Caption: Ben Matthews contemplates an Aedes aegypti mosquito. More than 400 million people worldwide are infected each year by viruses carried by female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Until recently, research into disease transmission and mosquito biology […]
In 2019, Colorado State University professor Christopher Snow was honored with both the Nelson Family Faculty Excellence Award and a Best Teacher Award. A member of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering since 2011, […]
Caption: Healthy Human T Cell. Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAID (NIAID/NIH – NIAID Flickr’s photostream). We’re pleased […]
The crystal structure of a transmembrane bacterial enzyme responsible for modification of the cell wall was recently solved by JCC Fellow Dan Ma and her colleagues. The enzyme is a type of MBOAT, an important […]
Caption: Flavivirus membrane fusion. A) Steps in the fusion transition. Starting point and end point represent known structures; steps in brackets inferred from experimental evidence as summarized in (Chao et al., 2014). B) Scheme for […]