Professor Jeffrey Cameron 2024

Mourning the loss of Jeffrey Cameron

Nov. 7, 2024

Jeffrey Cameron, Associate Professor in the Biochemistry Department and Fellow in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) at CU-Boulder died on September 25 in Boulder County, babyÖ±²¥app. A memorial for Jeff was held on Friday, October 11 at Rundus Funeral Home in Broomfield, CO. The Biochemistry Department wishes to...

Professor Jeffrey Cameron

Innovative Project Led by CU Boulder Biochemistry Professor Jeffrey Cameron Selected for New Frontiers in Bio-Integrated Organic Computing & Low-energy Innovative Carbon-based Manufacturing (BIO-CLIC)

April 25, 2024

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) and New Frontiers Grant partners—the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences, and the School of Education—announced planning grant winners in the inaugural round of the New Frontiers Grant Program , a novel initiative designed to foster new, interdisciplinary...

Professor Jeff Cameron

RASEI Fellows CU Boulder Biochemistry Professor Jeff Cameron and CU Boulder Physics Professor Ivan Smalyukh: Potential New Ways to Use Bacterial Systems in Bio-Manufacturing

March 15, 2024

Bacterial Disco Lights: Using light to control the movement and arrangement of cyanobacteria to form liquid crystalline active matter This collaboration, between a bacterial biochemist and a condensed-matter physicist, uses light to control the movement and arrangement of cyanobacteria, forming two- and three-dimensional nematic liquid crystalline states that could provide...

Jeffrey Cameron - Prometheus Co-Founder and Advisor

Forbes Recognizes Prometheus Materials as an Innovative and Quick Growth Company

Sept. 14, 2023

How To Build A Climate-Friendly Skyscraper: Start Small. Petri-Dish Small. Prometheus Materials has a solution for replacing one of the biggest contributors of greenhouse gasses, financial backing from Microsoft and an aggressive plan to scale up quickly. Petri Dish Days Four University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder academics, Jeff Cameron, Sherri Cook,...

Jeffrey Cameron

CU Boulder StartUp, Prometheus Materials, Spurred by Research from the Cameron Lab and Others

May 18, 2023

University of babyÖ±²¥app soars into top five for launching startups CU Boulder’s startups launched in 2021 included Prometheus Materials, a company spun out of the labs of Wil Srubar, Mija Hubler and Sherri Cook in Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and Jeff...

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Modern microbes provide window into ancient ocean

Jan. 6, 2021

Scientists at CU Boulder have discovered that a type of single-celled organism living in modern-day oceans may have a lot in common with life forms that existed billions of years ago—and that fundamentally transformed Earth.

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Scientists shed light on essential carbon-fixing machinery in bacteria

May 6, 2020

Scientists have been studying cyanobacteria and its many potential applications for decades, from cutting CO2 emissions to creating a substitute for oil-based plastics, but there wasn’t a deep understanding of the full life cycle and metabolism of specialized compartments within these common bacteria – until now.

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Even single-celled organisms need their space: Squished bacteria may shut down photosynthesis

March 23, 2020

In a study published today, a team at CU Boulder took advantage of a new microscopic technique to follow the lives of individual bacteria as they grew and divided in complex colonies.

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Building materials come alive with help from bacteria

Jan. 15, 2020

CU Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to designing more sustainable buildings with help from some of the tiniest contractors out there.