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January 24, 2023Bassler and Wühr receive Transformative Equipment Fund Awards
Six new grants to enable Princeton researchers to acquire state-of-the-art equipment or replace aging scientific instruments have been awarded through the Provost and Dean for Research Transformative Equipment Initiative.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
January 19, 2023Princeton’s technology accelerator fund celebrates 10 years of fueling innovations
In its first decade, Princeton's IP Accelerator Fund supported research that led to the formation of 22 startups.Department Announcement
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December 30, 2019Professor Nieng Yan and colleagues have developed a new method to make monolayer graphene grids for cryo-EM sample preparation.Research -
December 10, 2019Rutgers, Princeton and the NJ Institute of Technology jointly received a $33M award from the NIH to encourage translational science. MOL Professor Dan Notterman is the lead for Princeton. Photo: Melvin Evans/Rutgers UniversityResearch -
December 5, 2019The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Aleena Patel, a graduate student in chemical and biological engineering. Professors Rebecca Burdine, left, and Stanislav Shvartsman, right, were co-principal investigators on the project.Research -
December 3, 2019Shared reading between parents and very young children, including infants, is associated with stronger vocabulary skills for nearly all children by age 3.Research -
November 27, 2019Shirley M. Tilghman, President of the University, emeritus, and Professor of molecular biology and public affairs, has been named a 2019 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).Department Announcement -
November 27, 2019New Jersey is home to some of the world’s most accomplished innovators in applied science. Bonnie Bassler is among three who are being honored by Liberty Science Center at its inaugural “The Genius of NJ” celebration on Monday, December 2.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
November 1, 2019Yibin Kang has been awarded an American Cancer Society Research Professorship, receiving a lifelong designation accompanied by a five-year $400,000 commitment.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
October 28, 2019A joint invention between the Schwarzbauer and Schwartz labs, Nerve damage repair using a patterned extracellular matrix, will be featured at Celebrate Princeton Innovation on November 14.Research -
October 19, 2019Michael Estrella (left) and Sarah Port (right) have received the 2019 Distinguished Postdoc Service AwardDepartment Announcement -
October 15, 2019MOL Assistant Professor Mohamed Donia's methodology for scouring the microbiome for biologically active small molecules was featured in Science.Research -
October 9, 2019Molecular Biology graduate student Betsy Hart was awarded the Thomas J. Silhavy Award at the Department retreat on October 4.Department Announcement -
September 24, 2019The Bassler Lab's Justin Silpe wins one of three International Birnstiel Awards from over 100 nominations covering a broad spectrum of the molecular life sciences.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
September 16, 2019Kayothera, an early-stage therapeutics company founded by Mark Esposito and Yibin Kang, is working to give hope to some of the most vulnerable cancer patients. Now the company’s aspirations are being bolstered by significant seed funding received from the New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF).Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
September 6, 2019MOL BIO Assistant Professor Martin Jonikas and colleagues are investigating a gene important for regulating pyrenoid shape and number, and enhances our understanding of this essential component of the global carbon cycle.Research -
September 6, 2019MOL BIO Assistant Professor Jared Toettcher was selected as a 2019 Vallee Scholar by the Vallee Foundation. The award provides $300,000 over four years for basic biomedical research.Grants, Fellowships and Awards