CU Boulder's Biochemistry Krios Electron Microscopy Facility (BioKEM) was completed in June of 2020; becoming fully operational in Aug 2020. Thanks to Dr. Karolin Luger, Dr. Samuel Bowerman, Shanna Roemen, and Charles Moe for their hard work in getting the BioKEM facility running smoothly. Charles (Chuck) Moe built and ran this facility as BioKEM's first Facility Director, and we are greatly appreciative for his continued support in the facility.
BioKEM Facility Director - Dr. Erik Hartwick PhD
BioChemistry Department; University of Colorado Boulder
SEEL Room 171
Erik Hartwick joined the CU Boulder's BioChemistry Department as the BioKEM Facility Director in June of 2023. Prior to accepting this position, Erik had completed his PhD in Dr. Jeffrey S. Kieft's laboratory investigating the interactions of viral RNAs with the eukaryotic translation machinery performing both x-ray crystallography and cryoEM. Erik continued his independent research career by starting a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Ruben Gonzalez Jr. at Columbia University using both smFRET and cryoEM to investigate short-lived structural states of the eukaryotic translation initiation machinery. With over 15 years of biochemical and structural investigation of RNAs, proteins, and protein-nucleic acid complexes, across multiple universities and research disciplines, Erik brings valuable electron microscopy and laboratory experience to the BioKEM facility.
