U of Utah Dept of Biochemistry

On Mon, Nov 2nd Trinity Waddell (Roh-Johnson lab, @roh-johnson.bsky.social) will give his thesis defense, entitled "Macrophages and Cancer Immunotherapy." 11am in the EIHG Auditorium!

Congrats to Amy Barrios for her recognition as the 2026 Utah Award in the Outstanding Educator at a Research Institution by the Central Utah and Salt Lake sections of the American Chemical Society @acs.org!

Don't miss today's defense by Lainie Boyle at 3pm!

Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Can Cenik!

On Mon 10/26 Lainie Boyle (Bass lab @bbass.bsky.social) will defend her thesis entitled "Defining RDE-4 dsRNA binding motif functions in antiviral Dicer activity." 3pm in HSEB 1700!

Huge thanks to my co-authors and to the @rutterlab.bsky.social, @duckerlab.bsky.social, Lippincott-Schwartz and @drohsopretty.bsky.social labs for making this project possible. 🙏🏾 Read the preprint here: biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 💪🏾🔥🎉 @uofubiochem.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social

On Thurs Oct 22nd Dr. Can Cenik (UT Austin) will give a Biochemistry Seminar on "An Integrative Approach to Predictive Modeling of Translation." 12pm HSEB 1750!

Congratulations to Minna Roh-Johnson @roh-johnson.bsky.social and Dan Greiner @dangreiner.bsky.social who were recognized as the 2026 Innovation Awards Founders of the Year for Calycia Biosciences (www.calyciabioscience.com)! attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...

Don't miss today's Rising Stars talks and McCloskey lecture!

We are excited to welcome our 2026 Postdoctoral Rising Stars to the U this Thur & Fri! Join us for an exciting series of short talks starting at 9am on Thursday in EHSEB Alumni Hall. And don't miss the McCloskey Lecture at 4pm by Dr. Andrei Korostelev (UMass)!

Don't miss today's talk by Keren Hilgendorf!

We are excited to announce our 2026 Postdoctoral Rising Stars Symposium co-hosted with @uofubiochem.bsky.social, @huntsmancancer.bsky.social, and Med Chem, #postdocs @uuhsresearch.bsky.social, with keynote by @korostelevlab.bsky.social @uofuhealth.bsky.social

Join us for a tenure seminar by Dr. Keren Hilgendorf entitled "Lipid Signaling in Adipose Tissue: From Ciliary Control of Stem Cell Fate to Endogenous Tumor Suppression." Thurs Sept 10 at 12pm in the EIHG Auditorium!

Don't miss today's tenure talk by @duckerlab.bsky.social!

Don't miss Thursday's seminar by Dr. Greg Ducker @duckerlab.bsky.social entitled "Follow the Carbon: From Molecules to Mechanisms of Disease." Thurs Sept 3, 12pm in HSEB 1750!

Don't miss today's thesis defense by Meghan Curtin at 10am!

On Fri, June 26th, Meghan Curtin (Hilgendorf lab) will give her thesis defense entitled "Lean, mean, cancer killing machines: Harnessing lean fat cells to kill breast cancer"! 10am, EIHG Auditorium

Don't miss today's dissertation defense by Rachel Skabelund!

Please join us next Tues, June 16 from 2-3pm in HSEB 1730 for Rachel Skabelund's PhD Dissertation Defense on Sensing the Metabolome: Human RNAs bind and Respond to Metabolites. @rutterlab.bsky.social

Kade Loveridge's thesis defense is today at 11am in the EIHG auditorium!

Don't miss today's seminar by Dr. Joseph Thornton!

Congratulations to Esther Nuebel, PhD, who was recently given a Recognition in Educational Leadership award! This is a standards-based, peer-reviewed award recognizing impactful Educational Leadership contributions to support excellence in education. @uofuhealth.bsky.social

Don't miss Kade Loveridge's thesis defense: "Getting inverted: New perspectives on how malaria parasites acquire and use iron" - this Fri May 29th at 11am, EIHG auditorium!

On Thurs May 28th, Dr. Joseph Thornton (U of Chicago) will give a Biochemistry Seminar entitled "On the origins of hemoglobin: Ancient proteins at the evolutionary edge of complexity." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall

On Thurs May 28th, Dr. Joseph Thornton (U of Chicago) will give a Biochemistry Seminar entitled "On the origins of hemoglobin: Ancient proteins at the evolutionary edge of complexity." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall

What if we could predict the course of the next pandemic before it happened? Tyler Starr, PhD, Biochemist @uofuhealth.bsky.social studies viral evolution to do just that. Watch his presentation from Vitae 2026! www.youtube.com/watch?v=il12...

Developed by @uofubiochem.bsky.social scientists, a new kind of CRISPR that destroys cells rather than gene editing them has shown potential for killing sick cells while leaving healthy cells untouched. The technology could treat viral infections and cancer.

Don't miss today's thesis defense by Sangeetha Balasubramaniam at 9:30am!

Don't miss today's seminar by Dr. Joshua Mendell!

Please join Sangeetha Balasubramaniam (Hughes lab) on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, in the Genetics Auditorium as she presents her Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Proteolytic Control of Mitochondrial Membrane Remodeling: The Role of Yme1 in Mitochondrial-Derived Compartments (MDCs) Biogenesis”!

Dr. Joshua Mendell (UTSW) will be giving the Biochemistry Seminar on Thurs, May 14th and will give a talk about "New regulators of coding and noncoding RNAs in mammals." 12pm, HSEB 1700.

Don't miss today's thesis defense by Jessica Pita Aquino! 10am in the EIHG auditorium.

I am honored to have been selected as one of the winners in the 2026 Endocrine Images Art Competition hosted by the @endocrinesociety.bsky.social. Be sure to check out all the beautiful winning images on display at #ENDO2026 in Chicago this June! @uofubiochem.bsky.social @rutterlab.bsky.social 🧪🖼️🔥

A new kind of CRISPR could treat viral infection and cancer by shredding sick cells' DNA. Hot off the presses from the Liu lab! healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/new...

Please join Jessica N. Pita Aquino (Sigala lab, @sigalalab.bsky.social) for her Ph.D. Thesis Defense, “Maturation of the Rieske Fe-S Protein in Mitochondrial Complex III of Malaria Parasites.” Friday, May 8, 2026, 10 - 11AM in the Human Genetics (EIHG) Auditorium!

Don't miss Shai-Anne Nalder's defense today at 10am!

Congratulations to Dr. Brenda Bass our 2026 Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence recipient. Dr. Bass has transformed our understanding of the relationship between RNA biochemistry and human disease, and has also consistently excelled in training and service. attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...

A huge congratulations to Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social on winning the 2026 Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, the highest faculty honor given by the University of Utah, in recognition of her work to unlock some of the deepest mysteries of RNA. Congratulations, Brenda! attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...

On Friday May 1, Shai-Anne Nalder (@sigalalab.bsky.social) will present a thesis talk entitled "The Groovy Science of Metal Transport in Malaria Parasites: Starring Doxy." 10am EIHG Auditorium!

Malaria is a life-threatening disease that continues to impact millions worldwide. Researchers at @uofuhealth.bsky.social are working from multiple angles to better understand, prevent, and treat it. Learn more about their work. https://bit.ly/4txuBGE

Don't miss today's seminar by Dr. Christian Metallo!

Don't miss today's thesis defense by Bo Price!

Don't miss today's talk about "ER Structure and Dynamics in Health and Disease" by Dr. Gia Voeltz (U Colorado, Boulder and HHMI), this year's Pace Endowed Distinguished Lecturer! Today, April 20th 4pm in the EIHG 1st Floor Auditorium.

Join us on Thurs April 23rd for Dr. Christian Metallo's (Salk Institute) talk about "Tracing and modeling sphingolipid homeostasis to understand disease physiology" as part of the Biochemistry Seminar Series. 12pm HSEB 1730.

Join Bo Price (Adam Hughes Lab) as he presents his Ph.D. Thesis Defense - “How Cells Remodel Mitochondria During Metabolic Transitions: Understanding the Role of Mitochondrial-Derived Compartments (MDCs)” on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, from 9:00 to 10:30a.m. in the EIHG auditorium.

Don't miss today's seminar by Dr. Holly Ingraham!

On Thurs April 9th, Dr. Holly Ingraham (UCSF) will give a talk about "Adaptive responses in the female physiology and why they matter for women's health" as part of the Biochemistry seminar series! 12pm, HSEB 1730

Thrilled to share a new collaborative preprint, joint with Sean Prigge @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social, on the apicoplast ACP in #malaria parasites. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @parasitesrule.org www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Congratulations to Chris Hill for being named a 2025 AAAS Fellow, one of the highest honors in science! He was elected for his "distinguished contributions to the field of structural biology and exemplary leadership within the scientific community." healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/new...

Don't miss today's talk by Bin Wu!