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May 31, 2022Emeritus Professor Austin Newton died May 13
Dr. Austin Newton died on May 13 in Princeton at eighty-five. He was born in Richmond, Texas, the son of Dr. Edward P. and Catherine W. Newton. After graduating from the University of Texas–Austin in 1959 and with a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California–Berkeley in 1964, Dr. Newton joined the group headed by the Nobel Laureate Jacques Monod at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Dr.Department Announcement -
May 25, 2022Class of 2022 Prize Recipients Announced at Class Day
Sigma Xi and Thesis Awards, among others, were bestowed on members of the Class of 2022 on May 23rd by Bonnie Bassler and Frederick Hughson.Department Announcement
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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 -
April 13, 2020Molecular Biology's Bill Peranteau ’97 is a surgeon who operates on fetuses in the womb. Now he’s studying whether gene defects can be fixed prenatally, too. His work is featured in Princeton Alumni Weekly.Research -
April 10, 2020Molecular Biology's Ben Winer *19 is among 3 Princeton alumni to become Schmidt Science Fellows, a year-long award that aims to develop the next generation of science leaders through interdisciplinary research to solve the world's most pressing problems.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 10, 2020With the aim of accelerating solutions to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton has awarded University funding for seven new faculty-led research initiatives with strong potential for impact.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 6, 2020Mayisha Sultana is studying for a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology while pursuing the Certificate Program in Statistics and Machine Learning. Sultana’s independent research for her senior year is on the human genome, specifically using data science techniques to study population genetics.Research -
April 1, 2020Seeking techniques for long-term storage of mammalian cells at room temperature, molecular biology professor Eszter Posfai, with mechanical engineering professor Daniel Cohen and graduate student Lisset Duran Rosario, are investigating the unique molecular machinery of the water bear.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
April 1, 2020Established in memory of physics and electrical engineering professor and Princeton graduate J. Insley Blair Pyne, this fund supports research at the intersection of engineering and neuroscience.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
March 27, 2020During the COVID-19 shutdown, MOL Facilities staff members Jeffrey Fisher, Bill Huston, Dave Huber and Mike Fredericks are playing a critical role in preserving MOL BIO's research, filling cryo freezers and performing other key functions. We are grateful for their service.Department Announcement -
March 26, 2020The 400 swabs, 20 cases of gloves, surgical masks and 100 disposable lab coats that the Department of Molecular Biology was able to donate from our teaching labs to local hospitals to support diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients. We were able to give a similar amount from the research labs.Department Announcement -
March 11, 2020Mohamed Abou Donia is one of 15 recipients of an award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of the Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative investigator program.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
March 10, 2020Researchers in the lab of Alexander Ploss have identified a set of human proteins that the hepatitis B virus (HBV) uses to establish itself permanently inside liver cells.Research