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An Ancient Viral Protein May Play a Key Role in ALS Researchers find that UBQLN2 gene dysfunction causes a virus-like protein to accumulate in cells, which changes gene expression and may contribute to disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Read more here in The Scientist .

Using innovative fluorescent sensors and computational modeling, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder biochemistry researcher Amy Palmer tracked naturally cycling cells to better understand an essential micronutrient. Read more ...

Dr. Marvin H. Caruthers of the University of Colorado, Boulder, has won the inaugural Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology ( https://merkinprize.org/ ) for developing an efficient, automated technology for synthesizing DNA. The chemical reactions that he discovered in the early 1980s to accurately and quickly assemble nucleotides into...

The biochemistry assistant professor is investigating how inflammatory proteins called NLRs establish the first line of defense against viral infection in bacteria and humans Aaron Whiteley, an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in...

The awards are part of $1.88 million in 2023 biomedical research grant funding for Colorado researchers Halil Aydin is one of three University of Colorado Boulder assistant professors who have been named 2023 Boettcher Investigators, each earning $235,000 in grant funding to support up to three years of biomedical research...

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder researchers have identified a surprising new player in the disease—an ancient, virus-like protein best known, paradoxically, for its essential role in enabling placental development. The findings were recently published in the journal eLife .

Emily Kibby is a 2025 PhD candidate in Biochemistry in the Aaron Whiteley Research Group. She became an NIH Signaling and Cellular Regulation Trainee in 2020 and in 2021 received a Graduate Teaching Award. A BLOOMING SCIENTIST It was only in high school that I started to appreciate chemistry and...

University of Colorado soars into top five for launching startups ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder’s startups launched in 2021 included Prometheus Materials, a company spun out of the labs of Wil Srubar, Mija Hubler and Sherri Cook in Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and Jeff...

Calvin Voong is a 2024 PhD Candidate in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology in the Goodrich-Kugel Research Group. In 2019 he received a Graduate Teaching Award; in 2021 he received a Department Service Award; and in 2023 was a member of the Graduate Recruiting Team. LOS ANGELES LEADS TO BOULDER...

With a vote by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Board of Regents, the University of Colorado recently recognized Karolin Luger as a Distinguished Professor—the highest honor bestowed upon faculty across the system’s four campuses.