Welcome new post-doc fellow Matt Barber from Stanford.
Nels receives the first Mario R. Capecchi Endowed Chair in Genetics.
Our paper on gene accordion-like adaptive evolution in poxviruses is featured with a 'PaperFlick' video abstract in Cell.
Welcome new post-doc fellow Dustin Hancks and grad student Kelsey Rogers Cone.
Nels is named a 2012 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.
2011
2012
Hear the interview on KCPW (local NPR station)
2013
The Scientist: Editor's Choice
Welcome new grad student Della Fixsen!
Matt Barber is awarded a NRSA post-doc fellowship from the NIH. Congrats Matt.
2014
Welcome research technician Juliane Smith and grad student Clay Carey.
The Elde lab is awarded a
collaborative development
NIH grant to study 'New roles
for retrogenes in the restriction
of HIV', with the CHEETAH center.
Ed Chuong is awarded a
Jane Coffin Childs - Howard Hughes Medical Institute postdoc fellowship!
Congrats to grad student Clay Carey for being named a Reavis Fellow in Genetics.
Congrats to grad student Della Fixsen for being awarded a slot on the Genetics Training Grant.
Grad student Kelsey Rogers Cone is awarded a slot on the Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant.
Utah's inaugural Molecular Evolution Retreat is held at Deer Valley with keynote speakers Doris Bachtrog and John Willis.
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Matt Barber's paper
Escape from bacterial iron piracy through rapid evolution of transferrin
highlighted by
Carl Zimmer in the NY Times
Ed Yong for National Geographic
Science: The battle for iron
Nature: How bacteria and host fight for iron
ASCB: The iron double cross
iron pirate map by Janet Iwasa
Matt Barber wins the 2014 Omenn Prize for 'paper of the year' at the interface of evolutionary biology and medicine.
Welcome new post-doc Alesia McKeown from the University of Oregon.
Alesia is also a new member of the Feschotte lab.
Matt Barber is awarded a K99 Pathway to Independence grant from NIGMS. Congrats Matt.
Profile of Nels and our work on virus evolution on the NIH Biomedical Beat blog from NIGMS.
Nels receives the Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award from the American Society for Virology.
Selfie with ASV President Vincent Racaniello at the annual meeting in London, Ontario.
Dustin Hancks' paper on the evolution of nucleic acid sensors cGAS and OAS in primates appears in PLOS Genetics.
He got the news on the gourd phone.
Alesia McKeown presents her thesis work from Joe Thornton's lab in the Walter Fitch Prize competition at the SMBE annual meeting as depicted by Alex Cagan.
2015
The Elde lab receives a
R01 award. Thank you NIGMS!
Announcing This Week in Evolution a new monthly podcast hosted by Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello.
A podcast on the biology behind what makes us tick.
2016
Ed Chuong's paper Regulatory evolution of innate immunity through co-option of endogenous retroviruses
co-starring Cedric Feschotte
highlighted by
Carl Zimmer in the New York Times
Ed Yong in The Atlantic
Sarah Zhang in Wired
Science: A copy-and-paste gene regulatory network
Dustin Hancks is awarded a K99 Pathway to Independence grant from NIGMS. Congrats Dustin.
Nels is named an Investigator in the
Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The Barber lab is open for science in the Department of Biology and Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon. Congrats Matt.
Welcome new post-doc Keir Balla from the University of California San Diego.
Nels receives the 2016 Merck Irving S. Sigal
Memorial Award from the American Society
for Microbiology.
2017
2018
The Hancks Lab is open for science in the Department of Immunology at UT Southwestern Congrats Dustin.
Nels gives the 7th Annual Seymour Benzer Lecture at the National Academy of Sciences.
The Chuong Lab is open for science at the BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. Congrats Ed.
Nels is promoted to Associate Professor of Human Genetics and named a H.A. & Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair.
Great fun co-hosting the SMBE satellite meeting #EvoCell2018 at the new Cell and Genome Science Center at the University of Utah and nearby Deer Valley Resort. Meeting Program
Congrats to Kelsey Cone on her successful Ph.D. defense and new job as Scientist at ARUP Laboratories.
Congrats to highschoolers Anna Mancera and Tyrell Floyd for winning the Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair and advancing to the Intel ISEF 2017 with their Elde Lab research project.
Welcome new post-doc Zoë Hilbert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2019
Congrats to Alesia McKeown on her new position as a Scientist at BioFire Diagnostics!
Welcome new post-doc Stephen Goldstein from the University of Pennsylvania.
Welcome new post-doc Kristen Davenport from Colorado State University.
Welcome new M.D.-Ph.D student Michelle Culbertson.
Congrats to Clay Carey on his successful thesis defense and new post-doc position in Jamie Gagnon’s lab in Biology at the University of Utah
Welcome new post-doc Mai Tran from University of California San Diego.
2020
Zoë Hilbert is awarded a Helen Hay Whitney Foundation postdoc fellowship!
Nels joins as a member of the Genetic Variation and Evolution (GVE) Study Section at NIH
Welcome Ph.D. student Erin Cafferty.
Nels becomes a Reviewing Editor at eLife
2021
Welcome undergrad Sonresa Ochoa-Vidales.
Congrats to Della Fixsen on her successful Ph.D. defense and new position as a postdoc fellow in Shelley Copley’s lab at CU Boulder!
Nels is awarded a MacArthur Fellowship!
Kristen Davenport receives a NIH Research Scientist Development Award (K01). Congrats Kristen!
The Elde lab is awarded a multi-investigator Transformative R01 with Brenda Bass , Dan Stetson, and Jane Jackman
See some of the backstory on the NIH Director’s blog.
This Week in Evolution records its 5th anniversary show on the future of our past.
Welcome new grad student Hannah Young.
Sonresa Ochoa-Vidales is awarded an internship in the GSRM summer program!
Nels joins the scientific advisory board of the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Research Fund.
Stephen Goldstein is awarded a NRSA post-doc fellowship from the NIH. Congrats Stephen!
Stephen Goldstein weighs in on the SARS-2 pandemic on NPR’s Science Friday.
Welcome new research technicians Mara Schwiesow and Teagan Feeley.
Welcome summer undergrad intern Pear Instasin.
Welcome summer undergrad intern Natalia Etsitty
Mai Tran is awarded a NRSA post-doc fellowship from the NIH. Congrats Mai!
Sonresa Ochoa-Vidales is awarded a position in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Congrats Sonresa!
Welcome new post-doc Ian Boys from UT Southwestern.
Welcome to new research technician Drew Janik also working in the Gagnon lab.
Nels is appointed as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.
2022
Sonresa Ochoa-Vidales is accepted to University of Pennsylvainia where she will start her PhD. Congrats Sonresa!
The Balla Lab is open for science at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub! Congradulations Keir!
Ian was awarded an LSRF postdoctoral fellowship. Congratulations Ian!
Welcome new post-doc Katie Deets from UC Berkeley
Hannah was awarded the Out to Innovate Career Development Fellowship and a spot on the UofU Genetics Training grant. Congratulations Hannah!
Michelle was awarded an F30 fellowship. Congratulations Michelle!
Meghan Quinlan joins the lab as a research technician.
Steve Cho joined the lab as an MD/PhD student.
Welcome Meghan and Steve!
The Elde Lab is open for science
with charter lab members Diane Downhour and Melissa Hartley.
evolutionary genetics & cell biology
