Bioscience News & Events
Image on the cover of Genetics (September 2011)
Publication:Tiffani A. Jones and Mark M. Metzstein
A Novel Function for the PAR Complex in Subcellular Morphogenesis of Tracheal Terminal Cells in Drosophila melanogaster
Genetics September 2011 189:153-164; published ahead of print July 12, 2011, doi:10.1534/genetics.111.130351
Faculty and Student News
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U Endocrinologist Receives Top Award for Research
Congrats Dale Abel, MD, PhD, a world-renowned leader in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism resarch, has received the 2012 Gerald D. Aurback Award from the Endocrine Society!
A New Way to Design Important Molecules
Matt Sigman has published a study in the journal of Science showing how he developed a new method for designing and testing new catalyst. For more information click here.
NIH Pioneer Award Goes to U Scientist, 3 Years in a Row!
Congrats Brenda Bass who has received the NIH Pioneer Award this year. University scientists have received this award three years in a row! For more information click here.
Two Faculty Members Elected to the Association of American Physicians
Congrats Dr. Dale Abel and Dr. Dean Li! Both have been elected to the Association of American Physicians. Abel and Li have made seminal contributions to myocardial metabolism and vascular diseases, respectively. Click here to read more.
2011 Early Teaching Award
Michael Shapiro was selected for a 2011 Early Career Teaching Award by the University Teaching Committee.
Student Selected to Attend the 61 Annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings! BC student, Michael Jacobsen was selected to attend the 61st annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings this summer in Lindau, Germany! Click here to read more.
Jindrich Kopecek Elected the Prestigious National Academy of Engineering
Kopecek was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to the design of hydrogel biomaterials and polymeric drug delivery systems. Click here to read more.
Newly Funded HHMI-University of Utah Med into Grad program (U2M2G)
This program provides the didactic, mentoring and financial support to train basic scientists to meet the challenges posed by the NIH and industry and enable them to function at the interface of clinical medicine and science. Go to Med into Grad page for further information.
The news story links are courtesy of the University of Utah News Center. Their main page is http://unews.utah.edu.
Big NIH Honor for U Biologist
University of Utah biologist Andres Villu Maricq will receive $3.75 million to study memory and learning in action, thanks to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Pioneer Award meant to encourage promising but risky research. For full story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=081710-1
National Academy of Sciences
Two Biological Chemistry Program faculty members, Drs. Baldomero "Toto" Olivera and Dale Poulter, were elected to the National Academy of Sciences. To read the entire story please click here. To go to the National Academy of Sciences website please click here.
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Biological Chemistry Program faculty member, Dr. Cynthia Burrows, and two other University of Utah Professors, were elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. To read the entire story please click here. To go to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences website please click here
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dennis Winge was elected in 2009 as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
New Survey Shows the University of Utah among Nation's Best in Generating Companies from Research -- The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) recently released its survey of 2005 commercialization results for 228 universities, and the University of Utah again ranks among the top 25 schools in the country. The University of Utah's revenues were $16,137,282. For the entire story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=022607-2
U of U Launched 19 Companies in Fiscal Year 2010
Using innovations from its labs and classrooms, the University of Utah launched 19 companies during fiscal year 2010, bringing the number of spinoff companies based on university research to 102 since the institution reorganized its technology commercialization efforts in 2005. For full story go to: http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=082410-1
University of Utah Recognized in National Ranking
The latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America's Best Colleges ranks the University of Utah among the best national universities. The U came in 129th, tying with two other schools.
For full story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=081710-2
Wes Sundquist, U of U researcher wins $19 million NIH grant for HIV research. For entire go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=083007-3 for further information.
Jody Rosenblatt, Huntsman Cancer Scientist Wins NIH New Innovator Award. For entire go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=091807-9
Michael Kay, New Inhibitor is Thousands Times More Potent Blocking HIV From Entering Human Cells. For entire story go to: http://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news_detail.cfm?ID=741
Mutant Gene Shatters Nerves, Michael Bastiani, Erik Jorgensen, and MBP graduate, Marc Hammarland -- If you bend a knee or an elbow, the nerves in your limbs stretch but do not break. A University of Utah study suggests why: A gene produces a springy protein that keeps nerve cells flexible. When the gene was disabled in tiny nematode worms, their nerve cells literally broke. For entire story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=011607-2
Progress Against Sarcoma, Mario Capecchi and MBP graduate, Malay Haldar have engineered mice that can develop synovial sarcoma - a significant early step toward developing new treatments for the aggressive, deadly cancer that most often kills teenagers and young adults. For entire story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=011607-3
Mutating the Entire Genome, Mario Capecchi
New Way to Hunt for Illness-Causing Mutants in non-Gene DNA -- Genes account for only 2.5 percent of DNA in the human genetic blueprint, yet diseases can result not only from mutant genes, but from mutations of other DNA that controls genes. – for entire story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=060107-2
High Honors for U Faculty Members -- University of Utah biologist Baldomero "Toto" Olivera and biochemist Brenda Bass were elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For entire story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=050207-1
Utah Biologist is Harvard Foundation's Scientist of the Year -- Baldomero "Toto" Olivera has been named Scientist of the Year by Harvard University's Harvard Foundation. For entire story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=031307-1
2007 ROSENBLATT PRIZE AWARDED -- Mary C. Beckerle, professor of biology and executive director of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, was honored at today's University commencement ceremonies with the Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence. For entire story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=050307-3
New Survey Shows the University of Utah among Nation's Best in Generating Companies from Research -- The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) recently released its survey of 2005 commercialization results for 228 universities, and the University of Utah again ranks among the top 25 schools in the country. The University of Utah's revenues were $16,137,282. For the entire story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=022607-2
University of Utah's College of Pharmacy Receives $20 Million Donation from the ALSAM Foundation
Gift launches fund-raising campaign for new building to house pharmacy researchers working on treatments for diseases such as cancer, epilepsy, and diabetes. For entire story go to: http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=010807-2
Windpower Campaign
For 2007-08 we aimed to make our Graduate Programs climate neutral by balancing CO2 emissions associated with the Program activities with donations to the Sustainable Energy Program. Thanks to contributions by students, faculty, and staff, the Molecular Biology, Biological Chemistry, Neuroscience, and MD/PhD Programs are now 100% climate neutral! To see our Windpower Campaign information go to: http://windpower.utah.edu
