Gates Grubstake Fund Awards Over $1.5 Million to Campus Researchers

The Gates Grubstake Fund invokes the memory of Gold Rush prospectors who received seed money, “grubstakes,” for food and supplies so they could search for treasure. The funding supports the work of modern-day prospectors – translational researchers affiliated with Gates Institute – whose work developing cell- and gene-based therapies could make a difference in human lives. In 2022, four awardees received $350,000 each to support their work.

Gates Institute Pushing CU Anschutz to the Forefront in Cell Therapy

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are poised to transform the practice of medicine, but further advancement will require close partnerships between academic institutions and biotechnology companies, Terry Fry, MD, executive director of Gates Institute, told a standing-room only crowd in the Torreys Peak Auditorium of Bioscience 3 on March 1.

Patient With Rare Disease Finds Home at CU Anschutz

The joint efforts of the Gates Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, and the University of Colorado School of Medicine elevate the research, innovation and care for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a collection of difficult-to-treat and debilitating connective tissue disorders.

An Exciting Evolution: the Gates Center Becomes Gates Institute!

Historic $200 Million Commitment to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Fuels Advancements in Treatments and Cures

The Building of an Enterprise: Regenerative Medicine Poised for World Stage

Inaugural Director Dennis Roop along with a team of visionaries has led the Gates Center’s construction from the ground up…

The Gates Biomanufacturing Facility

The state-of-the-art Gates Biomanufacturing Facility opened in 2015 to help on- and off-campus investigators translate innovative research discoveries into safe and effective cell therapy and protein products for use in clinical trials. We now have the manufacturing capability and campus infrastructure with which to benefit patients with no other viable therapeutic options!  

CU Anschutz Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Although Gates Institute's mission is to support brilliant researchers and clinicians in order to accelerate their discoveries from the lab through clinical trials to therapies and cures, the Institute does not provide direct patient care or conduct clinical trials.

To learn more about participating in clinical trials, please visit the campus research studies website.

Gates Institute Staff Launch Party

The Gates community gathered in January for a Western-themed evening of fun and camaraderie. We reflected on our legacy of accelerating discoveries from the lab through clinical trials to therapies and cures, and we toasted the new year and the launch of Gates Institute.