Press Releases by Scientist

Atkins, John

• 3 December 2003 -- Ireland gets Atkins back

Capecchi, Mario

• 14 October 2004: Muscling in on a Deadly Cancer
• 14 June 2004: How Genes Get Us Wired
• 7 October 2003 -- How Genes Orchestrate Facial Expressions.
• 27 January 2003 -- Wins Wolf Prize, Pezcoller-AACR Award for Research
• 3 January 2002 -- Mice Point to Genetic Basis for Obsessive Grooming
• 16 September 2001 -- Dr. Mario Capecchi named a co-recipient of the 2001 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

Cawthon, Richard

• January 2003 -- Chromosome ends shorten with age.

Flanigan, Kevin

• Economical way to detect Muscular Dystrophy

• 15 May 2001 -- Indian Caste Groups Have Differing Genetic Relationships to Europeans and Asians
  

Keating, Mark

• and Shannon Odelberg -- 21 Dec. 2000 -- Scientists Show Fully Specialized Mammalian Cells Can Change Their Cellular Fate
  

Lalouel, Jean-Marc

• 16 Dec. 1999 --Scientists Unravel Genetics of High Blood Pressure
  

Leppert, Mark

• February 2003 -- BITTER TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH?
• January 2003 -- U Gets $10.7 Million to Seek Addiction Genes
• and Andy Peiffer -- 30 Sept. 1999 -- Utah Researchers Locate Childhood Fever Seizure Gene

Li, Dean

• Nov. 2000 -- How to Build an Artery: scientists investigate the role of genes in developing arteries

Rogers, Scott

January 2003 -- U Gets $10.7 Million to Seek Addiction Genes
• 10/26/1999 -- Compelling Evidence Offers New Insights about Dinosaur Survival and Extinction

• A Critical Role For Steroide in Insect Development.

• Nov. 2000 -- Mouse Genome Sequencing Project

Wu, Qiang

• March 2002 -- Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Award

Zimmerman, Guy

• 6 Aug. 200 --Novel, Unexpected Role of Platelets in Disease is Revealed

Genetic Science Learning Center

• June 2003 -- Genetic Science Learning Center Ranks in the top 50.
• 24 Oct. 2001 -- New University Commitment to K-12 Science Education
• 30 Oct. 2000 -- The Future of Science Education: The University of Utah Examines Science Ed. on the Internet
• 1 Aug. 2000 -- Bringing the Human Genome Project to Utah Classrooms
• 1 Nov. 1999 -- Genetic Science Learning Center hosts first annual meeting for science education website developers
• 24 May 1999 -- From Lab to Classroom: genetic science diffuses into local schools