U of Utah Dept of Biochemistry
@uofubiochem.bsky.social
A community of scientists, educators, and trainees from all backgrounds focused on characterizing macromolecules and biological processes at the molecular level
Congratulations to Joe Aruscavage (Bass lab @bbass.bsky.social ) for winning the Outstanding Career Researcher Award from the RNA Society @rnasociety.bsky.social for his exceptional contributions in advancing the field of RNA!
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January 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Congratulations to Joe Aruscavage (Bass lab @bbass.bsky.social ) for winning the Outstanding Career Researcher Award from the RNA Society @rnasociety.bsky.social for his exceptional contributions in advancing the field of RNA!
www.rnasociety.org/outstanding-...
www.rnasociety.org/outstanding-...
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Happy to share a new preprint exploring the unusual biochemistry of a "weirdly" diverged cytochrome c in malaria parasites that exemplifies a lineage common to many apicomplexan parasites. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @uofutahcihd.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A Divergent Cytochrome c in Malaria Parasites with an Anomalously Low Redox Potential
Eukaryotic cytochrome (cyt) c is a highly conserved mitochondrial protein central to cellular respiration, featuring a covalently attached hexacoordinate heme whose redox potential is tuned by axial H...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy to share a new preprint exploring the unusual biochemistry of a "weirdly" diverged cytochrome c in malaria parasites that exemplifies a lineage common to many apicomplexan parasites. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @uofutahcihd.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Starting the 2026 with excellent news! Congratulations to graduate students Queren Alcantara (@queren-alcantara.bsky.social) and James Carrington for receiving the AHA Predoctoral Fellowship! @ahascience.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 🔬🧪🌟
January 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Starting the 2026 with excellent news! Congratulations to graduate students Queren Alcantara (@queren-alcantara.bsky.social) and James Carrington for receiving the AHA Predoctoral Fellowship! @ahascience.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 🔬🧪🌟
Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Shan Zha!
On Thursday Dec 11th Dr. Shan Zha from Columbia University will give a Biochemistry Seminar entitled "From Breaks to Barrier, the Expanded Roles of Ku and its Friends in Primate Evolution." 12pm in HSEB 2600!
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Shan Zha!
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Honored to have one of my immunofluorescence images featured in @nature.com November’s best science images!!! Thank you @nature.com and their photo team (Fred Schwaller & Katie Kavanagh) for the highlight! 🧪🔬👨🏾🔬 @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social
Check it out! go.nature.com/4pGzlr9
Check it out! go.nature.com/4pGzlr9
This is the world’s largest spider web — November’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Honored to have one of my immunofluorescence images featured in @nature.com November’s best science images!!! Thank you @nature.com and their photo team (Fred Schwaller & Katie Kavanagh) for the highlight! 🧪🔬👨🏾🔬 @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social
Check it out! go.nature.com/4pGzlr9
Check it out! go.nature.com/4pGzlr9
On Thursday Dec 11th Dr. Shan Zha from Columbia University will give a Biochemistry Seminar entitled "From Breaks to Barrier, the Expanded Roles of Ku and its Friends in Primate Evolution." 12pm in HSEB 2600!
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
On Thursday Dec 11th Dr. Shan Zha from Columbia University will give a Biochemistry Seminar entitled "From Breaks to Barrier, the Expanded Roles of Ku and its Friends in Primate Evolution." 12pm in HSEB 2600!
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Mark Lee @guacamarklee.bsky.social and Keren Hilgendorf @uofubiochem.bsky.social discover that prostaglandin E2 inhibits adipogenesis through the cilia-dependent activation of ROCK2.
#JCSciliaSI
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#JCSciliaSI
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Mark Lee @guacamarklee.bsky.social and Keren Hilgendorf @uofubiochem.bsky.social discover that prostaglandin E2 inhibits adipogenesis through the cilia-dependent activation of ROCK2.
#JCSciliaSI
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#JCSciliaSI
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Malaria Parasites are Full of Wildly Spinning Iron Crystals. Scientists Finally Know Why.
Fascinating research from @sigalalab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social w cool implications. New inspiration for nanobots?!
And-epic science writing from Sophia Friesen! healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/new...
Fascinating research from @sigalalab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social w cool implications. New inspiration for nanobots?!
And-epic science writing from Sophia Friesen! healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/new...
October 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Malaria Parasites are Full of Wildly Spinning Iron Crystals. Scientists Finally Know Why.
Fascinating research from @sigalalab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social w cool implications. New inspiration for nanobots?!
And-epic science writing from Sophia Friesen! healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/new...
Fascinating research from @sigalalab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social w cool implications. New inspiration for nanobots?!
And-epic science writing from Sophia Friesen! healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/new...
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How do cancer cells use the nutrients to grow and how can that knowledge lead to better care? Gregory Ducker, PhD, studies the metabolism of cancer. @duckerlab.bsky.social aims to uncover new ideas for future therapies & ways to make current treatments even more effective. @uofubiochem.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
How do cancer cells use the nutrients to grow and how can that knowledge lead to better care? Gregory Ducker, PhD, studies the metabolism of cancer. @duckerlab.bsky.social aims to uncover new ideas for future therapies & ways to make current treatments even more effective. @uofubiochem.bsky.social
Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Frances Arnold at 4pm!
Join us for next week's James & Kathleen McCloskey Bioscience Endowed lecture by Nobel Laureate Dr. Frances Arnold (CalTech) entitled "Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life." Thurs 10/23 4pm in the Skaggs Auditorium!
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Frances Arnold at 4pm!
Join us for next week's James & Kathleen McCloskey Bioscience Endowed lecture by Nobel Laureate Dr. Frances Arnold (CalTech) entitled "Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life." Thurs 10/23 4pm in the Skaggs Auditorium!
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join us for next week's James & Kathleen McCloskey Bioscience Endowed lecture by Nobel Laureate Dr. Frances Arnold (CalTech) entitled "Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life." Thurs 10/23 4pm in the Skaggs Auditorium!
Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Derek Applewhite at 12pm!
Please join us for the Biochemistry Seminar Series on Thurs Oct 9th at 12pm in HSEB 2600. This week's talk will be given by Dr. Derek Applewhite @applewhitederek.bsky.social, Professor of Biology at Reed College and is titled "The regulation of non-muscle myosin II contractility”
October 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Don't miss today's talk by Dr. Derek Applewhite at 12pm!
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It was a pleasure to host these speakers for our 2025 #Postdoc Rising Stars event! Great science and terrific symposium. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It was a pleasure to host these speakers for our 2025 #Postdoc Rising Stars event! Great science and terrific symposium. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social
Please join us for the Biochemistry Seminar Series on Thurs Oct 9th at 12pm in HSEB 2600. This week's talk will be given by Dr. Derek Applewhite @applewhitederek.bsky.social, Professor of Biology at Reed College and is titled "The regulation of non-muscle myosin II contractility”
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Please join us for the Biochemistry Seminar Series on Thurs Oct 9th at 12pm in HSEB 2600. This week's talk will be given by Dr. Derek Applewhite @applewhitederek.bsky.social, Professor of Biology at Reed College and is titled "The regulation of non-muscle myosin II contractility”
Don't miss the Postdoc Rising Stars Symposium and Keynote address today and tomorrow!
Just a couple days away from the 2025 Postdoc Rising Stars Symposium! Don't miss this series of talks on the cutting edge of Cell Biology, Chemical Biology and Computational & Multiscale Analysis, and a keynote by Ryan Watts (Denali Therapeutics)!
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don't miss the Postdoc Rising Stars Symposium and Keynote address today and tomorrow!
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Very excited to welcome these #postdoc speakers to our annual @utah.edu Rising Stars Symposium cohosted by @uofubiochem.bsky.social and Med Chem @uuhsresearch.bsky.social with keynote address by Ryan Watts at Denali
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Very excited to welcome these #postdoc speakers to our annual @utah.edu Rising Stars Symposium cohosted by @uofubiochem.bsky.social and Med Chem @uuhsresearch.bsky.social with keynote address by Ryan Watts at Denali
Just a couple days away from the 2025 Postdoc Rising Stars Symposium! Don't miss this series of talks on the cutting edge of Cell Biology, Chemical Biology and Computational & Multiscale Analysis, and a keynote by Ryan Watts (Denali Therapeutics)!
September 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Just a couple days away from the 2025 Postdoc Rising Stars Symposium! Don't miss this series of talks on the cutting edge of Cell Biology, Chemical Biology and Computational & Multiscale Analysis, and a keynote by Ryan Watts (Denali Therapeutics)!
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#ASBMB26's keynote speaker is Wesley Sundquist: Co-chair of the department of biochemistry at @uofubiochem.bsky.social, ASBMB fellow and one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2025. Don't miss his speech at ASBMB 2026!
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#HIV #StructuralBiology #ProteinDesign
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#HIV #StructuralBiology #ProteinDesign
September 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#ASBMB26's keynote speaker is Wesley Sundquist: Co-chair of the department of biochemistry at @uofubiochem.bsky.social, ASBMB fellow and one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2025. Don't miss his speech at ASBMB 2026!
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#HIV #StructuralBiology #ProteinDesign
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#HIV #StructuralBiology #ProteinDesign
Don't miss today's Biochemistry Seminar by our own Matt Miller on "Getting it Right: How Do Cells Ensure Accurate Chromosome Inheritance?" 12pm in HSEB 2600!
September 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Don't miss today's Biochemistry Seminar by our own Matt Miller on "Getting it Right: How Do Cells Ensure Accurate Chromosome Inheritance?" 12pm in HSEB 2600!
Don't miss today's thesis defense by Ping Guo at 11am!
Join Ping Guo (English Lab) on Fri Sept 12 from 11am – 12pm at the EIHG Auditorium as she presents her Ph.D. Thesis Defense – From Opioid to Nopioid: Mu-opioid Receptor Pharmacogenomics Cracks the Code of Opioid Resistance.
September 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Don't miss today's thesis defense by Ping Guo at 11am!
Don't miss today's talk by Dr. James Olzmann!
On Thurs Sept 11, Dr. James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social will give a talk on "Cellular lipid homeostasis: From lipid droplets to ferroptosis." 12pm in HSEB 2600!
September 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Don't miss today's talk by Dr. James Olzmann!
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We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Postdoctoral Rising Stars Symposium cohosted @uofuhealth.bsky.social by @uofubiochem.bsky.social and MedChem with keynote by Ryan Watts at Denali Therapeutics
September 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Postdoctoral Rising Stars Symposium cohosted @uofuhealth.bsky.social by @uofubiochem.bsky.social and MedChem with keynote by Ryan Watts at Denali Therapeutics
Join Ping Guo (English Lab) on Fri Sept 12 from 11am – 12pm at the EIHG Auditorium as she presents her Ph.D. Thesis Defense – From Opioid to Nopioid: Mu-opioid Receptor Pharmacogenomics Cracks the Code of Opioid Resistance.
September 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Join Ping Guo (English Lab) on Fri Sept 12 from 11am – 12pm at the EIHG Auditorium as she presents her Ph.D. Thesis Defense – From Opioid to Nopioid: Mu-opioid Receptor Pharmacogenomics Cracks the Code of Opioid Resistance.
On Thurs Sept 11, Dr. James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social will give a talk on "Cellular lipid homeostasis: From lipid droplets to ferroptosis." 12pm in HSEB 2600!
September 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
On Thurs Sept 11, Dr. James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social will give a talk on "Cellular lipid homeostasis: From lipid droplets to ferroptosis." 12pm in HSEB 2600!
Don't miss today's thesis presentation by Supraja Ranganathan at 12pm!
On Thurs Aug 28th, Supraja Ranganathan (Bass Lab) will defend her thesis entitled "Dynamics of viral replication and innate immune responses in C. elegans." 12pm in EIHG!
August 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Don't miss today's thesis presentation by Supraja Ranganathan at 12pm!