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Alzheimers Research – Roberts Lab

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Roberts group, in collaboration with the Mastren laboratory @MastrenLabUtah, graduate students, Dr. Aidan Bender (Nuclear Engineering, Mastren group) and Dr. Emily Kirkeby @_EmilyKirkeby_ (Chemistry, Roberts group) developed a 213Bi-labeled pyridyl benzofuran for the targeted α-therapy of amyloid-β aggregates. The Roberts team @agr_chemistry worked together with Dr. Tara Mastren (Nuclear Engineering), Dr. Donna Cross (U of U Health, Radiology), and Dr. […]

August 28, 2024

Robert W. Parry Featured in Science History Institute Article

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Our former faculty, Robert W. Parry, was recently featured in a Science History Institute article, written by Judith Kaplan and Dennis Sauer. Dr. Sauer completed his postdoctoral studies with Bob Parry at the University of Utah. Distinguished Professor Robert W. Parry was a giant in his profession. He was the founding editor of Inorganic Chemistry in […]

May 21, 2024

Valeria Molinero – Why does ice form at a range of temperatures?

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“From abstract-looking cloud formations to roars of snow machines on ski slopes, the transformation of liquid water into solid ice touches many facets of life. Water’s freezing point is generally accepted to be 32 degrees Fahrenheit. But that is due to ice nucleation—impurities in everyday water raise its freezing point to this temperature. Now, researchers […]

April 1, 2024

Ingrid De Almeida Ribeiro – PostDoctoral Fellow in Molinero Group

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I am from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Universidade Federal Fluminense. I began my research journey with condensed matter physics focusing on the electronic structure of semiconductor alloys. During my undergraduate career, I spent two semesters as a visiting student at the University of Manitoba in Canada, where […]

April 1, 2024

Rodrigo Noriega 2024 Sloan Research Fellow

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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundationhas just released the names of this year’s Fellows and our very own Professor Noriega is one of them! “Congratulations to the Sloan Research Fellows of 2024. The following 126 early-career scholars represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of […]

February 21, 2024

Lasso Peptides 2024

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A collaborative research project with Professor Swanson’s group, Professor Roberts’ group, and Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Gabe Da Hora, resulted in a feature on the cover of Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), titled: Lasso Peptides: Exploring the Folding Landscape of Nature’s Smallest Interlocked Motifs. Professor Jerssica Swanson Dr. Gabe da Hora Professor Andrew Roberts […]

February 21, 2024

Gina Frey Highlighted in ACS Publication

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Gina Frey, Professor of Chemistry, Ron and Eileen Ragsdale Endowed Chair in Chemical Education, noted “Our studies in general chemistry 1 (GC1) have shown that social belonging predicts course performance for all students and belonging differs across gender. In our current study, for students whose major required both General Chemistry 1 and 2 (GC2), GC1 […]

January 31, 2024

Jessica Swanson Study on Methane-Eating Bacteria

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University of Utah chemist Jessica Swanson has retooled her lab to help develop a process that would harness methane-eating bacteria, known as methanotrophs, which naturally break down methane into carbon dioxide and organic compounds. She aims to discover ways to enable methanotrophs to effectively pull methane from the air at low concentrations in next-generation bioreactors. The Swanson lab has […]

December 11, 2023

Valeria Molinero Study on Fungal Ice Nucleators

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New research from the University of Utah, with Germany’s Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research and Idaho’s Boise State University, is shedding fresh light on the role of biological agents—produced by fungi of all things—in ice formation. Valeria Molinero, a theoretical chemist with the University of Utah’s College of Science, is at the forefront of […]

November 13, 2023

Advanced Inorganic Lab Poster Session

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This semester undergraduates students of chemistry worked together with their TAs to create crystal structures with tungsten and platinum. After they completed this experiment, the students created posters to reflect their own processes in their findings and accomplishments. Tom Richmond, professor of Chemistry said “On October 6th, our Advanced Inorganic Lab students celebrated the end […]

October 18, 2023