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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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April 22, 2021Professor Yan has been named an Honorary International Member and joins a distinguished list of scholars in the area of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 16, 2021Orlovsky is one of three Princeton undergraduates to receive this annual award for outstanding undergraduates interested in careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.Department Announcement -
April 13, 2021Molecular Biology's Yibin Kang is among three principal investigators heading up the Ludwig Princeton Branch, a new branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research based at Princeton University.Department Announcement -
April 5, 2021Princeton faculty have found a number of innovative ways to teach remotely, from mailing archival materials to virtually choreographing dances. But how can you teach science when the labs themselves are shuttered?Department Announcement -
March 23, 2021A graduate student in the Gavis Lab, Doherty's study reveals that the Drosophila egg actually plays an active role not only in its own growth, but also in the growth of the surrounding nurse cells.Research -
March 19, 2021A postdoc in the lab of Sabine Petry, Jodi is among 12 new early-career scholars who will receive support for their research.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
March 19, 2021MOL BIO prides itself on its culture of diversity and inclusion. We condemn hatred and violence in any form.” Bonnie Bassler, HHMI, Chair, Department of Molecular BiologyDepartment Announcement -
March 18, 2021Andrew Bridges has been named one of 15 new Damon Runyon Fellows. The recipients of this prestigious, four-year award are outstanding postdoctoral scientists conducting basic and translational cancer research in the laboratories of leading senior investigators across the country.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
March 17, 2021HHMI has named Princeton postdoctoral researcher and Molecular Biology graduate Sofia Quinodoz a 2020 Hanna Gray Fellow, bolstering her study into how the structures within cells contribute to disease. Quinodoz will receive up to $1.4 million over the next eight years.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
March 11, 2021Molecular Biology researchers Lei Wei and Alexander Ploss used a molecular biochemical approach to dissect how five cellular proteins contribute to an essential step in the life cycle of Hepatitis B virus (HBV), described in March 11, 2021 in the journal Nature Communications.Research -
March 9, 2021Princeton’s leading cancer researchers, including Yibin Kang, were startled to discover that what they thought was a straightforward investigation into how cancer spreads through the body — metastasis — turned up evidence of liquid-liquid phase separations.Research -
March 9, 2021Gitai's research on “Poisoned-arrow” antibiotics and drug discovery platforms is among 7 Princeton projects recently funded.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
February 4, 2021Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber speaks with Irina Aranovich, general supervisor of Princeton’s Diagnostic Laboratory, on a tour of the campus’ new COVID-19 testing facility.Department Announcement -
January 29, 2021When Alexander Ploss’ team discovered a compound that blocks the cancer-causing hepatitis B virus, he knew that such findings require additional research before they are ready for testing in patients. Ploss turned to the Science Center, a Philadelphia-based organization.Research -
January 29, 2021The physics at work in the beading of dewdrops on a spiderweb is the same as that which drives the sub-microscopic beading of a protein called TPX2, necessary to building microtubules. A team including the lab of Sabine Petry studied the link.Research