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Corrie Detwelier, Ph.D., receives Translational Therapeutics Accelerator Award

Aileen Kohlerschmidt — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:36:07 +0000

Corrie Detwelier, Ph.D., receives Translational Therapeutics Accelerator Award Aileen Kohlerschmidt Mon, 06/23/2025 - 14:36

��ɫ��Ƶ Venture Partners awarded Dr. Corrella Detweiler a Translational Therapeutics Accelerator Grant for the proposal “Efflux Pump Inhibitors”. The $50,000 award will be used to develop a new methodology for identifying small molecules that prevent drug resistant bacteria from exporting antibiotics, thus resensitizing them to clinical antibiotics.

To find out more about funding opportunities from Venture Partners, please visit their website at /venturepartners/university-innovators/funding-opportunities-and-support

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MCDB's Michael Klymkowsky to be one of Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Keynote Speakers

Aileen Kohlerschmidt — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:05:11 +0000

MCDB's Michael Klymkowsky to be one of Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Keynote Speakers Aileen Kohlerschmidt Fri, 06/20/2025 - 15:05

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Michael Klymkowsky, Ph.D. receives annual CU OER Champion Award

Aileen Kohlerschmidt — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:00:22 +0000

Michael Klymkowsky, Ph.D. receives annual CU OER Champion Award Aileen Kohlerschmidt Fri, 06/20/2025 - 15:00

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Assistant Professor Jennifer Hill, Ph.D. named Boettcher Investigator

Aileen Kohlerschmidt — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:29:26 +0000

Assistant Professor Jennifer Hill, Ph.D. named Boettcher Investigator Aileen Kohlerschmidt Fri, 06/20/2025 - 11:29

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Ed Chuong, Ph.D., receives STAR award from the Cancer Research Institute

Aileen Kohlerschmidt — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:09 +0000

Ed Chuong, Ph.D., receives STAR award from the Cancer Research Institute Aileen Kohlerschmidt Fri, 06/20/2025 - 11:10

Edward Chuong, Ph.D. Associate Professor in MCDB and BioFrontiers Institute receives STAR award (Scientists TAking Risks) from the Cancer Research Institute. The Cancer Research Institute is a US non-profit organization funding cancer research and based in New York City. Chuong is one of five investigators across the US to receive the STAR award to pursue unrestricted research “at the forefront of discovery and innovation in cancer immunotherapy.” His lab will study how transposons rewire immunity in cancer cells with the goal of discovering new targets for immunotherapy. More information about Chuong's accomplishments can be read on the Colorado A&S Magazine site.

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William B. Wood, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, passes away at 86

Anonymous — Thu, 09 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000

William B. Wood, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, passes away at 86 Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 05/09/2024 - 08:00

William Barry Wood III, Ph.D., who was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in MCDB, passed away at the age of 86 on May 9 in Boulder. In 1972, following important discoveries early in his career, Wood at age 34 became one of the youngest researchers ever elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Later, Wood also emerged as a pioneer in the shifting field of science education. His innovations contributed important ideas and methods for improving the teaching of science at all levels.

Bill Wood came to ��ɫ��Ƶ in 1978, leaving a professorship at Cal Tech to serve as MCDB department chair. He continued in this department as teacher, researcher and administrator until his retirement in 2008. In addition to his spectacular career in Developmental Biology and Genetics, he was a masterful guitar player, song writer, and folk musician throughout his life. Indeed, in high school, he played in a group with John Hartford, who went on to an impressive career as a revered banjo musician and composer. While still an undergraduate at Harvard in the late 1950s, Bill teamed with Joan Baez on her historic first recording, entitled “Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square." He passed on his musical tradition to his sons, Oliver and Christopher, who have gained international musical recognition as “The Wood Brothers.”

Toward the end of his career, Wood turned his full attention to research on science education. In harmony with work spearheaded by Bruce Alberts from the National Academy of Sciences and by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman in the physics department at Boulder, Wood helped to develop a “questions” approach to teaching, suitable for any science pedagogy.

To challenge and assist college-level science teachers, he worked with Dr. Jo Handelsman, who later became a science advisor for President Obama. The pair started the National Institutes of Undergraduate Education in Biology. This thriving organization has had far reaching affects, helping to train thousands of faculty, especially at R1 institutions, how to apply active learning-based teaching.

This approach has been adopted widely, and it follows the Chinese principle of instruction, stated as a motto in Wood’s first biochemistry book: “I hear, and I forget; I see, and I remember; I do, and I understand.” In 2016, the Genetics Society of America bestowed on Wood its Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education, calling him “a pioneer in the reform of science teaching.”

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Biological changes in brain may help in getting over an ex, study finds

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 22:17:27 +0000

Biological changes in brain may help in getting over an ex, study finds Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/17/2024 - 15:17

Breaking up is hard to do, but it seems the brain may have a mechanism to help get over an ex.

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Science confirms it: Love leaves a mark on your brain

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 22:00:56 +0000

Science confirms it: Love leaves a mark on your brain Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/17/2024 - 15:00

“What we have found, essentially, is a biological signature of desire that helps us explain why we want to be with some people more than other people,” said senior author Zoe Donaldson, associate professor of behavioral neuroscience at ��ɫ��Ƶ.

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Nausica Arnoult Awarded in Lab Venture Challenge

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:44:15 +0000

Nausica Arnoult Awarded in Lab Venture Challenge Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/01/2023 - 10:44

Professor Nausica Arnoult was awarded the Lab Venture Challenge, which will provide her lab support for the development of a new drug to target breast and ovarian cancers.

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Bad news for Boomers: There’s no magic cure for aging

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 21:10:23 +0000

Bad news for Boomers: There’s no magic cure for aging Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 08/01/2023 - 15:10

��ɫ��Ƶ researcher Jesse Kurland shows in new study that aging is a complex process affecting genetic networks, and altering one gene won’t stop it

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