Front Range Biosciences

Lafayette, United StatesFounded 2016

About Front Range Biosciences

Front Range Biosciences is a Colorado agricultural biotech company specializing in tissue culture propagation and clean stock programs for cannabis and hemp, ensuring pathogen-free planting material.

Key Facts

  • 1Operates one of the largest cannabis tissue culture facilities in North America
  • 2Sent cannabis tissue cultures to the International Space Station in 2020 for zero-gravity research in partnership with SpaceX

Frequently Asked Questions

What is tissue culture propagation?

Tissue culture is a lab-based cloning method that produces genetically identical, pathogen-free plantlets from small tissue samples, ensuring clean starting material for commercial cannabis cultivation.

Did Front Range Biosciences really send cannabis to space?

Yes, in 2020 Front Range sent hemp and coffee tissue cultures to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket to study the effects of microgravity on gene expression.