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Six CU Boulder Chemical and Biological Engineering students selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Six students in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering have won prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) awards. Read more
Sage Hurta wins the Women’s Mile at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
"Crossing the finish line in Fayetteville, Arkansas, I was overcome with both joy and relief. I spent much of 2020 injured, dreaming of an opportunity to win an NCAA title. Now that I had an opportunity to realize that dream, I didn't want to pass it up. Winning an individual NCAA track title has been a couple years in the making for me, delayed in large part by the pandemic." Read more
CU Boulder Chemical and Biological Engineering jumps to No. 14 in U.S. News and World Report’s best graduate school rankings for 2022
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering continued to gain national recognition for the quality of its graduate school education, earning the No. 14 (tie) spot overall in the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate School rankings for chemical engineering for 2022. Read more
Spike protein mapping could lead to more effective COVID-19 vaccine boosters and therapies
New research from the Sprenger and Whitehead groups aims to identify and map common mutations in “Spike” proteins—the proteins that allow the virus to enter and infect cells. This would provide researchers with a roadmap to anticipate and counteract the development of future SARS-CoV-2 strains with effective vaccines and vaccine boosters. Read more
Setting the stage for cell 'directors' to repair fractures: Rao wins Three Minute Thesis competition
What do movie sets and biomaterial environments have in common? According to Varsha Rao, a fifth-year PhD student in the Anseth Lab who placed first in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Feb. 16, they both need directors to call the shots. Read more
CU Boulder scientists win $1.2M for cutting-edge microscopy center
New center will be ‘truly paradigm shifting for life scientists and engineers across campus’ Read more
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