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February 11, 2019Princeton-Rutgers M.D.-Ph.D. program trains future physicians in scientific research
Fifteen graduate students at Princeton are training to be doctors through a joint program between Princeton University and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.Department Announcement -
February 6, 2019Princeton IP accelerator funding awarded to Professor Alexander Ploss for yellow fever research
Alexander Ploss and his team will receive funding to explore new ways to treat yellow fever using mice with humanized immune systems.Grants, Fellowships and Awards
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October 25, 2018The cover of the Cell Host & Microbe journal this month highlights the recent discovery from the Cristea group that infection-induced peroxisome biogenesis is a metabolic strategy for the benefit of viral replication.Research -
October 19, 2018A new study by Princeton researchers published this week found that the social lives of sweat bees — named for their attraction to perspiration — are linked to patterns of activity in specific genes, including ones linked to autism.Research -
October 9, 2018Betsy Hart, a graduate student in the Silhavy lab, was presented with the Graduate Student teaching award at the 2018 Molecular Biology Department retreat.Department Announcement -
October 8, 2018Associate Professor of Molecular Biology Danelle Devenport with graduate student Kimberly BoxDepartment Announcement -
October 8, 2018Molecular Biology Postdoc Vicki Patterson with Professors Becky Burdine (left) and Danelle Devenport (right). Patterson, a postdoc in the Burdine lab, was awarded the 2018 postdoc teaching award for MOL 348 Cell and Developmental Biology.Department Announcement -
September 25, 2018A team of Princeton researchers has produced a comprehensive view of which genes are active in each of the four major tissues of adult C elegans worms.Research -
September 24, 2018Britt’s research goals are to systematically map molecular networks in human cells in order to understand how cells integrate complex information to mount tailored responses to different forms of stress.Department Announcement -
September 6, 2018Schering Stiftung announced Monday, Sept. 3, that they were awarding the 2018 Ernst Schering Prize to Molecular Biology Chair Bonnie Bassler for her pioneering work on bacterial quorum sensing.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
August 16, 2018Enquist lab members find neuron-invading viruses can be blocked by a drug commonly used to treat amoebic dysentery.Research -
August 13, 2018The Kang lab was one of several on campus that hosted students in the International Student Internship Program this summer.Research -
July 24, 2018The Gitai and Wingreen labs collaborated to determine how E. coli bacteria respond when they are deprived of three key nutrients: carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.Research -
July 2, 2018Two Professors of Molecular Biology were among the fifteen Princeton University faculty members transferred to emeritus status in recent action by the Board of Trustees: Jane Flint and Gertrud Schüpbach.Department Announcement -
June 29, 2018Ploss lab develops new strain of mice which could be useful for testiing therapies for hepatitis delta virusResearch -
June 18, 2018Qiang Ding, Alexander Ploss, and colleagues have identified one of the mechanisms by which ZIKA virus circumvents immune control to replicate in human cells.Research -
June 15, 2018Tom Silhavy received an honorary degree from the University of Guelph this week, Doctor of Sciences, honoris causa, for his "essential contributions to the undestanding of bacterial growth and behavior."Grants, Fellowships and Awards