Awards
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $3.9 million to exceptional early-career scientistsNicole Marie Hoitsma, PhD [HHMI Fellow], with her sponsor Karolin Luger, PhD, at University of Colorado, «Ƶ, has been named one of 13 new Damon
Dr. Marvin H. Caruthers of the University of Colorado, «Ƶ, has won the inaugural Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology (https://merkinprize.org/) for developing an efficient, automated technology for synthesizing DNA. The chemical
The biochemistry assistant professor is investigating how inflammatory proteins called NLRs establish the first line of defense against viral infection in bacteria and humansAaron Whiteley, an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry at
The awards are part of $1.88 million in 2023 biomedical research grant funding for Colorado researchers Halil Aydin is one of three «Ƶ assistant professors who have been named 2023 Boettcher Investigators, each
With a vote by the CU Board of Regents, the University of Colorado recently recognized Karolin Luger as a Distinguished Professor—the highest honor bestowed upon faculty across the system’s four campuses.
Whiteley, assistant professor of biochemistry, has won a NIH Director's New Innovator Award, which is reserved for “exceptionally creative early career scientists proposing innovative, high-impact projects.” It is a $1.5 million, five-year grant.
The NIH recently awarded Dr. Joseph Falke with a 5-year MIRA / R35 grant to continue their research on a membrane-based signaling circuit central to leukocyte chemotaxis and many human cancers. The grant ($2.0M total costs) begins January 1,
BioFrontiers faculty continue to be influential in their fields. Clarivate Analytics identified Roy Parker and Jason Burdick in the top 1% of highly cited researchers in their field for 2021. Highly Cited Researchers™ have
