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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, 2022, and the lab looks forward to recruiting new members! Abstract...

The Falke lab's recent publication "Single Molecule Studies Reveal Regulatory Interactions between Master Kinases PDK1, AKT1 and PKC" was selected by the Biophysical Journal editors as "New and Notable".

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 demonstrated significant and broad influence reflected in their publication of multiple highly cited papers over...

Dr. Uday Tak, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Aaron Whiteley’s lab in the Biochemistry Department, is the newest recipient of the 2021 Cancer Research Institute: Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship. This award was established to provide support and training for young scientists performing cutting-edge research with applications in cancer immunotherapy and tumor...

Roy Parker of Biochemistry and the BioFrontiers Institute, alongside Rebecca Maloy of the College of Music, have been selected to receive 2021-2022 Distinguished Research Lectureships.

CU Boulder biochemistry student Tamanna Talwar explored the barriers to early diagnosis and treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Briana Aboulache and Karolin Luger win Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam fellowship, which looks to build a more inclusive scientific environment

Dr. Hannah E. Ledvina, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Aaron Whiteley’s lab in the Biochemistry Department, is a recipient of the 2021 Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship. This prestigious award was first established in 1937 and aims to support cutting edge medical research at the early career level. Each...

Look deep inside the brain of someone with Alzheimer’s disease, most forms of dementia or the concussion-related syndrome known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and you’ll find a common suspected culprit: stringy, hairball-like tangles of a protein called tau.