CBS News, Nature, and GEN News all reached out to CRISPR expert Dana Carroll to get his input after news broke of a Chinese scientist claiming to have helped make...
Dr. Helena Safavi, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the U of U, talks about insulin in cone snail venom and how it can be used to help people with diabetes.
Carroll's study found that segments of DNA can wrap around a protein into a nucleosome to protect itself from being cut by CRISPR-Cas9, making targeted editing of genes more difficult.
James Fulcher received the Marjorie Riches Gunn student award for Graduate Student Excellence at the 2018 Biochemistry Bash and Award Ceremony. Jörg Votteller received the Eveline Bruenger Postdoctoral Award for...
James Cox, Director of the Metabolomics Core, describes its capabilities and equipment, and Claudio, Jared and Scott explain how the Core supports their research.
Biochemistry Senior Account Kay Willden retires after 43 years working at the University of Utah and 11 years in Biochemistry. Kay had a retirement open house on May 30th. A...
We are very sad to note the passing of Eveline Bruenger. She will be missed. Eveline was a vibrant person and a great friend to the department, and she will...
Recent graduate, Niladri Sinha, Ph.D. (Bass Lab) has been selected for a Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award to recognize outstanding achievement in Graduate Studies. Niladri will be participating in...
Cell biologist Janet Iwasa discusses how the 3D animation that brought to life Pixar animations is illustrating complex scientific concepts to tell stories of a different kind.
