Bioscience
The Deming Center and the Leeds School are currently assessing opportunities to partner with the new Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology, CU’s Biotech Initiative.
Led by Nobel Laureate Dr. Tom Cech, and Dr. Leslie Leinwand, the Biotech Initiative will focus on key research priorities, as well as seeking to address the gap in education between ‘the bench and the bedside.’ Traditionally, the gap has been the business skills and expertise that help bring transformational scientific research and medical breakthroughs through the process of regulatory approval and commercialization.
As a tier one research institution, it is our mission to pursue explorative and transformational scientific breakthroughs. It is also our mission to apply those breakthroughs so that they ultimately benefit the human condition. The specific skill set which scientists possess is not as teachable as fundamentals in business, so the collaboration would primarily utilize the expertise and experience of faculty in the Business School, to teach business to students in the sciences. Through the growth of curriculum and collaboration between the programs, there is also an opportunity to expose traditional business students to the business of the scientific industries.
Professors from the Leeds School and the Biotech Initiative are currently developing a plan for implementation of curriculum and other aspects of the collaboration. The support of private donors will also be critical to build this collaborative effort.