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March 16, 2023Donia and Ploss awarded Princeton accelerator funding
Six new innovations with potential to benefit society will receive university funding to aid in the transition from early-stage research into real-world products and services. Two of the six projects awarded in 2022 are to faculty in the Department of Molecular Biology.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
March 1, 2023Ploss Lab researchers find a path toward Hep E treatment
In a paper published Feb. 28 in the journal eLife, a team of researchers headed by Alexander Ploss settle a debate about a key protein in hepatitis E (Hep E), which could open the way to developing treatments for a tiny virus that poses an outsized threat to public health around the globe.Research
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July 28, 2022Katherine Morillo, a MOL BIO graduate student in the lab of Coleen Murphy, has been awarded an HHMI Gilliam Fellowship. The award provides $53,000 for up to three years for outstanding graduate students and their advisers who are committed to building an inclusive environmentDepartment Announcement -
May 31, 2022Dr. Austin Newton died on May 13 in Princeton at eighty-five. He was born in Richmond, Texas, the son of Dr. Edward P. and Catherine W. Newton. After graduating from the University of Texas–Austin in 1959 and with a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California–Berkeley in 1964, Dr. Newton joined the group headed by the Nobel Laureate Jacques Monod at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Dr.Department Announcement -
May 25, 2022Sigma Xi and Thesis Awards, among others, were bestowed on members of the Class of 2022 on May 23rd by Bonnie Bassler and Frederick Hughson.Department Announcement -
May 19, 2022A study by Martin Jonikas and Ned Wingreen provides a framework to boost crop growth by incorporating a strategy adopted from a fast-growing species of green algae.Research -
May 4, 2022Michael Levine and Thomas Gregor publish studies that shed light on the coordination of genes during embryonic development in Nature.Research -
May 4, 2022As part of the University’s ongoing initiative to expand the narrative of Princeton’s history and foster an inclusive sense of place on campus, the University is unveiling a portrait of Elaine Fuchs *77.Department Announcement -
April 29, 2022The Year of the Tiger that launched with this Lunar New Year is a moment of pride and reflection for Princeton’s vibrant Asian and Asian American community. This month, the University continues the series with Yibin Kang.Department Announcement -
April 28, 2022New research endeavors with potential benefits for health, the environment, and molecular imaging have been awarded support from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 26, 2022Natalia Orlovsky, a molecular biology concentrator from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, has been selected as valedictorian of Princeton’s Class of 2022. Frances Mangina, a philosophy concentrator from Toronto, was named salutatorian.Department Announcement -
April 20, 2022For Josh Babu ’22, a pre-med concentrator in the Department of Molecular Biology and Rhodes Scholar, a certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSS) might not seem like the most obvious choice. Far from it, his studies in the GSS department actually led him to the topic of his senior thesis.Research -
April 15, 2022Projects are selected following a competitive application process that includes evaluation based on scientific and technical merit, innovation and novelty, the ability of the technology to meet a market or societal need, and the potential for public benefit.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 14, 2022Smits is a 5th year graduate student in the Shvartsman lab. The Procter Fellowship is awarded annually “to students displaying the highest scholarly excellence in graduate work.”Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 12, 2022Three MOL graduate students have been awarded 2022 Teaching Awards by the Dean of the Graduate School. Teaching Awards honor those graduate students who have made a significant and exceptional contribution to undergraduate teaching.Department Announcement -
April 6, 2022Researchers at Princeton University and Boston University have uncovered new insights into the role played by the earliest stages of the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in determining whether patients develop mild or severe forms of COVID-19.Research -
April 6, 2022MOL BIO major Alice Zhang '10 is featured on the cover of this week's PAW and interviewed about the company she co-founded, Verge GenomicsDepartment Announcement