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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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December 12, 2018The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has selected Thomas Shenk as one of the 148 fellows for 2018.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
December 10, 2018John Hopfield won the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics “for applying concepts of theoretical physics to provide new insights on important biological questions in a variety of areas, including neuroscience and genetics, with significant impact on machine learning, an area of computer science.”Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
December 10, 2018Last fall, Professor Nieng Yan returned to Princeton — she’d earned her Ph.D. here in 2004 — as the first Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology, to lead the University’s efforts in cryo-EM — a technology so influential that its development was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.Research -
December 5, 2018Slimy, hard-to-clean bacterial mats called biofilms cause problems ranging from medical infections to clogged drains and fouled industrial equipment. Now, researchers at Princeton have found a way to cleanly and completely peel off these notorious sludges.Research -
December 3, 2018New tools illuminate mechanisms behind overlooked cellular components’ critical rolesResearch -
November 29, 2018Microsoft is helping Princeton to better understand the mechanisms of biofilm formation by providing advanced technology that will greatly extend the type of research analysis capable today.Research -
November 28, 2018Laboratory mice are not susceptible to some human viruses, including killers like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). For decades, researchers have turned to mice whose immune systems have been “humanized” to respond in a manner similar to humans.Research -
November 27, 2018Associate Professor Rebecca Burdine has been named 2018 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her contributions to developmental genetics.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
November 14, 2018The Graduate Molecular Biology Outreach Program aims to engage, encourage and inspire community members of all ages, from children to adults, though on- and off-campus events.Click on photo to watch the full video.Department Announcement -
November 8, 2018A new approach for discovering antivirals against hepatitis B and E viruses aims to identify new drug candidates for these life-threatening diseases.Research -
October 29, 2018Molecular Biology concentrator Samvida Sudheesh Venkatesh has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. She is among five recipients from India chosen as 2019 Rhodes Scholars.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
October 26, 2018Princeton Entrepreneurship Council congratulates Alexander Lorestani, Ph.D. *17 and Nikolay Ouzounov, Ph.D. *15, winners of the Tiger Entrepreneur Award for 2018.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
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