Bio-Catalysis

Pre-steady-state kinetics of nanocrystal:molybdenum nitrogenase biohybrids reveals hole-scavenging efficiency is critical to N2 reduction

Daniel Morton — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:59:40 +0000

Pre-steady-state kinetics of nanocrystal:molybdenum nitrogenase biohybrids reveals hole-scavenging efficiency is critical to N2 reduction Daniel Morton Wed, 07/30/2025 - 13:59

CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 2025, 102732

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Rate-limiting regimes in photochemical H2 generation by complexes of colloidal CdS nanorods and hydrogenase

Daniel Morton — Fri, 23 May 2025 22:07:30 +0000

Rate-limiting regimes in photochemical H2 generation by complexes of colloidal CdS nanorods and hydrogenase Daniel Morton Fri, 05/23/2025 - 16:07

CHEM, 2025, 102594

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Ocean microbes offer clues to environmental resilience

Daniel Morton — Fri, 16 May 2025 19:57:34 +0000

Ocean microbes offer clues to environmental resilience Daniel Morton Fri, 05/16/2025 - 13:57

May 2025

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H-cluster Intermediates and Catalytic Properties of Clostridium pasteurianum [FeFe]-Hydrogenase III

Daniel Morton — Tue, 13 May 2025 21:25:03 +0000

H-cluster Intermediates and Catalytic Properties of Clostridium pasteurianum [FeFe]-Hydrogenase III Daniel Morton Tue, 05/13/2025 - 15:25

BIOCHEMISTRY, 2025, 64, 11, 2455-2466

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Emeritus RASEI Fellow Carrie Eckert elected as Director of the SIMB

Daniel Morton — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:36:11 +0000

Emeritus RASEI Fellow Carrie Eckert elected as Director of the SIMB Daniel Morton Tue, 04/15/2025 - 18:36

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SIMB

Press Release

In April of 2025 RASEI Fellow Emeritus Carrie Eckert was recently elected as Director of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, or SIMB.

The SIMB is a nonprofit international association of scientists, dedicated to the advancement of the microbiological sciences, specifically in their application to industrial products, biotechnology and materials.

Founded in 1949, SIMB promotes the exchange of scientific information through meetings, conferences, publications, and reports. Serving as liaison between the specialized fields of microbiology.

Carrie Eckert, who moved from RASEI to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2021, was elected as the new Director of SIMB. Carrie’s research explores the development and application of genetic tools for microbial metabolic engineering, with an emphasis on high throughput libraries using CRISPR-Cas systems for functional genomics toward industrial applications.

Congratulations to Carrie on her election, and excited to see the progress with SIMB!

April 2025

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High-density CRISPRi screens reveal diverse routes to improved acclimation in cyanobacteria

Daniel Morton — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:10:38 +0000

High-density CRISPRi screens reveal diverse routes to improved acclimation in cyanobacteria Daniel Morton Fri, 03/21/2025 - 14:10

PNAS, 2025, 122, 12, e2412625122

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Sustainable Spinouts: Innovation in Action

Daniel Morton — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:51:39 +0000

Sustainable Spinouts: Innovation in Action Daniel Morton Mon, 03/10/2025 - 14:51

March 2025

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RASEI Fellow Maureen McCann named NREL Senior Research Fellow

Daniel Morton — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 23:00:30 +0000

RASEI Fellow Maureen McCann named NREL Senior Research Fellow Daniel Morton Fri, 02/21/2025 - 16:00

February 2025

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Machine learning models for segmentation and classification of cyanobacterial cells

Daniel Morton — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 22:41:05 +0000

Machine learning models for segmentation and classification of cyanobacterial cells Daniel Morton Sat, 02/08/2025 - 15:41

PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH, 2025, 163, 16

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New Frontiers Grant Program Successes for RASEI Fellows

Anonymous — Wed, 08 May 2024 20:48:10 +0000

New Frontiers Grant Program Successes for RASEI Fellows Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 05/08/2024 - 14:48

Daniel Morton

The CU Boulder New Frontiers Grant Program was launched in 2024. The program is designed to foster visionary groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research projects that have potential for high impact. This could include significant advances in knowledge, problem-solving or innovation that can build to new paradigms of understanding.

New Frontiers Grant Program

2024 Award Announcement

A central column of this program is to stimulate the development of new strengths at CU Boulder, driven by researchers thinking across disciplines and developing methods to work together to tackle complex and impactful research challenges.

Twenty-six teams submitted collaborative proposals were submitted to this program earlier this year and four projects were selected as winners of planning grants, two of which involved RASEI Fellows.

New Frontiers in Bio-Integrated Organic Computing & Low-Energy Innovative Carbon-based Manufacturing, or BIO-CLIC, led by RASEI Fellow Jeff Cameron and engaging a team across four CU Boulder departments and collaborators from NREL, will explore challenges in computational efficiency by investigating unconventional computing approaches that employ renewable sources and carbon fixation processes.

Polymers for a Sustainable Earth, or POSE, led by Wei Zhang from the Department of Chemistry and involving RASEI Fellows Dan Kaffine, Kat Knauer, Oana Luca, Seth Marder, Srinivas Parinandi, Mike Toney, and Terri Walters, brings together collaborators from six CU Boulder departments and NREL. POSE will foster a community to facilitate extramural research and funding at a scale to effectively address the issue of plastic pollution and new, sustainable methods to synthesize, reuse, and recycle polymers.

The four teams were chosen following 14 in-person pitches, where the teams outlined how their proposed work addresses important societal problems through adopting collaborative interdisciplinary approaches. The four teams will now use the next year to advance their proposals, build out the team and conduct initial investigations on how to take things forward. The teams will then compete for the single Launch Phase Grant of $200k, which will be awarded in June 2025.

Congratulations to the teams! We look forward to seeing your progress over the next year!

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