Melanie McReynolds wins HHMI Hanna Gray Fellowship for early career researchers
Princeton postdoctoral research associate Melanie McReynolds has been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as one of 15... Read more
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Sep 19
2018
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Aug 03
2018
Modern Flores Island pygmies show no genetic link to extinct ‘hobbits’
Two pygmy populations on the same tropical island. One went extinct tens of thousands of years ago; the other still lives there. Are they related? It’s a simple question that took years to answer. As no one has been able to... Read more
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Jul 26
2018
Method reveals how hidden DNA mutations affect tissues
In a development with implications for better understanding disease, researchers have created a computational system to predict the effect that mutations in noncoding DNA — sections that don’t produce proteins — have on tissues... Read more
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May 31
2018
Shvartsman honored for excellence in mentoring graduate students
Story by Denise Valenti, Office of Communications Four Princeton University faculty members have been named recipients of the Graduate Mentoring Awards by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and will be honored during... Read more
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Apr 23
2018
Alice Tang, QCB Certificate student, receives Martin A. Dale '53 Fellowship
Xiaodi Alice Tang, a computer science major who is also pursuing a certificate in quantitative and computational biology, seeks to develop a series of... Read more
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Apr 12
2018
Daniel Lee and Cassidy Yang awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
QCB graduate students Daniel Lee and Cassidy Yang were awarded 2018 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Daniel (Brangwynne/Wingreen labs... Read more
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Mar 30
2018
Wuhr Lab develops new quantitative protoeomics technology
Global measurements of protein abundance are essential to understanding biological systems in health and disease. However, proteomics measurements severely lag behind other “omics” approaches such as transcriptional profiling.... Read more
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Feb 23
2018
Fertility breakthrough: New research could extend egg health with age
Women have been told for years that if they don’t have children before their mid-30s, they may not be able to. But a new study from Princeton University’s Coleen Murphy has identified a drug that... Read more