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Anseth earns international recognition with L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science award
She is one of only five women in the world, and the only recipient in North America, to receive the recognition this year. Read more
Fox describes light control of health-critical enzymes in Nature Communications
Assistant Professor Jerome Fox has developed a new method of controlling enzymes using light. Read more
A rare honor in pharmaceutical sciences: Journal dedicated to professors John Carpenter and Ted Randolph
The January 2020 Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences issue was dedicated to Carpenter, PhD, and Randolph, PhD. Read more
Exploring small molecular behavior for big change: Holewinski earns NSF CAREER Award
Earlier this month, Assistant Professor Adam Holewinski earned a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for his proposal, “Understanding Bifunctionality in Organic Electro-oxidation Catalysis.” Read more
Levy shines in national contest with video on using light to combat drug-resistant bacteria
Max Levy, a graduate student in the Nagpal Lab, earned second place in a Science Coalition video competition. Read more
$125 million for CU Boulder spinout Inscripta may usher in the next wave of genetic engineering
Inscripta, a digital genome engineering company spun out of CU Boulder research, has just raised another $125 million in a Series D financing on the heels of launching its revolutionary product, The Onyx™. Inscripta is having a record funding year, also closing on $105 million in financing in late 2018 and early 2019. The company has raised $259.6 million in total and these new funds will help accelerate the expansion and commercialization of The Onyx™ . Read more
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