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Tue, 09/22/2020

Tilvawala Awarded CBID Research Project for 2020

Ronak Tilvawala, Assistant Professor, Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, is the newest recipient of a CBID research project award. She is a mid-year replacement due to a graduation from CBID CoBRE. Dr. Tilvawala's project title is Host Substrate Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 Virus Protease. Additional information about CBID research projects...

Wed, 09/16/2020

Experts say influenza shot is especially important amid COVID-19 pandemic (Opens in new window)

Tue, 09/15/2020

Fehr, CBID Research Project Awardee, Granted New Project

Anthony R. Fehr, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, was awarded $361,008 by National Institutes of Health for his project entitled Determining Mechanisms of Innate Immune Modulation By ADP-Ribosylation. This award is part of the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) initiative, designed to increase the efficiency of NIGMS funding by...

Mon, 09/14/2020

Berkland Granted Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Award

Wed, 09/09/2020

KCUR – Up To Date: Kansas Coronavirus Researcher (Opens in new window)

Mon, 09/07/2020

COVID-19 research at KU is exploring medicinal answers and beyond (Opens in new window)

Mon, 08/24/2020

Kalamvoki, CBID Researcher, earns pilot grant for research project to fight COVID-19 pandemic (Opens in new window)

Wed, 08/19/2020

Sathyamoorthi awarded CBID Research Project for 2020

Shyam Sathyamoorthi, Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, is the newest recipient of a CBID research project award. He is a mid-year replacement due to a graduation from CBID CoBRE. Dr. Sathyamoorthi's project title is First Enantioselective Syntheses of Bactobolins A, B, and Analogue Antibiotics. Additional information about...

Thu, 07/09/2020

ChromaDex Announces New Study Results Highlighting Promising Anti-Viral Effects of Niagen® in Coronavirus Cell Model (Opens in new window)

Thu, 06/11/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "SARS antibodies block coronavirus infections, study shows." San Francisco Chronicle. By Cynthia Dizikes (Opens in new window)

Tue, 06/02/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "New Frontiers pilot awards support COVID-19 research" KU Medical Center News. By Kristi Birch (Opens in new window)

Tue, 06/02/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "Monster or Machine? A profile of the Coronavirus at 6 months" New York Times. by Alan Burdick (Opens in new window)

Thu, 05/28/2020

Chancellor announces promotions, tenure for 2020

Wed, 05/27/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "Experts offer input on the safety of outdoor graduations during pandemic" Houston Chronicle. By Paul Wedding (Opens in new window)

Mon, 05/11/2020

2020 CBID Pilot Project Awardees Announced

Below are the recipients of the CBID pilot project awards for the year 2020. Steven Bloom, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas Project Title: Illuminating Old Catalysts for the Synthesis of Anti-Infective HIV Peptides Zarko Boskovic, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas Project Title:...

Mon, 05/11/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "A COVID GUIDE: Understanding the "S" Factor" TImes of India. TNN (Opens in new window)

Sat, 05/09/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "COVID-19 cases continue to rise while vaccine research creeps along" KMZU 100.7. By Glenn Fuseliere (Opens in new window)

Fri, 04/24/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "Researchers say air conditioning is linked to coronavirus outbreak in China" AZ Family Channel 3. By Whitney Clark (Opens in new window)

Wed, 04/15/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "Kansas coronavirus update: Gov. Laura Kelly, legislators earmark $17 million for struggling hospitals" The Topeka Captial Journal. By Tim Carpenter (Opens in new window)

Mon, 04/13/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "When experts attack! Coronavirus was not engineered in a lab" KU News Podcast. By Brendan Lynch (Opens in new window)

Sat, 04/11/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "Pandemic: COVID-19 - The Way It Works" Podcast. By Maxfield Rivers (Opens in new window)

Fri, 04/10/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "Coronavirus researcher at KU shares what’s alarmed, surprised him about COVID-19" Fox4-KC. By Lisa McCormick. (Opens in new window)

Tue, 04/07/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "KU Virologist sheds light on COVID-19 pandemic" KMZU 100.7. By Glenn Fuseliere (Opens in new window)

Tue, 04/07/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "Lafayette county and Ray county confirm new casers" KMZU 100.7. By Glenn Fuselier (Opens in new window)

Fri, 04/03/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "This University of Kansas professor has been researching coronavirus since 2012" KCTV5. By Chris Oberholz, Kaci Jones (Opens in new window)

Tue, 03/24/2020

What Should You Wear Outside to Protect Yourself From Coronavirus? (Opens in new window)

Sun, 03/22/2020

Fact checking common rumors about the novel coronavirus (Opens in new window)

Fri, 03/20/2020

A coronavirus expert from KU predicted this pandemic—here’s what he says will happen next (Opens in new window)

Wed, 03/18/2020

BBC Mundo - Qué son los coronavirus, cuántos hay y qué efectos tienen sobre los humanos (Opens in new window)

Mon, 03/09/2020

Fehr, Anthony. "Coronavirus in the Kansas City Area" KCUR. By Gina Kaufmann, Mackenzie Martin & Noah Taborda (Opens in new window)

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