart valves. From the Burdick Lab’s invention of biomaterials for patching damaged hearts to the Bryant Lab’s engineered solutions for rebuilding osteoarthritic joints, you can learn about BioF Regenerative Medicine research here.

Computational Biology

AI for health. Computational epidemiology. Unlocking genome secrets.Bio-inspired communication systems. From the Layer Lab’s deployment of AI technology to personalize healthcare to the Larremore Lab’s actionable computational models to improve public health responses, you can learn about BioF Computational Biology research here.

Parasites & Pathogens

New virus discovery. Immune system function. Vaccine nanotechnology. Environmental parasites. From the Garcea Lab developing better vaccines with low-cost, no-booster, heat-stable nanoparticles to the Sawyer Lab hunting for new viruses to prevent the next pandemic, you can learn about BioF Parasites & Pathogens research here.

Down Syndrome

Through the Crnic Institute Boulder Branch housed within BioF and connected to the main site at the Anschutz Medical Campus, participating faculty and Crnic Postdoctoral Fellows use a systems-level, data-driven approach to understand how conditions associated with Down syndrome arise from the extra copy of chromosome 21.

Additional Research Themes

Biomaterials
Biophysics
Bone and Cartilage
Complex Systems
Entomology
Genomics
Heart and Muscle Biology
Mechanobiology
RNA

Additional Research Groups

Crnic Boulder Branch (CBB)

The CBB is the BioFrontiers Institute's strategy to integrate and support a growing research community addressing Trisomy 21-associated co-morbidities in the Boulder area and in partnership with the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Learn more

Research Supergroups

Supergroups are forums for scientists from across campus, collaborating institutions, and industry partners to gather for presentations, discussions, and workshops focused on the latest results or techniques. These interdisciplinary meetings attract faculty and researchers at all training levels and are important settings for professional development, network building, forging collaborations, and enhancing scientific quality.