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Corrella Detweiler, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, and Wei Zhang, professor of chemistry and chair of the Chemistry Department, have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the academy announced today .

Mircea Fotino, a retired professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB), passed away on January 23, 2023, dying peacefully at home in the company of his family. Mircea was born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1927, son of Scarlat Fotino and Marcella Teodorescu. He came to the USA for the...

Now out in Scientific American. Work in monogamous prairie voles at CU Boulder and other institutions is revealing the neurobiology of love and providing surprising new insights into how social bonds form, why voles get stressed when their partners are stressed, and how they console each other through touch. From...

Lisa Hiura has been awarded a DP5 Early Independence Award . Lisa is a postdoc in the Donaldson lab. This award will allow her to begin to build her independent research program.

Sara Sawyer has just been awarded the very competitive NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for her project titled: “Breaking the Barrier to an HIV Vaccine”.

Professor emeritus remembered for his ability to present vital material expertly and for his humor, intelligence and interest in people. L. Andrew Staehelin, a longstanding member of the University of Colorado Boulder Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) passed away on Sept. 28, 2022. He was 83. Andrew...

After years of progress in the battle against antimicrobial-resistance, so-called “superbugs” have made a concerning comeback in the age of COVID, with resistant hospital-onset infections and deaths soaring at least 15% in the first year of the pandemic alone, according to a new Centers for Disease Control report .

Recently promoted Associate Professor Zoe Donaldson along with her postdoctoral fellow, Julie Sadino, and fourth-year graduate student, Liza Brusman, have travelled to the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology (SMTB) in Estonia for a joint teaching collaboration. They will work with ~50 international high school students to develop new ways...

With support from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation, six life-science scholars gain support during their first two years of PhD work, beginning this fall Six life science scholars will embark on their PhD studies and contribute their unique cultural experiences to the University of Colorado Boulder campus this fall...

The Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology is pleased to announce the establishment of the Laura Pollock Endowed Scholarship, which will award one $4000 scholarship annually to an undergraduate enrolled in MCDB. Preference will be given to students with financial need and to students pursuing a dual-major in the...