The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Award for Early Career Basic Research recognizes an early career investigator with distinguished basic research achievements in the microbial sciences.

• Read the story in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• Read the press release from the ASM

"Bacterial cGAS-like enzymes produce 2′,3′-cGAMP to activate an ion channel that restricts phage replication" by Tak et al. Check out the full preprint here.

The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level. Whiteley is one of 22 early career scientists who will receive four years of funding to spearhead innovative studies exploring human health and medicine.

• Read the story in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• Read the press release from The Pew Charitable Trusts

Emily Kibby is profiled in the Department's Be a Biochemist series!

"Bacterial NLR-related proteins protect against phage" by Kibby et al. Check out the full paper here.

"An E1–E2 fusion protein primes antiviral immune signalling in bacteria" by Ledvina and Ye et al. Check out the article about our work in CU Today.

The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission. Our work is on Deciphering the crosstalk between bacteria and their mammalian hosts​.

• Read the story in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• Read the press release from the NIH

"Bacterial NLR-related proteins protect against phage" by Kibby et al.

The AB Nexus Grant Program supports collaborative research between CU Boulder and CU Anschutz Medical School campuses. Our work is on Nucleotide Second Messengers at the Host-Pathogen Interface, in collaboration with Dr. Kelly S. Doran, PhD, (Department of Immunology and Microbiology), CU Anschutz.

• Read the announcement from the CU Boulder Office of Research and Innovation
• Read the story Catalyzing a Culture of Collaboration from CU Anschutz Medical Campus

The Boettcher Foundation has named Aaron and 7 others to the 2022 class of Boettcher Investigators through the Boettcher Foundation’s Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards Program. The prestigious award supports promising, early career scientific researchers, allowing them to advance their independent research in Colorado and compete for major federal and private awards in the future. Each Boettcher Investigator will receive a $235,000 grant to support up to three years of biomedical research.

• Read the story in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• See the announcment from the University of Colorado

Ashley joins the lab as a Ph.D. student in Biochemistry and Ryan joins as a Ph.D. student in MCDB.

"cGASylation by a bacterial E1-E2 fusion protein primes antiviral immune signaling" by Ledvina and Ye et al.

The University of Regensburg Undergraduate Research Scholarship is a competitve program that enables undergradraduates to participate in a 10-week research internship in Germany. Well done Melissa!

Our lab was awarded its first grant! The Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant will support our work on antiphage signaling in bacteria.

This prestigious three-year award will support his work studying molecular mechanisms of the cGAS-STING pathway. Ceck out the departmental highlight.

Well done Uday!

This prestigious three-year award will support her work studying molecular mechanisms of how bacteria resist phage infection. Check out the departmental highlight.

Well done Hannah!

Amy joins the lab as a Ph.D. student in Biochemistry

Congrats Rico! We are looking forward to all the great science coming this summer.

Welcome to the lab!

Alfredo is joins the lab as an Undergraduate Researcher and Wuttke–Beckman Scholar

Rico joins the lab as an Undergraduate Researcher

Welcome to the lab!

Uday joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Scholar