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April 16, 2021Junior Natalia Orlovsky Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
Orlovsky 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, 2021Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Princeton University partner to ‘push the frontiers’ on diet, metabolism and cancer
Molecular 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
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September 6, 2019MOL BIO Assistant Professor Jared Toettcher was selected as a 2019 Vallee Scholar by the Vallee Foundation. The award provides $300,000 over four years for basic biomedical research.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
September 3, 2019Martin Jonikas will lead one of 25 teams awarded a total of $64 million by the U.S. Dept. of Energy to explore ways to improve plant growth for biofuels.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
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, 2019As a sign that entrepreneurship is booming at Princeton University, the Slavin Family Foundation awarded two undergraduates, including Rohan Shah, a molecular biology major in the Class of 2020, with Slavin Fellowships for their work in entrepreneurship. They are among 26 global recipients.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
August 12, 2019A new sub-team of the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club named Alimtas BioVentures capped a year of unprecedented entrepreneurial work at the University.Department Announcement -
August 5, 2019For years, Petry and the researchers in her lab have dazzled the biological world with videos of what they call “the fireworks of life,” which show the branching and growth of these microscopic structures.Research -
July 22, 2019Growing up in Bogotá, Colombia, Mallarino wasn’t always destined for the sciences. After one unhappy semester studying economics in college, he fell in love with an evolutionary biology class. Mallarino became fascinated by the intersection of evolution and molecular biology.Research -
July 12, 2019A new study from the Devenport lab has found that, in embryonic mice, the shape of the developing skin influences the direction in which skin stem cells divide, helping to ensure that the epidermis forms correctly.Research -
July 10, 2019MOL Faculty Members Coleen Murphy and Sabine Petry have won two of the three annual “Women in Cell Biology” awards from the American Society for Cell Biology.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
June 28, 2019Delicate yet voracious, the sea slug Elysia rufescens grazes cow-like on bright green tufts of algae, rooting around to find the choicest bits.Research -
June 25, 2019MolBio Professor Virginia Zakian is among eighteen Princeton University faculty members transferred to emeritus status in recent action by the Board of Trustees. Transfers are effective July 1, 2019.Department Announcement -
June 18, 2019Researchers in the Ploss Lab have developed a new, scalable cell culture system that allows for detailed investigation of how host cells respond to infection with hepatitis B (HBV) and delta virus (HDV).Research -
June 13, 2019Though he started as a Ph.D. student in EEB, Carey Nadell *11’s line of research led him to the lab of Bonnie Bassler. Nadell worked with Bassler to develop a unique blend of disciplines that he has carried with him to Dartmouth.Department Announcement -
June 11, 2019Two research initiatives that aspire to engineer new biomaterials for unmet medical and research needs have been awarded funding through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
June 6, 2019Molecular Biology researchers have discovered that learned behaviors in worms of the species C. elegans can be inherited for multiple generations, transmitted from parent to progeny via eggs and sperm cells. This research is detailed in the June 13 issue of Cell.Research