AURORA — An associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine is being nationally recognized and rewarded for his scientific research on ribonucleic acid.

Jeffrey S. Kieft is among 50 scientists in the nation who won this year's Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist Awards. The award recognizes the most promising young scientists in the country.

All award recipients win $1.5 million in research budget, salary and benefits over the next six years.

Kieft, who is an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at UC Denver's Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, focuses his research on the ribonucleic acid (RNA) found in viruses including hepatitis C, HIV-1 and poliovirus.

New Faculty Members: Richard Davis, Changwei Liu, David Pollock, Les Krushel, Elan Eisenmesser

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics has hired a new chairman
Mark Johnston

Many laboratories have openings for postdocs on and individual basis. Inquire with the laboratory PI if interested in a particular lab.

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