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
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!
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”
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)!
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!
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!
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 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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!
On Weds Aug 13th, Dr. Matthew Wohlever (U. Pittsburgh) will give a Biochemistry Seminar on "Membrane Protein Binding and Phase Separation: A New Paradigm for Understanding Ubiquilin Dysfunction in ALS." 12pm in EEJRMB's Kjeldsberg Conference Room!
August 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On Weds Aug 13th, Dr. Matthew Wohlever (U. Pittsburgh) will give a Biochemistry Seminar on "Membrane Protein Binding and Phase Separation: A New Paradigm for Understanding Ubiquilin Dysfunction in ALS." 12pm in EEJRMB's Kjeldsberg Conference Room!
On Thurs July 31st, Dr. Danielle Grotjahn @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social (Scripps) will give a talk entitled "Lessons from mitochondria on thriving under stress." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
July 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On Thurs July 31st, Dr. Danielle Grotjahn @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social (Scripps) will give a talk entitled "Lessons from mitochondria on thriving under stress." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
On Thursday June 12th, Deirdre Mack will defend her thesis entitled "Folding Interrupted: Defective Folding of Mutant Gβ5 by the CCT Chaperone Complex." EIHG Auditorium at 1pm!
June 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
On Thursday June 12th, Deirdre Mack will defend her thesis entitled "Folding Interrupted: Defective Folding of Mutant Gβ5 by the CCT Chaperone Complex." EIHG Auditorium at 1pm!
Dr. Xavier Roca (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) will give a talk entitled "Splicing regulation by proteins lacking canonical RNA binding domains" on Monday June 2nd at 3pm in HSEB Alumni Hall.
May 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Dr. Xavier Roca (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) will give a talk entitled "Splicing regulation by proteins lacking canonical RNA binding domains" on Monday June 2nd at 3pm in HSEB Alumni Hall.
On Thursday May 22nd, Dr. Nikoleta Tsvetanova (Duke University) will give a talk about functional diversification of signaling by GPCR localization as part of the Biochemistry Seminar Series. HSEB 1750 at 12pm!
May 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
On Thursday May 22nd, Dr. Nikoleta Tsvetanova (Duke University) will give a talk about functional diversification of signaling by GPCR localization as part of the Biochemistry Seminar Series. HSEB 1750 at 12pm!
We will be welcoming nine talented Graduate Student Rising Stars to share their research with us on Monday May 19th, starting at 9:30am in HSEB 1730. The symposium will be followed by the Pace Keynote talk by Dr. Toto Olivera at 4pm!
May 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We will be welcoming nine talented Graduate Student Rising Stars to share their research with us on Monday May 19th, starting at 9:30am in HSEB 1730. The symposium will be followed by the Pace Keynote talk by Dr. Toto Olivera at 4pm!
On Thursday May 15th, Erica Hastings from the Sigala lab will defend her thesis with a talk entitled "The Day the Hemozoin Stood Still: Dissecting an Otherworldly Crystal Motion in Malaria Parasites." 2pm EIHG Auditorium.
May 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
On Thursday May 15th, Erica Hastings from the Sigala lab will defend her thesis with a talk entitled "The Day the Hemozoin Stood Still: Dissecting an Otherworldly Crystal Motion in Malaria Parasites." 2pm EIHG Auditorium.
On Tues May 13th, Onyeka Obidi from the Brasch lab will defend his thesis entitled "Molecular Characterization of Novel C1qL Assemblies and their Regulation by BAI3 binding." 9:30am in HSEB2680!
May 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
On Tues May 13th, Onyeka Obidi from the Brasch lab will defend his thesis entitled "Molecular Characterization of Novel C1qL Assemblies and their Regulation by BAI3 binding." 9:30am in HSEB2680!
On Thursday May 8th, Dr. Eric Vitriol (Augusta University) will give a talk entitled "Following Profilin to a Place Both Wonderful and Strange" as part of the Biochemistry Seminar Series. 12pm HSEB Alumni Hall!
May 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On Thursday May 8th, Dr. Eric Vitriol (Augusta University) will give a talk entitled "Following Profilin to a Place Both Wonderful and Strange" as part of the Biochemistry Seminar Series. 12pm HSEB Alumni Hall!
On Thursday April 24th, Dr. Pamela Bjorkman will talk about her lab's research "Towards a pan-sarbecovirus vaccine to prevent against SARS-CoV-2 variants and animal sarbecoviruses without updating." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
April 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
On Thursday April 24th, Dr. Pamela Bjorkman will talk about her lab's research "Towards a pan-sarbecovirus vaccine to prevent against SARS-CoV-2 variants and animal sarbecoviruses without updating." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (@hhmi.org) will be giving Thursday's Biochemistry Seminar on "Imaging Protein Synthesis at Micron and Atomic Scales"! 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall.
April 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (@hhmi.org) will be giving Thursday's Biochemistry Seminar on "Imaging Protein Synthesis at Micron and Atomic Scales"! 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall.
On Thursday April 10, Julio Cesar Fierro Morales @juliofierro.bsky.social (Roh-Johnson lab) will defend his thesis entitled "Paxillin-Centric Regulation of Focal Adhesions During Dictyostelium Discodeum Migration" 2pm in HSEB 1730!
April 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
On Thursday April 10, Julio Cesar Fierro Morales @juliofierro.bsky.social (Roh-Johnson lab) will defend his thesis entitled "Paxillin-Centric Regulation of Focal Adhesions During Dictyostelium Discodeum Migration" 2pm in HSEB 1730!
Dr. David Guertin will be giving a Biochemistry seminar entitled "Targeting nutrient sensing pathways to combat obesity and polycystic kidney disease." Thurs March 27th at 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
March 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Dr. David Guertin will be giving a Biochemistry seminar entitled "Targeting nutrient sensing pathways to combat obesity and polycystic kidney disease." Thurs March 27th at 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
This week's Biochemistry seminar will be a joint talk given by Christina Schroeder, PhD and Paula Flórez, PhD from Genentech. Thurs March 13th, 12pm at HSEB Alumni Hall!
March 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This week's Biochemistry seminar will be a joint talk given by Christina Schroeder, PhD and Paula Flórez, PhD from Genentech. Thurs March 13th, 12pm at HSEB Alumni Hall!
On Thursday March 6, Dr. Dave Pagliarini (HHMI & WashU) will give a seminar entitled "Wiring mitochondria: The biochemistry and biosynthesis of coenzyme Q." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On Thursday March 6, Dr. Dave Pagliarini (HHMI & WashU) will give a seminar entitled "Wiring mitochondria: The biochemistry and biosynthesis of coenzyme Q." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
On Thursday Feb 20th, Dr. Samuel Hobbs @danafarber.bsky.social will give a Biochemistry seminar entitled "Mechanisms of viral immune evasion conserved across the tree of life." HSEB 1730 at 12pm!
February 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
On Thursday Feb 20th, Dr. Samuel Hobbs @danafarber.bsky.social will give a Biochemistry seminar entitled "Mechanisms of viral immune evasion conserved across the tree of life." HSEB 1730 at 12pm!
On Thursday Feb 13, Dr. Gavin Schlissel will give a Biochemistry seminar entitled "Signaling across scales: Connecting single-molecule Hedgehog diffusion dynamics to evolutionary adaptation." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
February 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
On Thursday Feb 13, Dr. Gavin Schlissel will give a Biochemistry seminar entitled "Signaling across scales: Connecting single-molecule Hedgehog diffusion dynamics to evolutionary adaptation." 12pm in HSEB Alumni Hall!
On Weds Feb 5, Kyle Dunlap (Ducker lab) will defend his thesis entitled "Investigating Mechanisms of Citrulline Import in Cancer." HSEB2680 at 10am!
January 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
On Weds Feb 5, Kyle Dunlap (Ducker lab) will defend his thesis entitled "Investigating Mechanisms of Citrulline Import in Cancer." HSEB2680 at 10am!