Portrait of Tom Cech

Tom Cech: How CU tackled COVID-19 testing

June 14, 2021

By Tom Cech I鈥檝e been immersed in the new book by Walter Isaacson, modestly titled 鈥淭he Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race.鈥� Multiple pages describe Jennifer鈥檚 leadership in launching COVID-19 testing on the Berkeley campus. There鈥檚 no question that Jennifer鈥檚 scientific acumen, compassion,...

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With NIH grant, CU Boulder to become national center of cryoelectron tomography

Sept. 21, 2020

The University of Colorado Boulder will be one of four national centers designed to advance the application of cryoelectron tomography (cryoET), which helps visualize in 3-D the fine-structure of intact cells and tissues, the National Institutes of Health announced (NIH) today.

Three women doing lab research

CU Boulder attracts a record $631 million in annual research funding

Oct. 7, 2019

CU Boulder research attracted a record $631 million in funding in fiscal year 2019 for groundbreaking studies that investigate a changing environment, explore new opportunities in space, mitigate the effects of natural hazards, advance biomedical research and seek cleaner, more sustainable energy solutions.

Board of Regents

Regents approve the split of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry into separate departments

June 25, 2018

The board voted by consent agenda to split the CU Boulder Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry into two independent departments: the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biochemistry.