Dr. Amanda Pinheiro, an MCBB PhD alum of the Naya Lab, recently published a paper in the journal Development. Dr. Pinheiro’s paper was selected to appear as a “Research Highlight”, and both she and Dr. Naya were interviewed by the journal in “The people behind the papers” to discuss the significance of their work. This […]
Megan Hopton of the Hao Lab, recently received the Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology (SB2) Fellowship. SB2’s mission is to foster the next generation of researchers capable of rigorously and creatively applying synthetic biology principles and approaches to a broad range of scientific problems. In addition to building a field-defining synthetic biology curriculum that includes technical […]
We are thrilled to announce that Soyoung Bae, a PhD graduate student in the Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (MCBB) program, has been featured in the American Crystallographic Association's (ACA) Early Career Scientist Spotlight for 2024. This Spotlight not only provides insight into Soyoung’s background and experience, but extolls the facilities and instruments at […]
Soyoung Bae, a third-year graduate student in the Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (MCBB) PhD Degree program, has been awarded the prestigious Stanford PULSE Scholarship for the Ultra-Fast X-ray Summer School (UXSS) in June 2024. The UXSS program, hosted by Stanford's PULSE Institute at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory, is […]
Alexandra Lion is a PhD candidate in the Bradham Lab, which studies pattern formation during embryonic development using the larval skeleton of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus as a model. Her projects focus on the role of the DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX6 in temporal regulation of development, and on the effect of per- and polyfluoryl alkyl […]
Katie Breuckman of the Hao and Khalil Labs was accepted as a trainee in the NSF Graduate Research Traineeship Program in Biological Feedback Control for the 2024-2025 academic year. This program is an NSF funded research traineeship combining the study of the engineering principles in feedback control with investigations of how biological systems self-regulate, adapt, […]
Dr. Anna Berenson of the Fuxman Bass Lab was selected as the winner of the Biology Department’s 2024 Belamarich Award for her doctoral dissertation in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry titled “Paired Yeast One-Hybrid Assays to Detect DNA-Binding Cooperativity and Antagonism Across Transcription Factors.” The selection committee was impressed by the quality of Anna’s work, its combination […]
Jillian Ness of the Wunderlich Lab is one of the recipients of the Biology Department’s 2024 Marion R. Kramer Scholarship. Jillian and her team studied how enhancers work in development, focusing on redundant enhancers, or “shadow enhancers,” linked to developmental genes. These enhancers are remarkably abundant in animals and can compensate under conditions of stress to drive […]
Mandy Pinheiro of the Naya Lab received the Biology Department’s 2024 Belamarich Dissertation Writing Award. This award complements the Belamarich Award, and is given to support an outstanding PhD student through the dissertation writing stage. Mandy’s research focuses on understanding how noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) may be central to the coordination of metabolism and differentiation in […]
Milad Babaei, MCBB PhD student of the Green Lab, and Dr. Zhaoqing Yan (GRS ’23), along with their mentor, Dr. Alexander Green, are co-authors on a recently published patent. This patent, titled “Isothermal Nucleic Acid Detection Assays and Uses Thereof” by Green et al. (US Patent 2023/0313283, October 2, 2023), describes rapid methods for detecting […]