University of Utah Biochemistry associate professor, Helena Safavi, speaks on the importance of research into painkilling compounds in deep water cone snails.
Congratulations to PhD student Shai-Anne Nalder in Paul Sigala's lab, who received the prestigious National Science Foundation Award from the Graduate Research Fellowship Program!
Congratulations to Dr. Scott Summers, Department Chair and Professor of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, who received the first "William J. Rutter Endowed Chair in Biochemistry".
Congratulations to Dr. Adam Hughes, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, who received the first "Dana Carroll Endowed Associate Professorship in Biochemistry".
How the coronavirus infects cells — and why Delta is so dangerous Scientists are unpicking the life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 and how the virus uses tricks to evade detection.
The SACNAS End of Year Party was a great way to celebrate the outgoing and incoming Presidency with awards, speakers, lunch, and multiple rounds of ping-pong!
We are sad to note the passing of Dr. Stephen M. Prescott. Steve was a faculty member at the University of Utah from 1982-2006, where he served as a Professor...
This seminar series, sponsored by the U of U Department of Biochemistry and the Department of Oncological Sciences at Huntsman Cancer Institute, features outstanding postdoctoral scholars in Cell and Cancer...
One of the distinguished alumni of our department, Dr. Bill Rutter, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science Degree at this year’s University of Utah commencement.
Biochemistry Department Chair, Dr. Wes Sundquist, writes a blog post on the new digital collection of Discovery and Innovation at UHealth. Read it in the Good Notes section of Academics...
Dr. Michael Kay, Director of Biological Chemistry at the University of Utah discusses the technology and science behind the Covid-19 vaccine with ABC4 News.
Biochemistry's Annual Retreat will be hosted virtually this year, on October 29th and 30th. The retreat begins with a "State of the Department" address by Wes, followed by a Diversity...
We are thrilled to announce that Faith Bowman, Biochemistry graduate student in Amnon Schlegel’s Lab, has been awarded the prestigious and highly competitive National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program...
Biochemists Michael Kay and Debra Eckert discuss their work developing D-peptide entry inhibitors to target SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and future SARS-related coronaviruses
There several people in Biochemistry who did not forget about Halloween. Max Schuler added an extra fun element to his RIP presentation on October 31st by presenting in a sumo...
On September 20th, 2019, the Department of Biochemistry held their 3rd Annual Biochem Bash & Awards Ceremony. This event is an opportunity to give recognition to an outstanding graduate student...
Please join the Departments of Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry in welcoming the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, to deliver the Inagural James and Kathleen McCloskey Bioscience Endowed...
Dr. Tim Formosa's publication: "Establishment and Maintenance of Chromatin Architecture Are Promoted Independently of Transcription by the Histone Chaperone FACT and H3-K56 Acetylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", has been chosen to...
CBS News, Nature, and GEN News all reached out to CRISPR expert Dana Carroll to get his input after news broke of a Chinese scientist claiming to have helped make...
Dr. Helena Safavi, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the U of U, talks about insulin in cone snail venom and how it can be used to help people with diabetes.
Carroll's study found that segments of DNA can wrap around a protein into a nucleosome to protect itself from being cut by CRISPR-Cas9, making targeted editing of genes more difficult.
James Fulcher received the Marjorie Riches Gunn student award for Graduate Student Excellence at the 2018 Biochemistry Bash and Award Ceremony. Jörg Votteller received the Eveline Bruenger Postdoctoral Award for...
James Cox, Director of the Metabolomics Core, describes its capabilities and equipment, and Claudio, Jared and Scott explain how the Core supports their research.
Biochemistry Senior Account Kay Willden retires after 43 years working at the University of Utah and 11 years in Biochemistry. Kay had a retirement open house on May 30th. A...
We are very sad to note the passing of Eveline Bruenger. She will be missed. Eveline was a vibrant person and a great friend to the department, and she will...
