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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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September 3, 2019Martin Jonikas will lead one of 25 teams awarded a total of $64 million by the U.S. Dept. of Energy to explore ways to improve plant growth for biofuels.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
August 12, 2019Martin Jonikas receives new grant to boost crop yields by introducing an algal organelle into plants
Martin Jonikas, Assistant Professor in Princeton’s Department of Molecular Biology, is collaborating with Alistair McCormick from the University of Edinburgh, Luke Mackinder from the University of York and Howard Griffiths from Cambridge University on a novel approach to boost crop productivity.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
August 12, 2019As a sign that entrepreneurship is booming at Princeton University, the Slavin Family Foundation awarded two undergraduates, including Rohan Shah, a molecular biology major in the Class of 2020, with Slavin Fellowships for their work in entrepreneurship. They are among 26 global recipients.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
August 12, 2019A new sub-team of the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club named Alimtas BioVentures capped a year of unprecedented entrepreneurial work at the University.Department Announcement -
August 5, 2019For years, Petry and the researchers in her lab have dazzled the biological world with videos of what they call “the fireworks of life,” which show the branching and growth of these microscopic structures.Research -
July 22, 2019Growing up in Bogotá, Colombia, Mallarino wasn’t always destined for the sciences. After one unhappy semester studying economics in college, he fell in love with an evolutionary biology class. Mallarino became fascinated by the intersection of evolution and molecular biology.Research -
July 12, 2019A new study from the Devenport lab has found that, in embryonic mice, the shape of the developing skin influences the direction in which skin stem cells divide, helping to ensure that the epidermis forms correctly.Research -
July 10, 2019MOL Faculty Members Coleen Murphy and Sabine Petry have won two of the three annual “Women in Cell Biology” awards from the American Society for Cell Biology.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
June 28, 2019Delicate yet voracious, the sea slug Elysia rufescens grazes cow-like on bright green tufts of algae, rooting around to find the choicest bits.Research -
June 25, 2019MolBio Professor Virginia Zakian is among eighteen Princeton University faculty members transferred to emeritus status in recent action by the Board of Trustees. Transfers are effective July 1, 2019.Department Announcement -
June 18, 2019Researchers in the Ploss Lab have developed a new, scalable cell culture system that allows for detailed investigation of how host cells respond to infection with hepatitis B (HBV) and delta virus (HDV).Research -
June 13, 2019Though he started as a Ph.D. student in EEB, Carey Nadell *11’s line of research led him to the lab of Bonnie Bassler. Nadell worked with Bassler to develop a unique blend of disciplines that he has carried with him to Dartmouth.Department Announcement -
June 11, 2019Two research initiatives that aspire to engineer new biomaterials for unmet medical and research needs have been awarded funding through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
June 6, 2019Molecular Biology researchers have discovered that learned behaviors in worms of the species C. elegans can be inherited for multiple generations, transmitted from parent to progeny via eggs and sperm cells. This research is detailed in the June 13 issue of Cell.Research -
June 5, 2019The Department of Molecular Biology graduated 49 concentrators on Class Day 2019. Ellie Randolph (left) and Benjamim Jacobson (right) received the award given for the best thesis, the Sigma Xi Book Award for Outstanding Research, from chair Bonnie Bassler and DUS Liz Gavis.Department Announcement