BOULDER — University of Colorado associate professor Amy Palmer has been awarded a five-year, $3.7 million grant by the National Institutes of Health, the university has announced.
The Director’s Pioneer Award is given to scientists who propose innovative approaches to solving biomedical and behavioral research problems, according to the NIH website. Palmer is one of 10 researchers in the country to have been awarded the grant this year.
Palmer, a faculty member of the CU chemistry and biochemistry departments and the interdisciplinary BioFrontiers institute, studies metal ions — such as zinc — inside of cells and their effect on the overall health of living organisms.
“We’re interested in this because zinc is absolutely essential for all forms of life,” Palmer said. “And we know there are a lot of diseases associated with the disruption of zinc.”
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