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!

On Thursday May 15th, Erica Hastings from the Sigala lab will defend her thesis with a talk entitled "The Day the Hemozoin Stood Still: Dissecting an Otherworldly Crystal Motion in Malaria Parasites." 2pm EIHG Auditorium.

Congrats to our chair, Wes Sundquist, on being awarded the Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for work on lenacapavir!

On Tues May 13th, Onyeka Obidi from the Brasch lab will defend his thesis entitled "Molecular Characterization of Novel C1qL Assemblies and their Regulation by BAI3 binding." 9:30am in HSEB2680!

Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Eric Vitriol at 12pm!

On Thursday May 8th, Dr. Eric Vitriol (Augusta University) will give a talk entitled "Following Profilin to a Place Both Wonderful and Strange" as part of the Biochemistry Seminar Series. 12pm HSEB Alumni Hall!

It's an honor to announce the upcoming PhD thesis defense of Erica Hastings, who will present her work on #malaria parasites and the biophysics of hemozoin motion @uofubiochem.bsky.social ky.social @uofutahcihd.bsky.social @parasitesrule.org

Thrilled to announce a new collaborative preprint from PhD student Erica Hastings unraveling the nature and mechanism of fascinating hemozoin crystal motion inside #malaria parasites @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uofutahcihd.bsky.social @bwfund.bsky.social @parasitesrule.org t.co/zLPgIS1rig

Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Pamela Bjorkman!

On Thursday April 24th, Dr. Pamela Bjorkman will talk about her lab's research "Towards a pan-sarbecovirus vaccine to prevent against SARS-CoV-2 variants and animal sarbecoviruses without updating." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!

Congratulations, Wes Sundquist @uofubiochem.bsky.social @utah.edu! He is celebrated as one of the most influential people in the world #TIME100. His research has led to a powerful drug that prevents HIV infection and could change the trajectory of HIV/AIDS worldwide. time.com/collections/...

Today is the final day to donate to our #UGivingDay fund! Please consider supporting our Childcare Support Fund that will assist trainees in taking critical opportunities for career development by removing the barrier that costs of childcare creates. www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...

The Rutter Lab is attending ASBMB! If you are interested in cell metabolism, check out Jared, @queren-alcantara.bsky.social and @luisci22.bsky.social research talks in the sessions below. See you in Chicago! @hhmi.org @uofubiochem.bsky.social @bwfund.bsky.social @cziscience.bsky.social