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May 31, 2022Emeritus Professor Austin Newton died May 13
Dr. Austin Newton died on May 13 in Princeton at eighty-five. He was born in Richmond, Texas, the son of Dr. Edward P. and Catherine W. Newton. After graduating from the University of Texas–Austin in 1959 and with a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California–Berkeley in 1964, Dr. Newton joined the group headed by the Nobel Laureate Jacques Monod at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Dr.Department Announcement -
May 25, 2022Class of 2022 Prize Recipients Announced at Class Day
Sigma Xi and Thesis Awards, among others, were bestowed on members of the Class of 2022 on May 23rd by Bonnie Bassler and Frederick Hughson.Department Announcement
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July 15, 2020His study Novel therapeutics for the treatment of hepatitis virus infections is among 12 projects representing seven institutions across PA, NJ and DE to be selected as finalists for the 13th round of the Science Center research accelerator known as the QED Proof-of-Concept program.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
July 8, 2020Jeffrey Lee, a graduate student in the lab of Mohamed Donia, has been selected to receive a PEI-STEP Fellowship Award from the Princeton Environmental Institute for his proposal Gut Microbiome and Antimicrobial Peptides.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
July 7, 2020Shirley Tilghman, President of Princeton University emerita and Professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs, is among 10 faculty members who transferred to emeritus status on July 1. She currently co-chairs the New Jersey COVID-19 restart commission.Department Announcement -
June 15, 2020Recent publications in Cell and PNAS describe the Yan lab's exploration of transport across the cell membraneResearch -
June 11, 2020Professor Mohamed Donia has developed a systematic approach for evaluating how the microbial community in our intestines can chemically transform, or metabolize, oral medications in ways that impact their safety and efficacy. The study was published June 10 in the journal Cell.Research -
June 10, 2020The Princeton Molecular Biology Department supports #ShutDownSTEM on June 10, 2020. The MOL leadership dedicated today to a conversation about how to confront systemic racism and injustice against Black people and how to identify concrete steps that the Department can take.Department Announcement -
June 8, 2020Mallarino's project to study antimicrobial agents found in the pouches of marsupials is one of three to be awarded Dean for Research Innovation Funds for New Ideas in the Natural Sciences.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
June 3, 2020Researchers from the lab of Zemer Gitai reported today in the journal Cell that they have found a compound, SCH-79797, that can simultaneously puncture bacterial walls and destroy folate within their cells — while being immune to antibiotic resistance.Research -
June 2, 2020The University has created a plan for the phased resumption of on-campus research. The plan asks faculty and department leadership to create procedures to resume laboratory activities in a safe and orderly manner, while ensuring compliance with University and public health guidelines.Department Announcement -
May 28, 2020Ileana Cristea is one of four Princeton University faculty members named recipients of the Graduate Mentoring Awards by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. She will be honored during the Graduate School’s virtual Hooding ceremony at 4 p.m., Friday, May 29.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
May 12, 2020Clifford Brangwynne, professor of chemical and biological engineering; Martin Wühr, assistant professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute; and Tom Muir, Professor of Chemistry, have received funding to explore the roles of protein interactions in health and disease.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
May 12, 2020Millions of tiny creatures — and the scientific discoveries that they make possible — depend on one of the essential workers reporting to campus during the pandemic. Gordon Gray is “chef de cuisine” at Princeton’s fly kitchen.Department Announcement -
May 6, 2020Britt Adamson, together with collaborators, developed improvements to high-throughput technologies that can be used to explore how cells respond to experimentally-induced changes in gene expression.Research -
May 6, 2020Professor Dr. Catherine (Katie) Petchel *98 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Katie studied with former Professor Tom Vogt.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 30, 2020Responding to a challenge that tragic necessity has thrown to countless research labs around the world, a team from the Ploss lab and the MacMillan lab in the Department of Chemistry will deploy its new cell mapping technology to shed light on the molecular interplay between COVID-19 and its host.Research