News
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May 31st, 2023
A Blooming Scientist: Emily Kibby
Emily Kibby is profiled in the Department's Be a Biochemist series!
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"Bacterial NLR-related proteins protect against phage" by Kibby et al. Check out the full paper here.
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February 8th, 2023
Our work on E1-E2 fusion proteins in bacteria is published in Nature!
"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.
2022
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October 4th, 2022
Aaron is awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award!
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
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July 20th, 2022
Our work on NLR-related proteins is deposited on BioRxiv!
"Bacterial NLR-related proteins protect against phage" by Kibby et al.
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June 1st, 2022
The lab is awarded an AB Nexus Grant!
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
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June 1st, 2022
Aaron is named a 2022 Boettcher Investigator!
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
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March 31, 2022
The lab's first manuscript is deposited on BioRxiv!
"cGASylation by a bacterial E1-E2 fusion protein primes antiviral immune signaling" by Ledvina and Ye et al.
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February 10th, 2022
Melissa is selected for the University of Regensburg Undergraduate Research Scholarship!
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!
2021
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October 10th, 2021
The lab is awarded the Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant!
Our lab was awarded its first grant! The Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant will support our work on antiphage signaling in bacteria.
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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!
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July 1st, 2021
Hannah Ledvina is awarded the Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship!
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!
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May 5th, 2021
Amy Conte joins the lab!
Amy joins the lab as a Ph.D. student in Biochemistry
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April 9th, 2021
Rico Carale is awarded an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Grant!
Congrats Rico! We are looking forward to all the great science coming this summer.
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March 8th, 2021
Amy Conte starts her 4th rotation
Welcome to the lab!
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February 18th, 2021
Alfredo Vargas joins the lab!
Alfredo is joins the lab as an Undergraduate Researcher and Wuttke–Beckman Scholar
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January 15th, 2021
Rico Carale joins the lab!
Rico joins the lab as an Undergraduate Researcher
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January 11th, 2021
Logan McCoy and Michael Nagel start their 3rd rotation
Welcome to the lab!
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January 1st, 2021
Uday Tak joins the lab!
Uday joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Scholar