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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.
Capable of achieving spatial resolutions of 70 pm—smaller than the size of an atom—the Thermo Scientific Titan Themis S/TEM, located in the newly-launched CU Facility for Electron Microscopy of Materials (CU FEMM), is now the highest-resolution electron microscope in Colorado.Â
The College of Engineering and Applied Science launched three new interdisciplinary research themes this summer as part of a broad push into critical areas of study. Join a virtual session on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 1–3 p.m. to meet the IRT directors, hear their plans and learn how you can participate.