Tyler Starr has been named a 2024 Searle Scholar for his research into the evolution and inhibition of zoonotic bat coronaviruses. Congratulations Tyler! Tyler Starr healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/news/…

Had a great time with science-friends new and old at #SMBE2024!

The preprint reporting this result and other small observations from our deep mutational scanning of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 variant RBD is available now biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congratulations to Minna Roh-Johnson, Associate Professor University of Utah, on being selected to receive the 2024 WICB Junior Award for Research Excellence. @roh_johnson_lab U of Utah Dept of Biochemistry

Happy postdoc appreciation week! Thank you U of Utah Dept of Biochemistry postdocs for everything you contribute to our labs, department, and institution. Check out this week's programming from UU OPA/UPDA, and come to our department celebration for coffee and donuts the morning of September 18th.

We are excited to host our fourth annual Graduate Student Rising Stars symposium U of Utah Dept of Biochemistry U of U NUIP this upcoming May, 2025. See attached flyer for information, and follow the QR code (shorturl.at/elrQR) if you want to sign up for reminders to apply. Spread the word!

We are thrilled to announce two open rank faculty searches U of Utah Human Genetics: a broad search for all areas of genetics research (utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/170913) & one focused on computational genomics faculty (utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/170449). This launches a multi-year recruiting initiative! (1/4)

Can we develop #COVID_19 countermeasures resilient to viral evolution and antigenic changes? Find out in our study with Davide Corti Tyler Starr Led by Laura Rosen @aletortorici Anna De Marco HHMI UW Biochemistry Vir Biotechnology University of Utah sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 1/8

We have multiple faculty job openings again this year in the Dept of Human Genetics University of Utah (job ad links in the thread) please share and apply and join us for some groundbreaking science in the mountain west

Two months to complete your applications for our fourth annual Graduate Student Rising Stars symposium! U of Utah Dept of Biochemistry U of U NUIP See attached flyer for information, and follow the QR code (shorturl.at/elrQR) if you want to sign up for reminders to apply. Spread the word!

One more month to apply for our fourth annual Graduate Student Rising Stars symposium! U of Utah Dept of Biochemistry U of U NUIP See attached flyer for information -- note, we are extending the deadline to December 30th to allow turnaround after some mid-December conferences 😁

Happy to share our story on evolution of protein quaternary structure! We discover an astounding variation in assembly across evolutionary timescales contrasted by strong functional conservation suggesting a significant role of non-adaptive processes nature.com/articles/s4146… 👇🧵

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