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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, 2019Entrepreneurship Club students help transfer Princeton biotech research to business ventures
A new sub-team of the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club named Alimtas BioVentures capped a year of unprecedented entrepreneurial work at the University.Department Announcement
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March 22, 2018From state-of-the-art theater lighting to microscopes that can visualize the delicate vascular system of a fruit fly, Princeton undergraduates are getting their hands on some of the most sophisticated equipment available today.Department Announcement -
March 16, 2018MOL Faculty Assistant Gail Huber was honored at the annual Service Recognition Luncheon for 30 years of service at Princeton. Also honored for 25 years of service were Girish Deshpande, Heping Jiang, and Saw Kyin.Department Announcement -
February 23, 2018A new study from the Murphy lab has identified a drug that extends egg viability in worms, a finding which could theoretically extend women’s fertility by three to six years.Research -
February 20, 2018Mala Murthy is leading a team of Princeton researchers that has received a $2.2 million grant to investigate the brain’s mechanisms at work in social interactions.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
February 19, 2018Molecular Biology major Gabriel Joseph has been named a Knight-Hennessy Scholar and will pursue an MD degree at Stanford University.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
February 14, 2018Alexander Ploss, Assistant Professor, has received a New Jersey Health Foundation Innovation Grant to study hepatitis.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
February 5, 2018Eric Wieschaus, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, was awarded the 2018 Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award for "outstanding and sustained contributions in the field, exceptional mentoring, and service to the scientific community."Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
January 31, 2018Jean Schwarzbauer will be awarded the 2018 Senior Investigator Award from the American Society for Matrix Biology.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
January 25, 2018Three Molecular Biology faculty members submitted technologies that were selected to receive funding through Princeton University’s Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
January 25, 2018Anna Schmedel, winner of the 2017 Arthur Epstein Award. The award is presented annually to a staff member who has demonstrated initiative, teamwork and extraordinary efforts in service to Molecular Biology.Department Announcement -
January 23, 2018Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
January 17, 2018Alex Lorestani and Nick Ouzounov discuss their founding of Geltor, a startup that aims to provide synthetic proteins to the food and cosmetic industries.Research -
December 11, 2017Researchers in the Kang lab, in collaboration with Amgen, have developed an antibody to fight bone cancer metastasis.Research -
November 30, 2017Researchers in the Burdine lab have discovered that receiving maternal gdf3 is essential for normal embryonic development.Research -
November 27, 2017Nouhad Husseini '00 of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals presented in the MOL BIO industry speaker series.Department Announcement