Assistant professor of Biochemistry, Demián Cazalla, PhD, and lead author Carlos Gorbea, PhD, have published in Nature a mechanism of infection that makes use of new viral non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs).
3D animations could help you finally understand molecular science. Janet Iwasa of the U of U is trying to make thorny scientific data and models approachable to the common eye.
The 2017 Rising Star Symposium will take place on September 21st & 22nd from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. The Keynote speaker will be Dr. Erik Jorgensen, a Distinguished Professor...
Older adults are known to be more sensitive to the cold, new research has found that a nutritional supplement might one day be used to jump-start the body’s central heating.
With Dana Carroll’s 2017 election into the National Academy of Sciences, our department now boasts three elected members. Wes Sundquist was elected in 2014 and Brenda Bass in 2015.
Wesley I. Sundquist, distinguished professor of biochemistry at the University of Utah, was honored with the Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, the U’s most prestigious faculty award.
Michael Kay, distinguished professor of biochemistry at the University of Utah received The Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Distinguished Mentor Award.
Biochemist Janet Iwasa, Ph.D., has been selected as a TED2017 Senior Fellow, selected for her extraordinary work and contributions to the TED community.
Biochemistry hosts the Rising Stars Symposium on September 22nd and 23rd highlighting accomplished young scientists from across the country to share their research in Structural Biology/Imaging and Cell Biology (day...
Joe Aruscavage, senior lab specialist in the Brenda Bass Lab, was one of six University staff members whose exemplary service was honored with the annual Staff Excellence Award this fall...
Research Assistant Professor Janet Iwasa's 3D model of a HIV particle (seen to the right) was selected one of 12 winning images and videos of FASEB's third annual BioArt competition...
Research Assistant Professor Janet Iwasa was named to Foreign Policy's 100 leading global thinkers of 2014 for her Flipbook, which relies on open-source technology to streamline the animation process so...
Professor Wes Sundquist, H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Chair and co-chair of the Department of Biochemistry, was among 84 new members and 21 foreign associates elected to the National Academy...
Professor and department co-chair Wes Sundquist discusses how budget cuts are endangering the United States' role as a world leader in biomedical research.
Professor Jared Rutter was named the Dee Glen and Ida Smith Endowed Chair for Cancer Research. He was honored at the 2014-2015 kick-off Research in Progress meeting in September.
