Mark Lee @guacamarklee.bsky.social and Keren Hilgendorf @uofubiochem.bsky.social discover that prostaglandin E2 inhibits adipogenesis through the cilia-dependent activation of ROCK2. #JCSciliaSI journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Malaria Parasites are Full of Wildly Spinning Iron Crystals. Scientists Finally Know Why. Fascinating research from @sigalalab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social w cool implications. New inspiration for nanobots?! And-epic science writing from Sophia Friesen! healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/new...

How do cancer cells use the nutrients to grow and how can that knowledge lead to better care? Gregory Ducker, PhD, studies the metabolism of cancer. @duckerlab.bsky.social aims to uncover new ideas for future therapies & ways to make current treatments even more effective. @uofubiochem.bsky.social

Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Frances Arnold at 4pm!

Join us for next week's James & Kathleen McCloskey Bioscience Endowed lecture by Nobel Laureate Dr. Frances Arnold (CalTech) entitled "Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life." Thurs 10/23 4pm in the Skaggs Auditorium!

Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Derek Applewhite at 12pm!

It was a pleasure to host these speakers for our 2025 #Postdoc Rising Stars event! Great science and terrific symposium. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social

Please join us for the Biochemistry Seminar Series on Thurs Oct 9th at 12pm in HSEB 2600. This week's talk will be given by Dr. Derek Applewhite @applewhitederek.bsky.social, Professor of Biology at Reed College and is titled "The regulation of non-muscle myosin II contractility”

Don't miss the Postdoc Rising Stars Symposium and Keynote address today and tomorrow!

Very excited to welcome these #postdoc speakers to our annual @utah.edu Rising Stars Symposium cohosted by @uofubiochem.bsky.social and Med Chem @uuhsresearch.bsky.social with keynote address by Ryan Watts at Denali

Just a couple days away from the 2025 Postdoc Rising Stars Symposium! Don't miss this series of talks on the cutting edge of Cell Biology, Chemical Biology and Computational & Multiscale Analysis, and a keynote by Ryan Watts (Denali Therapeutics)!

#ASBMB26's keynote speaker is Wesley Sundquist: Co-chair of the department of biochemistry at @uofubiochem.bsky.social, ASBMB fellow and one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2025. Don't miss his speech at ASBMB 2026! ow.ly/SxoY50X454R#ASBMB26's#HIV #StructuralBiology #ProteinDesign

Don't miss today's Biochemistry Seminar by our own Matt Miller on "Getting it Right: How Do Cells Ensure Accurate Chromosome Inheritance?" 12pm in HSEB 2600!

Don't miss today's thesis defense by Ping Guo at 11am!

Don't miss today's talk by Dr. James Olzmann!

We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Postdoctoral Rising Stars Symposium cohosted @uofuhealth.bsky.social by @uofubiochem.bsky.social and MedChem with keynote by Ryan Watts at Denali Therapeutics

Join Ping Guo (English Lab) on Fri Sept 12 from 11am – 12pm at the EIHG Auditorium as she presents her Ph.D. Thesis Defense – From Opioid to Nopioid: Mu-opioid Receptor Pharmacogenomics Cracks the Code of Opioid Resistance.

On Thurs Sept 11, Dr. James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social will give a talk on "Cellular lipid homeostasis: From lipid droplets to ferroptosis." 12pm in HSEB 2600!

Don't miss today's thesis presentation by Supraja Ranganathan at 12pm!

On Thurs Aug 28th, Supraja Ranganathan (Bass Lab) will defend her thesis entitled "Dynamics of viral replication and innate immune responses in C. elegans." 12pm in EIHG!

I am delighted to share that I have started my lab in the Dept. of Biochemistry @uofubiochem.bsky.social at the University of Utah @utah.edu. My laboratory will study key aspects of protein synthesis and translational control in healthy and diseased states. #RNAsky sinha.biochem.utah.edu

Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Matthew Wohlever at 12pm!

On Weds Aug 13th, Dr. Matthew Wohlever (U. Pittsburgh) will give a Biochemistry Seminar on "Membrane Protein Binding and Phase Separation: A New Paradigm for Understanding Ubiquilin Dysfunction in ALS." 12pm in EEJRMB's Kjeldsberg Conference Room!

We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share! @uofunuip.bsky.social

I'm so honored to receive the 2025 Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education. Thank you @ascbiology.bsky.social and I look forward to this year's annual ASCB meeting in Philly!

Don't miss todays' talk by Dr. Danielle Grotjahn @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social!

On Thurs July 31st, Dr. Danielle Grotjahn @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social (Scripps) will give a talk entitled "Lessons from mitochondria on thriving under stress." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!

Biochemists from many different labs will be talking about their research, giving lab tours, and giving demos for the public - don't miss Summer Science Day tomorrow, Saturday July 12th from 10am-4pm!

Almost fifty U of U researchers are giving over 80 demos, lab tours, workshops and talks for the public this Saturday, July 12th! Science-curious? We have something for everyone! 10am-4pm @utah.edu. Schedule and directions here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

Come join us at the @utah.edu for a Summer Science Day on Saturday, July 12th! It is going to be a lot of fun!!! 🧪 🔬 @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social

One week until Summer Science Day! Everyone is welcome to visit @UofUHealth for lab tours, public-friendly talks, demos, and workshops! Saturday July 12th from 10am-4pm. Check out our action-packed schedule here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

You're trying to fill the summer days. What do we have that might be interesting for you and your kids? How about electron microscopes? Glowing fish?! Pig lungs??!! Come to Summer Science Day at the U on Saturday, July 12. Free and open to the public! gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

Stewart, @mpmiller.bsky.social et al. @uofubiochem.bsky.social‬ show that Stu2 displays dynamic localization patterns in the #CellCycle, with different kinetochore and microtubule distributions during distinct phases. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Congrats to Luis Cedeno-Rosario of the Rutter Lab in @utah.edu Utah's Department of Biochemistry for receiving the 2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award from @fredhutch.bsky.social! A well-deserved honor recognizing rising leaders in research. @uofubiochem.bsky.social www.fredhutch.org/en/news/rele...

Another amazing milestone! FDA approval of lenacapavir, the first HIV prevention drug offering 6 months of protection. Based on foundational research by Dr. Wes Sundquist's lab @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff... .

The Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah proudly presents Summer Science Day! A free event where the public can meet Researchers from Neurobiology, NUIP, Biochemistry, Cores, and Human Genetics and learn about their wonderful research. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @utah.edu

🎉 Thrilled to be one of the recipients of the 2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award from @fredhutch.bsky.social!!! Super excited to meet the other awardees and share some cool science! 🧪🔬 @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social @bwfund.bsky.social

Congratulations to lab members Aldo García-Guerrero and Erica Hastings for winning the @uofubiochem.bsky.social Evelyn Bruenger and Marjorie Riches Gunn Awards for Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Research Excellence, respectively! #malaria @uofutahcihd.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social

Don't miss today's defense by Deirdre Mack!

On Thursday June 12th, Deirdre Mack will defend her thesis entitled "Folding Interrupted: Defective Folding of Mutant Gβ5 by the CCT Chaperone Complex." EIHG Auditorium at 1pm!

Listen to @jiwasa.bsky.social @learngenetics.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social and Tim Lee @nhmu.bsky.social @utah.edu on @scifri.bsky.social talk about the forms #SciComm can take - why, how, impact How 'Science Interpreters' Make Hidden Science Visible www.sciencefriday.com/articles/sci...

Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Xavier Roca at 3pm!

#MetabolismMondays Metabolic Rewiring in #Cancer ! Meet @luisci22.bsky.social, @bwfund.bsky.social fellow & postdoc @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social, decoding how cancer cells rewire their metabolism to alter their cell fate ! #theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social

Dr. Xavier Roca (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) will give a talk entitled "Splicing regulation by proteins lacking canonical RNA binding domains" on Monday June 2nd at 3pm in HSEB Alumni Hall.

Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Nikoleta Tsvetanova at 12pm!

On Thursday May 22nd, Dr. Nikoleta Tsvetanova (Duke University) will give a talk about functional diversification of signaling by GPCR localization as part of the Biochemistry Seminar Series. HSEB 1750 at 12pm!

Don't miss today's Graduate Student Rising Stars symposium followed the Pace Keynote talk by Toto Olivera!

Don't miss today's defense by Erica Hastings at 2pm!

We will be welcoming nine talented Graduate Student Rising Stars to share their research with us on Monday May 19th, starting at 9:30am in HSEB 1730. The symposium will be followed by the Pace Keynote talk by Dr. Toto Olivera at 4pm!

Don't miss today's defense by Onyeka Obidi at 9:30am!