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November 16, 2022Krystal Lum and Brandon Trejo awarded 2022 NIH-funded NJ ACTS Translational Science fellowships
For many young researchers, the great promise of a career in basic research is the opportunity to make discoveries that are transformative not just in the laboratory but in society at large. However, experimental challenges are not the only hurdles that must be surmounted before a new discovery can reach the patients and policymakers who need it.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
October 18, 2022New biophysics graduate program draws leading faculty from across the University
Princeton is launching a Ph.D. program in biophysics for students who want to study at the interface between living systems and physics, at every scale from molecules to ecosystems, including both experimental and theoretical work.Department Announcement
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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 -
January 27, 2021Bonnie Bassler and Michael Silverman will be awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for their ground-breaking discoveries concerning bacterial quorum sensing.Department Announcement -
January 21, 2021Emeritus Professor Gertrud M. Schüpbach has been awarded the 2020 Francis Amory Prize in Reproductive Medicine and Reproductive Physiology by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Register here to attend virtual prize ceremony on February 3 at 1 pm EST.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
January 20, 2021To make SARS-CoV-2 safer for handling in the laboratory, Alexander Ploss, associate professor of molecular biology, and his team are developing a less virulent version of the virus.Research -
November 30, 2020Molecular Biology grad student Alexis Cowan, in the lab of Chemistry’s Joshua Rabinowitz, helped complete the first comprehensive, quantitative mapping of human cardiac fuel use, reporting that the heart preferentially and voraciously consumes fatty acids.Research -
November 28, 2020A team at Princeton University has discovered the physics behind how certain rod-shaped bacteria, which align in patterns like those on fingerprint whorls and liquid crystal displays, build the layers of these fruiting bodies. The study was published online in Nature Physics.Research -
November 23, 2020Shan He, Martin Jonikas, and colleagues have discovered how Rubisco holoenzymes assemble to form the algal pyrenoid, an organelle that mediates the incorporation of carbon dioxide into sugars. The study was published July 23, 2020 in the journal Nature Plants.Research -
November 23, 2020The COVID-19 testing laboratory, housed in Princeton’s Department of Molecular Biology, is part of the University’s comprehensive testing program. The testing lab is an integral part of the University’s overall health and safety measures.Department Announcement -
November 16, 2020The news site recognized Myhrvold's interest in Cas13 and his plan to continue developing CRISPR-based technologies at Princeton.Department Announcement