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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has announced that ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers Mark Rentschler, Greg Rieker and Tin Tin Su have been designated as NAI Senior Members in recognition of their impact on society through extraordinary innovation.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation Terri Fiez has announced that Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Director of the Office of Contracts and Grants Denitta Ward will retire effective June 30, 2021. A search process to identify a replacement within the CU system will commence in mid-February with the goal of filling the role by early summer, before Ward’s departure.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s Office of Information Technology (OIT) is launching a national search for a research computing director to build on the work of noted supercomputer strategist Thomas Hauser, who is departing the university on Feb. 28.
Despite the unprecedented challenges everyone faced in 2020, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers continued to deliver findings that will improve the lives of people across the globe—or simply dazzle us with new insights into the natural world.
Why are some people more resilient to viruses than others? Ed Chuong, an assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·, proposes an intriguing answer: Exposure to ancient parasites by our ancestors forever altered our genome, shaping the varied responses of our immune systems today.
Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn, physics professors and JILA Fellows at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Murnane and Kapteyn pioneered technologies for generating coherent X-rays, which helped propel research in dynamic processes in atoms, molecules and materials.
Led by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· and designed to push the frontiers of quantum sensing, Quantum Systems through Entangled Science and Engineering (Q-SEnSE) involves 37 researchers from 12 organizations located in 6 different states (including one collaborating from Europe).
The Office of Conflicts of Interest & Commitment (COIC) is transitioning to a new InfoEd reporting system, which includes a revamp of the disclosure form (DEPA Form). The transition to the InfoEd reporting system and the new DEPA Form is underway and will be in effect for 2021.
The AB Nexus Research Collaboration Grant program announced its inaugural round of grants totaling $625K for novel research projects integrating expertise from the CU Anschutz and Boulder campuses. The projects involve a broad range of research themes related to basic science and translational approaches.
We continue to ask employees and researchers who are not already approved for on-campus or field work to continue remote work until instructed otherwise. Anyone performing work that has been approved should follow all ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·, Boulder County and Colorado guidance.