Bamburg and Minamide Retirement
June 23, 2023
Kevin Flynn – Beyond Basement Membranes: UltiMatrix and Other Matrices for Stem Cells and Organoids
November 14, 2022
From here to there: The expanding roles of alpha-arrestins in protein trafficking and their impact on cellular metabolism
October 24, 2022
Allison M. Porman Swain – Regulation of cell states by the RNA modification m6A, from breast cancer to pathogenic yeast
October 17, 2022
An Organ Systems Approach to Study Extracellular Vesicle Biology
July 25, 2022
Erin Nishimura Promotion and Tenure Seminar
September 27, 2021
Santiago Di Pietro, Ph.D. Promotion Seminar
September 23, 2019
Sarah Bollinger PhD Defense Thursday, September 5th
September 5, 2019
Biochemistry Student Association (BCSA) 2019 Open House
September 4, 2019
Neuro Workshop 2019 Videos Added
August 20, 2019
Launching FALL 2019 New Professional Master’s Programs
July 10, 2019
Biological Data Analytics And Microscopy Imaging Technology [Read More...]
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Spring 2018 Newsletter
April 16, 2018
2018 Spring Newsletter [Read More...]
Standout Faculty
April 16, 2018
P. Shing Ho was recognized for his scholarly work that has had an impact in the world, receiving the Colorado State University Scholarship Impact Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research. For the full story. Jeffrey Hansen received the Provost’s N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation. The award was presented in recognition of the use of technology that significantly encourages instructional [Read More...]
Not so different after all: Human cells, hardy microbes share common ancestor
December 1, 2017
Tom Santangelo’s recent publication in Science It turns out, we’re not so different – biochemically, anyway – from archaea after all. Santangelo, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was on a team that found striking parallels between how archaeal cells and more complex cells, including humans’ and animals’, package and store [Read More...]
At the ripe age of 23, Crystal Vander Zanden is a newly minted CSU Ph.D.
July 7, 2017
Most college students finish their undergraduate degrees around the age of 22. But Crystal Vander Zanden isn’t most students. The 23-year-old Arizona native is leaving Colorado State University a newly minted Ph.D. in biochemistry – the youngest ever from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The soft-spoken, unassuming Vander Zanden defended her Ph.D. thesis [Read More...]
Nishimura named 2017 Boettcher Investigator
June 15, 2017
Two Colorado State University biomedical researchers, Erin Osborne Nishimura and Kelly Santangelo, have received Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards from the Boettcher Foundation. Nishimura and Santangelo join seven other top Colorado researchers in this year’s class of Boettcher Investigators, as they are called. Now in its eighth year, the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards program honors early-career [Read More...]
Happy 50th, Biochem: Symposium to celebrate department milestone
April 8, 2016
Four years after the Nobel Prize went to the discoverers of DNA’s double helix, Colorado State University founded its Department of Biochemistry (renamed the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1994). Following a half-century of research, teaching and discovery, the department will celebrate its 50th birthday with an anniversary symposium, April 14-15. All events [Read More...]
Dr. Norman Curthoys to give emeritus lecture April 14th
March 21, 2016
Dr. Norman Curthoys will give his emeritus lecture titled, Forty-five Shades of Glutaminase, on Thursday, April 14th at 3:00 p.m. in the Cherokee Park Ballroom in the Lory Student Center. [Read More...]
Biochemistry Major, Emily Robitschek, named Truman finalist
March 9, 2016
Biochemistry and Anthropology major, Emily Robitschek, is one of three CSU students chosen to compete as a finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Emily, along with Sarah Bibbey and Elizabeth Hale, is among 195 finalists chosen from 775 nominees from 305 institutions nationwide for their exceptional leadership potential. http://source.colostate.edu/three-undergraduates-finalists-truman-scholarship/. [Read More...]
50th Anniversary Symposium
March 3, 2016
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will be celebrating its 50th anniversary with a symposium on April 15, 2016, in Lory 382. Please join us at 7:45 a.m. for coffee and mingling before the symposium begins. Opening remarks from Dean Janice Nerger at 8:15. Register here: https://www.bmb.colostate.edu/50th-anniversary-celebration/. [Read More...]
Scholarship Deadline March 1, 2016
February 9, 2016
The 2016-2017 Scholarship Deadline is March 1st at 11:00 p.m. (MST). More than $10,000 in awards and scholarships were given to undergraduates in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology last year. Click here for links: 2016-2017 Scholarship Information Biochemistry Awards/Scholarships –Undergraduates information about each opportunity can be viewed at: http://www.natsci.colostate.edu/scholarships/ The CSUSA is available online [Read More...]
Four BMB Graduate Students Recognized at 2015 GradShow
November 12, 2015
Four BMB graduate students won awards at the Fall 2015 Graduate Student Showcase. Eric Tauchman was recognized as one of ten Honorable Mention Great Minds in Research, sponsored by the Graduate School and the Vice President for Research, and was awarded $100.00. Melissa Ford won one of three Undergraduate Choice awards co-sponsored by the Office for [Read More...]
CSU Biochem ranked 8th in the nation by GraduatePrograms.com
November 2, 2015
Colorado State University was ranked as number 8 in the 2015 “Top 25 Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology Programs” by GraduatePrograms.com. The rankings are based on surveys of current and recently graduated students from programs across the country, on topics that include Academic Competitiveness, Career Support, Education Quality, and Faculty Accessibility & Support. Rankings may [Read More...]
Professor Norman Curthoys retires after 38 years
June 10, 2015
Norman P. Curthoys After 38 years in the professorial ranks, 28 of those years at Colorado State University, Professor Norman P. Curthoys retired at the end of the Spring 2015 academic semester. Norm received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 1972. He then completed two years’ of postdoctoral research at Washington University in St. Louis [Read More...]
Congratulations 2014-15 Graduates!
June 10, 2015
Fall 2014 Bachelor’s Degrees: Samantha Buck, Elizabeth Ertle, Laramie Lewis, Connor Hendrich**, Ryan Olson, Zachary Dickerson*; Minor: Christopher Miller Molecular Biology Interdisciplinary Minor: Samantha Buck Spring 2015 Bachelor’s Degrees: Eric Acheff, Taylor Beairsto, Laura Becker, Lindsay Benage**, Erica Ditmanson, Zachary Geroche, Alex Graham, Melissa Gray*, Carey Kilgore, Rachel Miller, Sarah Rivard, Jennifer Skinner, Lydia Tena, [Read More...]
Jim Bamburg initiates Neuroscience degree
June 10, 2015
Although completing his second year as an Emeritus Professor, Jim Bamburg wants you to know that “emeritus” does not necessarily equal “retired.” After working for 10 years to initiate a Bachelor’s Degree in Neuroscience at CSU, Bamburg welcomed the first incoming class of 31 freshmen neuroscience students in the Fall of 2014. The number of [Read More...]
Two new faculty members welcomed to BMB
June 10, 2015
Tim Stasevich joined the faculty October 1, 2014, as an assistant professor. Tim received his Bachelor of Science with high distinction in physics and mathematics from the University of Michigan. He earned his doctorate in physics from the University of Maryland, College Park. He was a JSOS Postdoctoral Research Fellow [Read More...]
Biochemistry faculty honored and recognized
June 10, 2015
2015 Awards and Scholarships Announced
June 10, 2015
BMB Students Recognized at 2015 CURC Showcase
June 10, 2015
Emily Robitschek, BMB major, awarded Sigma Xi research grant
February 9, 2015
Emily Robitschek, an undergraduate major in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, received a Grant-in-Aid from Sigma Xi to conduct research on cancer biology with Dr. T.C. Wu at the John’s Hopkins School of Medicine. Sigma Xi is an honorary society that promotes scientific research. The society’s Grants-in-Aid program is supported by the National Academy of Sciences, [Read More...]
Robert Woody honored by journal Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging
February 2, 2015
Robert Woody, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, was honored with a biography published as an editorial feature in Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging, a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of basic and applied research that uses spectroscopic and imaging techniques in areas of the life sciences. The biography accompanies an article written by [Read More...]
Jim Bamburg awarded Established Individual Interdisciplinary Award
January 28, 2015
Dr. Jim Bamburg, Professor Emeritus, recently received one of four new University awards in Interdisciplinary Scholarship. The Vice President for Research at CSU created the award to recognize either a faculty member or research team whose interdisciplinary scholarship has had a major impact nationally and/or internationally. Two individual faculty members (one “established” and one “emerging” [Read More...]
CSU Biochemistry ranked 6th in Top 25 Programs on GraduatePrograms.com
October 21, 2014
Colorado State University was ranked as number 6 in the 2014 “Top 25 Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology Programs” by GraduatePrograms.com. The rankings are based on surveys of current and recently graduated students from programs across the country, on topics that include Academic Competitiveness, Career Support, Education Quality, and Faculty Accessibility & Support. http://www.graduateprograms.com/best-biochemistry-schools/ [Read More...]
Stasevich publishes in journal Nature
September 23, 2014
The study by Dr. Timothy Stasevich (new Assistant Professor in BMB) on the effect of histone acetylation on gene expression was published this week in the journal Nature (Stasevich, et al., 2014, Nature, doi:10.1038/nature13714). The work used live cell fluorescence microscopy to demonstrate that adding an acetyl group to a specific amino acid residue of histone H3 increases [Read More...]
P. Shing Ho named Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
May 7, 2014
P. Shing Ho, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was recently named a Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). [Read More...]
Crystal Vander Zanden Recognized for Excellence in Teaching
May 7, 2014
Crystal Vander Zanden, graduate assistant and doctoral student in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was awarded the 2014 College of Natural Sciences Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award. [Read More...]
Santiago Di Pietro Recognized for Excellence in Teaching
May 7, 2014
Santiago Di Pietro, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was awarded the 2014 College of Natural Sciences Early Career Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching or Mentoring Award. [Read More...]
Anthony Tu, Professor Emeritus, presented with Lifetime Achievement Award
November 12, 2013
Anthony Tu, Professor Emeritus, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Toxinological Society of India at TSCICON 2013 on Dec. 21, 2013. [Read More...]
Karolin Luger named 2014 Fellow of the Biophysical Society
November 8, 2013
Karolin Luger, Colorado State University Distinguished Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, was named one of eight Fellows of the Biophysical Society, “for her seminal contributions to the structure-function analysis of chromatin biology,” according to the Biophysical Society’s November 2013 newsletter. “The award honors the Society’s distinguished members who have demonstrated excellence in science, [Read More...]
Karolin Luger National Lecturer at 57th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society
January 23, 2013
Karolin Luger was the National Lecturer at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society on February 4, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA. [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
Check out the 2013 BMB Newsletter
March 2, 2012
Click here for the 2013 Biochemistry Annual Newsletter . [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
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, [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
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! [Read More...]
Dr. Aaron Sholders receives 2009-2010 Jack E. Cermak Outstanding Advisor Award
August 5, 2009
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 [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
Department Receives PRSE Renewal
May 5, 2009
BMB has been renewed as a Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence at CSU. [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
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.” [Read More...]
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. [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
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 [Read More...]
