Publications

  • BioFrontiers' Aaron Clauset used computer networking techniques to better understand malaria's genetic strategy.
    A new paper published Nature Communications, coauthored by a researcher at the University of Colorado鈥檚 BioFrontiers Institute, looked at the genetic strategy used by the human malaria parasite and how old it is from an evolutionary perspective
  • Phil Richardson, an author on a paper recently published in Nature, developed a love for bioinformatics in BioFrontiers' Robin Dowell's lab. His next move: pursuing a graduate degree in medical genomics.
    Bioinformatics answers questions of cancer and career pathPhil Richardson, an author on a paper recently published in Nature, developed a love for bioinformatics in BioFrontiers' Robin Dowell's lab. His next move: pursuing a graduate degree in
  • BioFrontiers Hubert Yin is focused on toll-like receptors that may play a role in new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases.
    If you believe the common adage that you are only using ten percent of your brain, while the other ninety percent remains untapped potential, you are about to be surprised. It鈥檚 true that about ten percent of your nervous system is made up of hard-
  • BioFrontiers Hubert Yin is focused on toll-like receptors that may play a role in new cancer therapies.
    BioFrontiers鈥 Hubert Yin is unlocking the power of toll-like receptorsHubert Yin has been thinking about one type of cell receptor since he joined the BioFrontiers Institute, and it is a receptor worthy of that kind of time. Yin, an Associate
  • Robin Dowell collaborated with MCDB's Joaquin Espinosa and Mary Allen (pictured below) to make sense of p53.
    A major collaboration of Colorado institutions uses new technology to show, after more than 30 years and 50,000 papers on the subject, the direct targets of the gene p53, the most potent 鈥渢umor suppressor鈥 gene. The finding is a strong step toward
  • Biofrontiers scientist Robin Dowell has a vision of understanding how genes affect disease susceptibility. Credit: G. Asakawa
    Genotypes, phenotypes, alternators and faulty wiringRobin Dowell understands machines of all kinds. The MCD Biology assistant professor and BioFrontiers faculty member has been restoring old cars since she was 14 years old. She rebuilt her first
  • Telomeres sit at the ends of chromosomes to protect their genetic data. Credit: Jane Ades, NHGRI
    In a new paper released today in Nature, BioFrontiers Institute scientists at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Tom Cech and Leslie Leinwand, detailed a new target for anti-cancer drug development that is sitting at the ends of our
  • After post-doctoral work at The Broad Institute, Dan Knights will join the computer science faculty at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
    IQ Biology graduate's adventure continuesDan Knights is a humble guy, with very little reason to be humble. A short list of his titles includes high school math teacher, computer scientist and the 2003 Rubik鈥檚 Cube World Champion. He has appeared on
  • Biofrontiers scientist, Leslie Leinwand holds a Burmese python in her lab. Image by: Thomas Cooper
    On Science Friday: Leslie Leinwand discusses the Python Project On December 9, Biofrontiers Institute's Chief Scientific Officer Leslie Leinwand shared some scaly tales of her research with Burmese pythons on NPR's Science Friday. During the
  • Biofrontiers scientist, Leslie Leinwand holds a Burmese python in her lab. Image by: Thomas Cooper
    Pythons provide clues to human heart health A surprising new University of Colorado Boulder study shows that huge amounts of fatty acids circulating in the bloodstreams of feeding pythons promote healthy heart growth, results that may have
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