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The Sundquist, Hill, and Pornillos labs laid the foundation for the development of a highly effective, long-lasting prophylactic against HIV, which has been named the Breakthrough of the Year by...

Biochemistry professor, Michael Kay, an expert on mirror-image pharmaceuticals, discusses Mirror Life with other prominent scientists in a Science article reviewed by Sophia Friesen.

Minna Roh-Johnson's lab was awarded the National Cancer Institute's "Administrative Supplement to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship," designed for “scientists who have demonstrated compelling commitments...

Keren Hilgendorf's project, "Harnessing Lean Fat Cells to Kill Breast Cancer," was awarded funding by the U Health Philanthropic Partners Group.

Check out the Sunday Times cover story that features the groundbreaking work of Helena Safavi-Hemami’s lab (as well as others) on therapeutic advances enabled by studies of animal venoms.

Kade Loveridge, MD/PhD student in Paul Sigala's lab, just published a first author PNAS paper defining a critical iron acquisition mechanism in malaria parasites.

Biochemistry faculty, Justin English, wins University of Utah 2024 Innovation Award for making remarkable strides in understanding and controlling how cells transmit information. A pioneer in his field, English invented...

Please find our Fall 2024 “Benchmarks” Newsletter for the Department of Biochemistry downloadable below. Visit our newsletters page for more or to manage your subscription preferences.

Columbia University will award the 2024 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Scott Emr and Wesley Sundquist for discovering the ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport) pathway and revealing how...

20 Outstanding postdoctoral scholars will visit the University on Sept. 26-27 to share their exciting science during the 2-day Postdoctoral Rising Stars Symposium.

Research led by the Safavi Lab has identified a component of cone snail venom that mimics a human hormone regulating blood sugar levels.

Among the recipients of NIH research funding was the university’s CHEETAH Center for Structural Biology of HIV Infection Restriction and Viral Dynamics.

Biochemistry Associate Professor Helena Safavi and her amazing team describe their recent work with venomous cone snails and their potential to improve diabetes medication.

Congratulations to Minna Roh-Johnson for her promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure!

Congratulations to Peter Shen for his promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure!