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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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September 8, 2020Mohamed Abou Donia received the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for demonstrating the potential of the human microbiome as a source of novel drugs and uncovering the basis of microbiome-driven drug metabolism.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
August 24, 2020Nieng Yan, the Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology, will be given the Florence R. Sabin Award for Research Excellence by Graduate Women in Science (GWIS). Dr. Yan is interviewed in this month's GWIS newsletter.Department Announcement -
August 19, 2020Researchers at Princeton University’s Department of Molecular Biology and the Bendheim-Thomas Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW) will receive a $9-million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHBLI) to conduct an innovative study on heart health, genetics, and social determinants among vulnerable children in 12 cities across the United States.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
August 13, 2020A Princeton team, including Jared Toettcher and Agnieszja Gil, has developed a class of light-switchable, highly adaptable molecular tools with new capabilities to control cellular activities.Research -
August 4, 2020Murphy is among 22 researchers selected to receive grant funding to advance the field of reproductive aging from the Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity & Equality.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
July 31, 2020Congratulations to Jorge Moreno, a graduate student in the lab of Ricardo Mallarino, for being named an HHMI Gilliam Fellow. The Fellowship supports diversity in science.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
July 30, 2020This summer, through her involvement in the American Physician Scientist Association, Briana Macedo '22 started the organization's first Virtual Summer Research Program.Department Announcement -
July 29, 2020MOL Associate Professor Mohamed Donia is one of 7 winners of the 2020 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Prize. He will study gut microbiome-derived small molecules and their role in the etiology of colorectal cancer.Department Announcement -
July 23, 2020Princeton University researchers explored how patterns of protein activity direct fly embryonic development by using “optogenetic” techniques to rapidly and precisely turn Ras/Erk signaling on and off.Research -
July 16, 2020Dr. Donna Armentano *86, Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo '87 and Dr. Owen Garrick '90 were appointed to the Department of Molecular Biology Advisory Council. The Council meets periodically to review the programmatic aspects of the Department as well as provides strategic direction.Department Announcement -
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