University of Colorado Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

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Jon Lorsch (John Hopkins)

5/6/2013 12:00:00 PM

Structural Biology Symposium

5/9/2013 8:30:00 AM

5/13/2013 12:00:00 PM

Matthew Vander Heiden (MIT)

5/20/2013 12:00:00 PM

Recent News

Dr. DeGregori James DeGregori, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, will use mouse models to ask whether the increase in leukemias associated with Down syndrome is actually caused by stem cell defects. The study could indicate ways to improve blood cell function and prevent leukemias in people with Down syndrome. More

Dr. Bentley David Bentley was recently awarded his third R01! David now has three R01 grants, NCI-“Mis-regulation of mRNA poly(A) site selection in cancer cells; NIGMS-“Elongation and termination of transcripts by RNA pol II”; NIGMS-“Coupling of transcription with pre-mRNA metabolism”

Dr. Johnson Aaron Johnson was featured in the 5.1.13 newsletter from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Dr. Aaron Johnson received his PhD from Rockefeller University and is presently Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at UC Denver Anschutz Medical Campus. His work focuses on the formation and regulation of chromatin domains and their ultimate roles in the nucleus. More

Dr. Hesselberth Jay Hesselberth was recently awarded a three-year grant from the American Cancer Society, “Mechanisms governing deoxyuridine content in DNA”.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics is built on a foundation of innovation and excellence in biomedical research. Our faculty bring strength in RNA biology, structural biology and biochemistry, cancer research, genomics, and in yeast genetics and molecular biology.

The Department offers excellent opportunities for postdoctoral and graduate research training. Our faculty are active in most of the interdepartmental graduate training programs on campus, including Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Computational Biosciences and Human Medical Genetics and Genomics. The close proximity of other basic science and clinical departments on the new Anschutz Medical Campus provides an excellent environment for learning and collaboration, from the most basic questions in biology to research with the potential to have a direct impact on clinical practice.

We strive to provide a collegial, interactive and supportive environment and infrastructure. The Department provides state-of-the-art equipment for analyzing protein structure at the atomic level, for genomics and proteomics, and for high throughput biology. The Department stimulates interactions through weekly seminars by invited speakers and in our Research Reports presented by postdocs and graduate students Fridays, at 4 PM, followed by a reception and discussion period. Please join us sometime and explore opportunities for working with us!

Dr. Hodges

Please check out our own Departmental Olympian, Robert Hodges!

There has never been a better time to be a biological scientist! As a result of stunning advances made over the past two decades in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, we now know enough about the basis of life to be able to pose deep and important questions about how cells work. And the remarkable tools at our disposal put us in a position conceive and perform incisive experiments to answer those questions. Never before have we had such opportunities to understand the mechanisms of life and the basis of disease!

The University of Colorado School of Medicine provides an outstanding environment for posing and answering these critical questions. Like the Rocky mountains that provide the backdrop for our labs, this is clearly a place on the rise! But more important, the people here are terrific colleagues. They are at the forefront of their fields, excited to be biological researchers at this remarkable time in history. Students, postdocs, professors and staff, working together toward a common goal: to contribute to an understanding how living things work, and how disease can result when things go awry.

Spend some time on our pages and check out the people—biochemists, molecular biologists, genome scientists and geneticists—that make our Department a great place for discovery. Then consider joining us in our quest to learn and understand.

Mark Johnston, Chair