The first moments of life unfold with incredible precision. Now, using mathematical tools and the help of fruit flies, researchers at Princeton have uncovered new findings about the mechanisms behind this precision. In a new... Read more
T cells are like the special ops forces of the immune system, detecting and killing infected cells. When a new threat is detected, the cells ramp up from just a few sentry cells to a full platoon. But how does the immune system... Read more
We'd like to welcome our Fall 2019 incoming QCB class! Aaron Bourque (University of Florida) Sara Camilli (University of Richmond) Danfeng Chen (Broad Institute) Yuhang Chen (NYU Shanghai) Siena Dumas Ang (University of... Read more
Scientists puzzled for two decades over this seemingly unnecessary withholding. Now researchers, including Princeton's Djabrayan, Shvartsman, Smits, Krajnc, and Stern have shown that the inhibiting mechanism, controlled by an... Read more
Now a team from Princeton, including Andreas Mayer, Ned Wingreen and Yaojun Zhang, has provided insight into this question using mathematical modeling. The team found that the most important factors in how T cells expand were... Read more
Princeton University senior Samvida Sudheesh Venkatesh has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. She is among five recipients from India chosen as 2019 Rhodes Scholars. Venkatesh, of... Read more
“Bees have complex social behaviors, and with this species of bee, we can directly compare individuals that live in social groups to those that don’t live in social groups,” said Sarah Kocher, an... Read more
Scientists have long prized the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for studying the biology of multicellular organisms. The millimeter-long worms are easy to grow in the lab and manipulate genetically, and they have... Read more