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Leslie Leinwand has won the American Heart Association's 2017 Distinguished Scientist award for outstanding contributions to the field of heart healthThe usage of fats from python hearts on mammals and the cardiovascular differences between females

�鶹ӰԺ biologist Leslie Leinwand has been selected as a member of the 2014 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which honors the leading “thinkers and doers” from each generation, including scientists, scholars

The motor protein, myosin, has fascinated BioFrontiers Chief Scientific Officer Leslie Leinwand for more than 25 years. This protein is responsible for making muscles contract in the body, but Leinwand, a professor in molecular, cellular and

BioFrontiers scientist tackles a childhood disease of the heartBioFrontiers Chief Scientific Officer Leslie Leinwand, has been studying the motor protein, myosin, for 25 years. This important protein is responsible for making muscles contract,

CU professor co-founds new company to develop genetic heart disease treatmentA new biomedical company involving the �鶹ӰԺ, Stanford University and the Harvard Medical School has been launched with $38 million in financing

In a new paper released today in Nature, BioFrontiers Institute scientists at the University of Colorado in �鶹ӰԺ, Tom Cech and Leslie Leinwand, detailed a new target for anti-cancer drug development that is sitting at the ends of our

BioFrontiers faculty receive commercialization grants from the State of ColoradoTen CU research projects were recently selected to receive grants through Colorado’s Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program (BDEG-Co). The State of Colorado

Biofrontiers lab experience opens a career path for seniorAfter two years of working in a �鶹ӰԺ laboratory that recently gained international media attention for its work with snakes and heart disease, graduating senior Ryan

On Science Friday: Leslie Leinwand discusses the Python Project On December 9, Biofrontiers Institute's Chief Scientific Officer Leslie Leinwand shared some scaly tales of her research with Burmese pythons on NPR's Science Friday. During the

Pythons provide clues to human heart health A surprising new �鶹ӰԺ study shows that huge amounts of fatty acids circulating in the bloodstreams of feeding pythons promote healthy heart growth, results that may have