Congratulations to Dr. Paul Sigala, SACNAS Utah Advisor & Biochemistry faculty, for receiving the University of UTAH's 2022 Inclusive Excellence Faculty Award
Janet Iwasa in Biochemistry and Ofer Rog in the School of Biological Sciences, team up to host a seminar and workshop called, "Re-Imagining a Cellular Space Occupied by Condensates."
24 Outstanding postdoctoral scholars will visit the University on Sept. 29-30, 2022 to share their exciting science during the 2-day Postdoctoral Rising Stars Symposium. Dr. Bil Clemons will deliver the...
Keren Hilgendorf received a V Scholar Award from the V Foundation for her work on obesity-accelerated breast cancer. Stay tuned for her lab's exciting new discoveries. #VictoryOverCancer #CancerResearch
A University of Utah Health-led multi-institutional research center that studies the inner workings and vulnerabilities of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, recently received a five-year, $28 million...
Matthew Miller, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biochemistry at University of Utah Health, was named as a 2022 Pew Scholar for his exploration of the cellular machines that help accurately...
Warmest congratulations to Bil Clemons for his election to the US National Academy of Sciences! Bil was a Graduate Student in our department from 1995-2000, where he worked with Venki...
Whether University of Utah Health scientist Janet Iwasa, PhD, is bringing tiny molecules to life or sewing fantastical costumes, she is motivated by a challenge. Iwasa is a pioneer in...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded grants to three University of Utah Health scientists through its competitive High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) program that funds highly innovative and unusually...
For millions of people with diabetes, insulin is essential medicine. But for some ocean-dwelling predators, insulin is a weapon. With a burst of venom, a fish-hunting cone snail can drop...
“We have to broaden the scope of what we expect that these venomous animals make, assuming that they could really be making anything,” says Helena Safavi-Hemami, an adjunct assistant professor...
Congratulations to PhD student Shai-Anne Nalder in Paul Sigala's lab, who received the prestigious National Science Foundation Award from the Graduate Research Fellowship Program!
Congratulations to Dr. Scott Summers, Department Chair and Professor of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, who received the first "William J. Rutter Endowed Chair in Biochemistry".
Congratulations to Dr. Adam Hughes, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, who received the first "Dana Carroll Endowed Associate Professorship in Biochemistry".
How the coronavirus infects cells — and why Delta is so dangerous Scientists are unpicking the life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 and how the virus uses tricks to evade detection.
