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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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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 -
June 13, 2018Dr. Adel Mahmoud, beloved teacher, mentor and colleague, died Monday in New York City. Prior to his career at Princeton he was the President of Merck Vaccines and the chair of the Department of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.Department Announcement -
June 13, 2018Researchers in the Wühr lab have described an improved method to accurately count the proteins present in a cell.Research -
May 29, 2018Bonnie Bassler will receive the 2018 Dickson Prize in MedicineResearch