Department News
Karolin Luger is the National Lecturer at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society
January 23, 2013
Karolin Luger is the National Lecturer at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society on February 4, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Norm Curthoys Receives Jack E. Cermack Advising Award
April 25, 2012
Dr. Norm Curthoys is one of four recipients of the Jack E. Cermack Advising Award this year. Congratulations! Jack E. Cermack Advising Award – Endowed in 1984 to honor excellence in academic advising, including recognition by students and peers as an outstanding advisor; capacity to offer career as well as academic advising; interpersonal communication skills [...]
Colorado State University Scientists Identify Cofilin, a Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s, as Key to Molecular Motors
March 13, 2012
A protein that has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease and cancer is at the center of groundbreaking research by a team of Colorado State University scientists. The team found that the protein, called cofilin, regulates the forces that are essential, for example, for cells to migrate around the body. The research appears this week in [...]
Check out the 2012 BMB Newsletter
March 2, 2012
The 2012 BMB Annual Newsletter is now on-line and available for you to download and read. This year, we celebrate the accomplishments of our students, staff, and faculty, with a new section (Faculty Profiles), which highlights the accomplishments of two members of the faculty (Professors Paule and Bamburg) who are in transition.
Colorado State University Biochemistry Professor Investigates How Cells Absorb Proteins and Other Materials
January 23, 2012
A Colorado State University biochemist is completing the first year of a $985,000, four-year National Science Foundation grant to study how cells take up materials such as proteins from outside their plasma membranes. The research could lead to better understanding of how nutrients, hormones, cholesterol and some viruses enter cells. Santiago Di Pietro, assistant professor [...]
Tingting Yao Named Boettcher Investigator
June 1, 2011
Dr. Tingting Yao is one of five faculty members in the state of Colorado to be selected as Boettcher Investigators for 2011 as part of the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program, which helps recruit, retain and advance scientific talent in Colorado. Dr. Yao is one of two faculty members from CSU to receive this honor, which [...]
Jennifer DeLuca Named Monfort Professor
April 26, 2011
Dr. Jennifer DeLuca was selected as one of two Monfort Professors for 2011. The Monfort Professor Award is one of the University’s top honors and was established in 2002 through a gift from the Monfort Family Foundation. Dr. DeLuca will receive $75,000 annually for two years in addition to her regular salary to support her [...]
Laurie Stargell Named 2011 CNS Professor Laureate
January 5, 2011
Dr. Laurie Stargell is one of two faculty members in College of Natural Sciences to receive the honor of Professor Laureate for 2011, which is the highest academic title awarded by the College. It is intended to honor faculty who have made outstanding contributions to its mission with work in the areas of research, teaching, [...]
P. Shing Ho & Olve Peersen Awarded the Provost’s N. Preston Davis Award
November 5, 2010
Drs. P. Shing Ho and Olve Peersen were awarded the N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation in 2010-11 for their work in bringing 3-D projection technology to the University. This award is presented to up to two faculty members annually, and is offered in two categories: (1) successful application of technology to enhance learning [...]
Drs. Luger, Nyborg and Stargell receive $7.8 million health grant
May 3, 2010
Drs. Karolin Luger, Jennifer Nyborg and Laurie Stargell receive $7.8 million health grant to study how chromosomes unravel to let genes do their jobs. Specifically, the study will investigate how chromosomes untangle to expose genes that dictate cell behavior. This unique project could result in a significant impact on understanding human health. The following article [...]
Undergraduate Katy Hooper Benson awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
April 10, 2010
Katy Hooper Benson, a biochemistry and Spanish double major, has been selected as a 2010 recipient of the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater Scholarship provides up to $7,500 per year for the final one or two years of undergraduate study. The Goldwater Scholarship is awarded to outstanding students who plan to pursue careers [...]
Dr. Paul Laybourn receives 2009-2010 Oliver P. Pennock Distinguished Service Award
August 5, 2009
The Oliver P. Pennock Distinguished Service Award recognizes meritorious and outstanding achievement over a five-year period by full-time members of the academic faculty; established as a tribute to Professor Pennock, who served as a distinguished professor of Civil Engineering in the 1920s. Congratulation, Paul!
Dr. Aaron Sholders receives 2009-2010 Jack E. Cermak Outstanding Advisor Award
The Jack E. Cermak Outstand Advisor Award honors excellence in academic advising, including recognition by students and peers as an outstanding advisor; capacity to offer career as well as academic advising; interpersonal communication skills that lead to beneficial advising relationships; and contributions to the improvement of advising services and/or the appreciation of academic advising throughout [...]
Dr. Jennifer G. DeLuca named 2009 PEW Scholar in Biomedical Sciences
June 18, 2009
Dr. Jennifer (Jake) DeLuca, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is one of 17 recipients of the 2009 Pew Scholars Award in the Biomedical Sciences. The award recognizes the most promising scientists in biomedical research each year with a $240,000 grant for 4 years, allowing them to pursue high-risk high potential research that would [...]
Department Receives PRSE Renewal
May 5, 2009
BMB has been renewed as a Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence at CSU.
Biochemistry Department Members Reach Out to Local 5th Graders
April 3, 2009
Several members of the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department have been participating in an outreach program with Skyview Elementary fifth graders this year, made possible by contributions from Biochemistry alumnus, Dr. Dean Tsao. The following article was published in a local newspaper: http://www.mywindsornow.com/article/20090403/SCHOOLS/904039995/1040&ParentProfile=1001
Jennifer DeLuca Awarded the Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Award
August 5, 2007
Dr. Jennifer DeLuca was awarded a Basil O’Conner Starter Scholar Award from the March of Dimes. This award is designed to support young scientists embarking on their independent research careers. Dr. DeLuca received this honor for her research proposal, “Achieving Accurate Chromosome Segregation in Mitosis: The Role of the NDC80 Complex at the Kinetochore-Microtubule Interface.” [...]
BMB Department Welcomes New Chair
July 5, 2007
The Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department welcomes our new Department Chair, Dr. P. Shing Ho. Dr. Ho arrived on July 1st from Oregon State University where he was Chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics. His research area is nucleic acid structure and function and X-ray crystallography.
Dr. Karolin Luger named University Distinguished Professor
January 5, 2007
Those faculty members appointed as University Distinguished Professors have records of performance ranking them among the most outstanding members of their disciplines, as reflected by their research publication, exhibition, artistic performance, or other mode of accomplishments appropriate to their disciplines. Distinguished Professors have received national and international competitive awards, prizes, honors, and/or other forms of [...]
BMB acquires Aviv AU-FDS Fluorescence Detection System for the Analytical Ultracentrifuge
January 5, 2006
In January 2006 the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s Biomolecular Ultracentrifuge Facility became the fifth facility in the world to obtain an Aviv AU-FDS system (the others are at Cambridge University (UK), the University of Maryland, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and the University of New Hampshire). The new [...]
Biochemistry Faculty Karolin Luger named HHMI Investigator
March 21, 2005
Karolin Luger, CSU biomedical scientist has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Dr. Luger is the first in university history to be honored with the prestigious accolade and is the only person in Colorado awarded the prominent distinction this year. Luger, who joined Colorado State in 1999, is one of the world’s foremost [...]