Congratulations Michael!
Congratulations to our very talented undergrad Micheal Xiao who is a 2019 recipient of the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship. A well-deserved recognition for an exceptional student and young scientist!
Lab Ski Day!
Rutter lab members squeeze in a Lab Ski day at the world class Brighton Ski Resort in between morning meetings and symposium chairing responsibilities in the afternoon.
Jared chairs Mitochondrial Stress session at GRC Mitochondrial Dynamics and Signaling conference
Session on Mitochondrial Stress at the Gordon Research Conference on Mitochondrial Dynamics and Signaling led by Jared with talks by Nora Kory, Carmen Bekeova, Jyoti Jaiswal, Luke Wiseman, Monica Driscoll, Gyorgy “isabadguy” Szabadkai, and Noa Sher that had mostly nothing to do with MitoStress “But that’s ok!” according to Jared.
Farewell Eric!
After a successful six years in the Rutter lab, Eric Fredrickson is moving to a position in biotech here in Salt Lake City. During his time in the lab, Eric published two first author papers on the mitochondrial protein Vms1. We wish him the best of luck in his new position!
Jared and Sara attend the Deuel Conference on Lipids
Jared presents our cutting-edge work on the FAScinating story of mitoFAS at the ASBMB Deuel Conference on Lipids in Dana Point, California.
Lab Curling!
Our first annual Lab Curling outing at the Utah Olympic Oval. It’s harder than it looks!
Esther receives a GFPD grant
Congratulations to Rutter Lab postdoc, Esther Nuebel, who received a grant from the Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders (GFPD) and the Wynne Mateffy Research Foundation (WMRF). The goal of this grant is to accelerate treatment options for peroxisomal disorders in the Zellweger spectrum and the related single enzyme deficiencies.
Congratulations Claire!
Congratulations to Dr Claire Bensard who successfully defended her PhD thesis describing her amazing work on the MPC and colon cancer. Claire will be heading back to school in the summer to finish here final two years of medical school.
Commentary in Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism on Jon's paper
Mills et al. write a commentary on graduate student, Jon Van Vranken’s, paper published in Mol. Cell describing how sensing acetyl-CoA can tune respiration.
Congratulations Jeff!
Congratulations to Rutter lab postdoc, Jeff Morgan, whose graduate work in the Bartel lab at MIT was published in Nature.
Farewell Cameron!
Farewell to our newly-minted PhD, Cameron Waller, who is leaving the Rutter lab for a postdoc position at UCSD. Enjoy the sunshine!
Congratulations Cameron!
Congratulations to Cameron Waller PhD! Cameron successfully defended his PhD and taught us all how Google maps is the key to understanding metabolism.
Claire gives keynote at Annual Biochemsitry Departmental Retreat
Congratulations to MD/PhD student, Claire Bensard who was selected to give the student keynote address at our annual departmental retreat in Deer Valley. Claire is a talented and entertaining presenter who is working on the MPC and its role in colon cancer.
Hot off the press!
Sara’s review is published in Current Biology. Impact of Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Synthesis on Mitochondrial Biogenesis. (2018) Nowinski SM, Van Vranken JG, Dove KK, Rutter J. Curr. Biol.
The lab goes to Madison!
Jared and Rutter lab postdoc, Sara Nowinski, give talks at the Frontiers in Metabolism Conference at the Morgridge Institute in Madison, WI, while MD/PhD student, Claire Bensard, wins a prize for her poster.
Jordan is awarded a Training Grant!
Congratulations to our very talented grad student, Jordan Berg, for being awarded a spot on the T32 Computational Approaches in Diabetes and Metabolism Research Training Grant!