8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT


     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 30, 2003



                         Accelr8 Technology Corporation
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               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)




        Colorado                        0-11485                  84-1072256
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(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)                                      Identification No.)



            303 East Seventeenth Avenue, #108, Denver, Colorado 80203
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (303) 863-8088


                                 Not Applicable.
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)



ITEM 5. OTHER ITEMS.

     On July 30, 2003, Accelr8 Technology Corporation (the "Corporation")
announced that it had filed a provisional patent application for microarraying
methods to rapidly detect and quantitatively measure nucleic acids and proteins
in a biological sample. The new technology, named YoDx(TM), complements and
enhances the capabilities of the Corporation's QuanDx(TM) light scattering
detection technology. Microarraying and related analyses are important in
research for drug discovery, molecular diagnostics, food-borne pathogen
detection and bio-defense. The Corporation's scientists expect the new
technology to shorten analysis incubation times by rapidly agitating the sample
mixture and rapidly concentrating sample target molecules into a reaction zone.

     A copy of the Press Release announcing the settlement is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7. EXHIBITS.

Designation        Description
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99.1               Press Release dated July 30, 2003.





                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                            ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION



Date:  July 30, 2003                        By: /s/ Thomas V. Geimer
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                                            Thomas V. Geimer, Chairman and
                                            Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1
 Accelr8
    Technology
Corporation                                                        PRESS RELEASE
                                                  Contact: Thomas V. Geimer, CEO
                                                               Tel: 303-863-8088
                                                          tom.geimer@accelr8.com



       Accelr8 Announces Patent Filing for Rapid DNA and Protein Detection


DENVER, CO--July 30, 2003, Accelr8 Technology Corporation (OTC-BB:ACLY)
announced today that the company filed a provisional patent application for
microarraying methods to rapidly detect and quantitatively measure nucleic acids
and proteins in a biological sample. The new technology, named YoDx(TM),
complements and enhances the capabilities of Accelr8's QuanDx(TM) light
scattering detection technology. Microarraying and related analyses are
important in research for drug discovery, molecular diagnostics, food-borne
pathogen detection and bio-defense.

The company has established two major performance objectives for the new
technology. The first is to shorten the incubation times of a typical DNA or
protein assay by a factor of 10-fold or more, relative to current technology.
The second is to increase sensitivity by a factor of 100-fold or more.

The company's scientists expect the new technology to shorten analysis
incubation times by rapidly agitating the sample mixture and rapidly
concentrating sample target molecules into a reaction zone. At the reaction
zone, target molecules in the sample bind to probe molecules. The scientists
expect these rapid processes to drive target binding at least ten times faster
than with current methods.

Increased sensitivity reduces the amount of sample and amplification needed to
provide reliable results. Amplification is a costly and time-consuming process,
can contribute to errors, and is often difficult to quantify. YoDx will use the
company's light scattering nano-particle counting technology in combination with
Accelr8's OptiChem(TM) surface chemistry to provide accurate quantitation and
very low background interference. New improvements covered in the patent
application include methods to reduce background interference and simplify
nano-particle detection. Company scientists expect the sensitivity of the
improved device to substantially exceed that of the fluorescence methods that
dominate today's applications.

According to Thomas Geimer, Accelr8's Chairman and CEO, "we believe that
emerging markets such as molecular diagnostics will require analytical systems
that provide higher sensitivity, quicker results, better data reliability, and
significantly lower cost as compared to today's PCR and immunoassay
technologies. Markets such as drug discovery will require similar advances in
methods to use with their high-throughput robotics to shorten the discovery
cycle. We believe that YoDx will help us achieve these goals in a
next-generation system that will strongly differentiate us from the competition.
In addition, we believe that YoDx technology will give us powerful capabilities
for portable point-of-care devices. YoDx represents our next step in our plan to
provide advanced quantitative capabilities to the bio-analytical industry."


     Certain statements in this news release may be "forward-looking
     statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
     1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
     1934, as amended. Statements regarding future prospects and
     developments are based upon current expectations and involve certain
     risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and
     developments to differ materially from the forward--looking statement,
     including those detailed in the company's filings with the Securities
     and Exchange Commission.

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