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Greetings!
The "Recent Publications from our Faculty" section of this newsletter is the most widely read content, and this month will not disappoint our loyal readers. Our faculty have been very busy and it is beginning to show in recent collaborations. We hope you enjoy reading about all the new research happening at BioFrontiers.
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BioFrontiers Researchers Uncover New Cancer Target
In a new paper recently released in Nature, BioFrontiers Institute scientists at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Tom Cech and Leslie Leinwand, detailed a new target for anti-cancer drug development that is sitting at the ends of our DNA. Researchers in the two scientists' laboratories collaborated to find a patch of amino acids that, if blocked by a drug docked onto the chromosome end at this location, may prevent cancerous cells from reproducing. The amino acids at this site are called the "TEL patch" and once modified, the end of the chromosome is unable to recruit the telomerase enzyme, which is necessary for growth of many cancerous cells. Read more
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JSCBB Earns LEED Platinum Rating
The University of Colorado Boulder's Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology building has received a LEED platinum rating -- the highest possible evaluation -- from the United States Green Building Council. The 336,800-square-foot research and teaching facility opened in April on the university's east campus. More than 60 faculty and 500 researchers, staff and students work inside, tackling a wide swath of challenges from cancer and heart disease to the development of new biofuels. LEED certification is a national benchmark for sustainable design, construction, operation and maintenance. Read more
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IQ Biology Blog: Night at the Museum
| Lauren Shoemaker is a second-year grad student in the IQ Biology program. |
The kickoff for the 72nd Annual Meeting for the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology was the night of October 17th-that's right, the meeting began on National Fossil Day.
To be honest, I didn't know that there was such a thing as National Fossil Day before attending SVP (as I'm guessing you didn't know until just now, either). However, the holiday was well-celebrated among the SVP crowd, with posters of wooly mammoths, stickers, and celebratory pins. While the Welcome Dinner for SVP wasn't specifically set-up for National Fossil Day, it definitely still fit the theme. Read more
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Upcoming EventsBioFrontiers Seminar Roy Parker, CU Boulder Nov. 13, 4-5 p.m. JSCBB - Butcher Auditorium
BioFrontiers Seminar Scott Handley Wash. Univ. School of Medicine Dec. 4, 4-5 p.m. JSCBB - Butcher Auditorium
BioFrontiers Seminar Zhongping Tan, CU Boulder Dec. 11, 4-5 p.m. JSCBB - Butcher Auditorium
Biochemistry Seminar Erin O'Shea, Harvard/HHMI January 16, 3:30 pm JSCBB - Butcher Auditorium
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Butcher Symposium
Friday, November 1, 2013
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
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Recent Awards
Natalie Ahn, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Associate Director of BioFrontiers accepted a Professor of Distinction award.
Chris Bowman, Professor and Patten Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and BioFrontiers Task Force member, was one of six faculty across the CU system to receive the award of Distinguished Professor.
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Hubert Yin's Research Earns Journal Cover
Hubert Yin's research on small molecule inhibitors of the TLR1-TLR2 complex was recently selected to be on the inside cover of the December Angewandte Chemie. The cover art (shown above) was done by BioFrontiers undergraduate student Devan Gomez.
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