Whiteley 2022

Aaron Whiteley among three Ƶ scientists to win support for high-risk, high-reward research

Oct. 4, 2022

Whiteley, assistant professor of biochemistry, has won a NIH Director's New Innovator Award, which is reserved for “exceptionally creative early career scientists proposing innovative, high-impact projects.” It is a $1.5 million, five-year grant. Whiteley’s research aims to shed light on why variations in bacteria in the gut microbiome correspond to...

Aaron Whiteley 2022

Biochemistry Assistant Professor Aaron Whiteley wins prestigious Boettcher award

July 5, 2022

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Ƶ Biochem Professor Dylan Taatjes helps discover novel way to inhibit key cancer driver, other mutated genes

April 19, 2022

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Professor Roy Parker to deliver April 5 Distinguished Research Lecture on “Adventures with RNA”

March 22, 2022

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Biochemistry Professor Xuedong Liu's startup, OnKure Therapeutics, raises $51M in series B funding in 2021

March 3, 2022

Joseph Falke

Joseph Falke awarded 5-year MIRA / R35 NIH grant to continue research on a membrane-based signaling circuit

Jan. 1, 2022

The NIH recently awarded Dr. Joseph Falke with a 5-year MIRA / R35 grant to continue their research on a membrane-based signaling circuit central to leukocyte chemotaxis and many human cancers. The grant ($2.0M total costs) begins January 1, 2022, and the lab looks forward to recruiting new members! Abstract...

Cartoon representation of the seminal smTIRFM experiment set up by Gordon et al.

Falke lab article selected by Biophysical Journal editors as "New and Notable"

Dec. 21, 2021

The Falke lab's recent publication "Single Molecule Studies Reveal Regulatory Interactions between Master Kinases PDK1, AKT1 and PKC" was selected by the Biophysical Journal editors as "New and Notable".

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BioFrontiers Director and Distinguished Professor Roy Parker makes Clarivate Web of Science 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list

Dec. 6, 2021

BioFrontiers faculty continue to be influential in their fields. Clarivate Analytics identified Roy Parker and Jason Burdick in the top 1% of highly cited researchers in their field for 2021. Highly Cited Researchers ™ have demonstrated significant and broad influence reflected in their publication of multiple highly cited papers over...

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Postdoctoral fellow Uday Tak awarded 2021 CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship

Oct. 28, 2021

Dr. Uday Tak, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Aaron Whiteley’s lab in the Biochemistry Department, is the newest recipient of the 2021 Cancer Research Institute: Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship. This award was established to provide support and training for young scientists performing cutting-edge research with applications in cancer immunotherapy and tumor...

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Roy Parker honored with Distinguished Research Lectureship

Sept. 6, 2021

Roy Parker of Biochemistry and the BioFrontiers Institute, alongside Rebecca Maloy of the College of Music, have been selected to receive 2021-2022 Distinguished Research Lectureships.

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