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The JSCBB was designed to facilitate collaborations between scientists and students from multiple disciplines to address critical challenges in the biosciences. The building hosts more than 60 faculty members and more than 500 researchers and support staff. Many of CU's leading researchers have labs in the building, including Distinguished Professors Marvin Caruthers, Tom Cech and Kristi Anseth.

The building was named after Jennie Smoly Caruthers, a former adjunct professor in CU-Boulder’s department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and researcher in the MCD Biology department. She was also a biotechnology patent expert. Marvin Caruthers dedicated the building in her name.

This building received a LEED Platinum certification - a benchmark for sustainable building design, construction, operation and maintenance – and is one of few laboratory buildings to receive this certification. The building’s mechanical and electrical systems, in particular, incorporate significant energy saving and energy recovering models. Many of the building materials were sustainably acquired including wood, tile and stone.Ìý All of the brick and sandstone used for the surrounding landscaping is local, quarried in Lyons, Colorado.

How to get here

Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building
3415 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80303

Campus map of JSCBB

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Public Transit

JSCBB is reachable via Route S: Stampede, Monday - Friday.ÌýLearn more at Bus Route InformationÌýor download the Transit app.

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Visitor Parking Information

The main JSCBB parking lot is #543 and is a permit-only lot 7 days a week from 7:30am – 7:00 pm.Ìý The JSCBB lot is located on the northwest corner of the building.ÌýThis lot also has 20 pay station parking spaces available on a first come, first served basis.ÌýThere are also 6 metered parking spaces available on a first come, first served basis on the southeast corner of the building, along Innovation Drive.

For further questions visit theÌýPTS website.

Building Staff

Student Assistants

Etai's Bakery Café

Located on the first floor of JSCBB

Etai's Cafe
Etai's Cafe

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Building Facts

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975,000

bricksÌýusedÌýon the building exterior

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975,000

bricks were usedÌýon the exterior of the building

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338 tons

weight of building ductwork

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3,400

pieces of glass used for windows

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  • This building is designed to promote productive collaborations between scientists, engineers, students and staff.

  • Faculty, staff and students from the BioFrontiers Institute, the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Division of Biochemistry occupy the building.

  • The building was named after Jennie Smoly Caruthers who was a CU professor and a patent expert for biotechnologies.

  • This building is one of few laboratory buildings to be LEED Platinum certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.Ìý This certification is extremely difficult to attain for a research building due to power and water usage.

  • The building architects were Robert A.M. Stearn and HDR and the general contractor was JE Dunn Construction.

  • Many of the building materials were sustainably acquired including wood, tile and stone.

    • 975,000 bricks were used on the exterior of the building

    • 10,000 pieces of cut limestone were used on the exterior of the building. ÌýIt was quarried in Kansas and meets the LEED 500-mile requirement for local materials as it was sourced 490 miles away.

    • Piping throughout the building measures 44 miles

    • Ductwork in the building weighs 676,000 pounds (338 tons)

    • 3,400 pieces of glass used for windows

    • The wood veneer in the Charlie Butcher Atrium and Gallery is made from white oak with a rift cut grain pattern. ÌýIt was harvested from logs certified by the Forest Stewardship’s Council and the veneer covers a 100 percent recycled wood core.

    • All of the brick and sandstone used for the surrounding landscaping is local, quarried in Lyons, Colorado.