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May 28, 2020Ileana Cristea Receives Graduate Mentoring Award
Ileana 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, 2020Martin Wühr to receive funding from the Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund
Clifford 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
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April 11, 2018Assistant Professor Jared Toettcher has been awarded an NSF CAREER Award over five years.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 5, 2018Members of the Wühr lab have developed a new labeling technique that could increase the sensitivity and accuracy of proteomic experiments.Research -
March 27, 2018Researchers in the Toettcher and Avalos labs have found a way to use light to control genetically modified yeast and increase its output of commercially valuable chemicals.Research -
March 22, 2018From state-of-the-art theater lighting to microscopes that can visualize the delicate vascular system of a fruit fly, Princeton undergraduates are getting their hands on some of the most sophisticated equipment available today.Department Announcement -
March 16, 2018MOL Faculty Assistant Gail Huber was honored at the annual Service Recognition Luncheon for 30 years of service at Princeton. Also honored for 25 years of service were Girish Deshpande, Heping Jiang, and Saw Kyin.Department Announcement -
February 23, 2018A new study from the Murphy lab has identified a drug that extends egg viability in worms, a finding which could theoretically extend women’s fertility by three to six years.Research -
February 20, 2018Mala Murthy is leading a team of Princeton researchers that has received a $2.2 million grant to investigate the brain’s mechanisms at work in social interactions.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
February 19, 2018Molecular Biology major Gabriel Joseph has been named a Knight-Hennessy Scholar and will pursue an MD degree at Stanford University.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
February 14, 2018Alexander Ploss, Assistant Professor, has received a New Jersey Health Foundation Innovation Grant to study hepatitis.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
February 5, 2018Eric Wieschaus, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, was awarded the 2018 Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award for "outstanding and sustained contributions in the field, exceptional mentoring, and service to the scientific community."Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
January 31, 2018Jean Schwarzbauer will be awarded the 2018 Senior Investigator Award from the American Society for Matrix Biology.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
January 25, 2018Three Molecular Biology faculty members submitted technologies that were selected to receive funding through Princeton University’s Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
January 25, 2018Anna Schmedel, winner of the 2017 Arthur Epstein Award. The award is presented annually to a staff member who has demonstrated initiative, teamwork and extraordinary efforts in service to Molecular Biology.Department Announcement -
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January 17, 2018Alex Lorestani and Nick Ouzounov discuss their founding of Geltor, a startup that aims to provide synthetic proteins to the food and cosmetic industries.Research