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June 3, 2020Gitai Lab team develops ‘poisoned arrow’ to defeat antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Researchers 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, 2020Princeton announces plan for phased reopening of on-campus laboratory research
The 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
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December 11, 2017Researchers in the Kang lab, in collaboration with Amgen, have developed an antibody to fight bone cancer metastasis.Research -
November 30, 2017Researchers in the Burdine lab have discovered that receiving maternal gdf3 is essential for normal embryonic development.Research -
November 27, 2017Nouhad Husseini '00 of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals presented in the MOL BIO industry speaker series.Department Announcement -
November 14, 2017Researchers in the Enquist lab have discovered a unique latency model system to reveal specific cellular and viral components that can prevent herpes virus latency.Research -
November 8, 2017MOL BIO postdoc Jesse Donnovan and Associate Professor Alexei Korennykh's paper, A mutation in the viral sensor 2’-5’-oligoadenylate synthetase 2 causes failure of lactation, was featured on the cover of the November issue of PLOS Genetics.Research -
October 10, 2017Carly Lay Geronimo, a Molecular Biology graduate student in the Zakian Lab, was awarded the Thomas J. Silhavy Graduate Advocacy Prize for 2017. The Award is for the student who has shown outstanding dedication and service to the Graduate Program in Molecular Biology.Department Announcement -
September 28, 2017MOL BIO faculty member Ileana Cristea was presented with an award by the Human Proteome Organization for "Discovery in Protein Sciences" for her achievements.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
September 21, 2017Two new studies of green algae in the Jonikas and Wingreen labs have revealed new insights into how these organisms siphon carbon dioxide from the air for use in photosynthesis, a key factor in their ability to grow so quickly. Understanding this process may someday help researchers improve the growth rate of crops such as wheat and rice.Research -
August 18, 2017In a paper published last month in PLos Pathogens, researchers in the Bassler lab revealed the existence of a new quorum sensing molecule that increases the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Research -
August 15, 2017Researchers in the Ploss lab have uncovered a critical role for a new immune signaling pathway in controlling infection in Yellow Fever Virus.Research -
August 15, 2017Michael Rale, a graduate student in the Petry lab, has been selected by HHMI as a Gilliam Fellow.Grants, Fellowships and Awards -
July 25, 2017Researchers in the Ploss lab have successfully tested a cell-culture system that will allow researches to perform laboratory-based studies of long-term hepatitis B virus infections.Research -
July 18, 2017A new study led by researchers in the Wingreen lab finds that the typical cell’s environment is highly varied in the stiffness or flexibility of the surrounding tissue, and that to gain a meaningful amount of information about its surroundings, the cell must move around and change shape.Research -
July 18, 2017Dan Notterman and colleagues report that the loss of a father has a significant adverse effect on telomeres, the protective nucleoprotein end caps of chromosomes.Research -
July 17, 2017Molecular Biology Assistant Professor Sabine Petry is one of three faculty to receive 2017-2018 funding from the renewed strategic partnership of Princeton with Humboldt University in Berlin.Research