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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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June 16, 2017Molecular Biology graduate student Krystal Lum, a member of the Cristea lab, was awarded the NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) for her project "Bridging virology with proteomics to define cell immune signaling upon infection."Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
June 15, 2017MOL BIO Assistant Professor Mohamed Abou Donia was chosen as a 2017 Pew Scholar. The Donia lab researches how chemicals produced by the bacteria in our body (the human microbiome) can be used to treat human diseases.Department Announcement -
June 1, 2017Rsearchers in the Bassler, Stone and Muir labs have developed a way to place onto surfaces special coatings that chemically “communicate” with bacteria, telling them what to do. The coatings, which could be useful in inhibiting or promoting bacterial growth as needed, possess this controlling power over bacteria because, in effect, they “speak” the bugs’ own language.Research -
May 22, 2017Researchers in the Kang lab have identified a small RNA molecule that helps maintain the activity of stem cells in both healthy and cancerous breast tissue.Research -
May 18, 2017Jennifer Lee won the Gold Award for Best Poster at Princeton Research Day for her poster on her senior thesis project in the Toettcher Lab titled "Using Optogenetics to Investigate How Cells Make Decisions."Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
May 15, 2017A new study in the Petry lab has revealed insights into how new microtubules branch from the sides of existing ones.Research -
May 11, 2017Shirley M. Tilghman is teaching a new freshman seminar this semester called "What makes a great experiment?"Department Announcement -
May 9, 2017Former Molecular Biology graduate student and member of the Zakian lab Wai-Hong Tham has been named an International Research Scholar by HHMI, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,who sponsor this award for early-career scientists poised to advance biomedical research across the globe.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 4, 2017Researchers in the Gavis lab at Princeton University and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have discovered how a fruit fly protein binds and regulates two different types of RNA target sequence. The study may help explain how various RNA-binding proteins, many of which are implicated in cancer and neurodegenerative disease, perform so many different functions in the cell.Research -
March 14, 2017Researchers from Princeton University‘s Department of Molecular Biology have developed a new method that can precisely track the replication of yellow fever virus in individual host immune cells. The technique could aid the development of new vaccines against a range of viruses, including Dengue and Zika.Research -
March 13, 2017Lynn Enquist, Jim Sturm and Naveen Verma are recipients of a Fall Innovation Award from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the J. Blair Pyne Fund. The award is for $171,000 for their proposal to develop a "three dimensional electronic neural interface."Grants, Fellowships and Awards
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March 3, 2017Thomas Bartlett, a graduate student in the Gitai lab, has been selected for a Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
February 22, 2017Jared Toettcher, assistant professor of Molecular Biology, is part of a team that was selected to receive support from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology FundGrants, Fellowships and Awards -
February 6, 2017The Shvartsman, Burdine and Schüpbach labs collaborated on a study that provides new insights into RASopathies, genetic disorders that affect approximately one child out of 1,000.Research -
February 2, 2017A study in the Ploss lab was selected by the editors of Virology for the Highlights section of their website's blog. The article descibes the development of humanized mice for the study of hepatitis B.Research