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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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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 -
April 29, 2020Gov. Phil Murphy announced the appointment of a 21-member commission to advise the administration on the timing and preparation for New Jersey’s recovery from the COVID-19 shutdown.Department Announcement -
April 28, 2020On the latest episode of the “We Roar” podcast, Ali Nouri *06, president of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), discusses the types of misinformation and disinformation that have been spread during the COVID-19 pandemic and how his organization is working to fight lies and distortion.Department Announcement -
April 24, 2020Britt Adamson, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, has been named a 2020 Searle Scholar. The program supports bold research programs with the potential to discover fundamental insights and improve health.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 20, 2020Jeffrey Lee, Ezra Levy, and Noel Park posted a summary of the most recent SARS-CoV-2 research on Medium, as part of the Department's Graduate Outreach Program (GMOP).Research -
April 13, 2020Ben Gallo '17 and Briana Christophers '17 co-authored a paper in The Lancet on negligence in the Nicaraguan response to the pandemic.Research