There are just a few weeks left to apply to our PhD program! If you want to join our program next fall, get your application in by December 1! Visit our website to find out how to apply ⤵️ publichealth.jhu.edu/academics/ph...

Are you looking for a PhD program in biochemistry and molecular biology research? As a basic science research department at @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social we’re at a unique intersection of lab science and broad impacts! Take a look inside our Department to see what we have to offer students⤵️

If you’re interested in our PhD program in biochemistry and molecular biology, join us Friday at @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's virtual open house! Start the day with info sessions about the School, and join the BMB breakout at 11:30 a.m. ET to chat with us about our programs! Check out the agenda ⤵️

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Utthara Nayar of the @nayar-lab.bsky.social! Last week she won Best Poster at the 2nd Annual @theaacr.bsky.social Grantee Summit, and was also quoted in the @baltimoremagazine.com story, The Baltimore Breast Cancer Revolution!

The @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social on-campus open house starts soon! If you’re attending, come learn about our programs at the 2:30 p.m. breakouts, then find us at the Meet & Greet at 3:30 p.m. Find the full agenda below – check in starts at 12:30 p.m.!

Interested in our PhD program? Join us Friday at @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's on-campus Open House to learn more and meet with us! Find us at the PhD Program Breakout at 2:30, followed by a Meet & Greet at 3:30. Not able to attend? Join the virtual open house Friday Oct 24 - details for both ⤵️

The @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social On-Campus Open House is Friday, October 10! Join us for conversations about our programs, a welcome from School leadership, and chances to connect with students and offices across the School! 🕧12:30-4:30 p.m. 📍 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore MD 21205 🔗Register ⤵️

Applications are open for our PhD program! As a basic science research department @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social we’re at a unique intersection of lab science and broad impacts! Learn more about our program and apply by December 1 ⤵️

Congratulations to Dr. Lenihan! Charles Lenihan successfully defended his PhD thesis today. At his seminar this afternoon we learned about his work in the Bailey Lab on “Structural Snapshots of a Thermophilic CRISPR-Cas Effector Recognizing Target DNA”

Lights, camera, science! Take a look inside BMB with our new Department Video ⤵ youtu.be/uY0H8zSI70o

Tomorrow’s BMB seminar features a presentation by Daryl Klein, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine: 🗓️Wednesday September 24 🕚11 a.m. 📍W5030

The @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Office of Research launched the Innovation Translation Council, chaired by BMB Professor Anthony Leung (@leunglab.bsky.social)! The ITC will connect researchers at the School with resources to translate their innovative research into community impacts. Learn more ⤵️

Upcoming PhD defense seminar! Charles Lenihan of the Bailey Lab will present “Structural Snapshots of a Thermophilic CRISPR-Cas Effector Recognizing Target DNA” 🗓️Thursday, September 25 ⏰Noon ET 📍 W4030 🔗Open to the BMB community via Zoom - DM for link by Monday, September 22

Congratulations to Dr. DeHaas-McGinnis! Allison DeHaas-McGinnis successfully defended her PhD thesis today. At her seminar this afternoon we learned about her work in the Matunis Lab on “Investigating the Paralogue-Specific Roles of SUMO on Mitochondrial Morphology and Dynamics”

The 2025-2026 BMB Seminar series kicks off next week with a presentation by @richardsever.bsky.social, Chief Science and Strategy Officer of openRxiv, at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory! 🗓️Thursday September 11 🕚3:30AM 📍Sheldon Hall (W1214)

Upcoming PhD defense seminar! Allison DeHaas-McGinnis of the Matunis Lab will present “Investigating the Paralogue-Specific Roles of SUMO on Mitochondrial Morphology and Dynamics” 🗓️Tuesday, September 9 ⏰2 p.m. ET 📍 W3030 🔗Open to the BMB community via Zoom - DM for link by Thursday, September 4

Congratulations to Dr. Bailey Robertson! Bailey Robertson successfully defended her PhD thesis today. At her seminar this afternoon we learned about her work in the Rebecca Lab on “Examining the Role of the Plantar Mechanical Microenvironment in Acral Melanoma.”

Congratulations to Dr. Marnie Skinner! Marnie Skinner successfully defended her PhD thesis today. At her seminar this morning we learned about her work in the Jordan Lab on “Assessing Microtubule Organizing Centers During Mammalian Spermatogenesis”

Assistant Professor Kimiko Krieger received a Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grant! She'll partner with Historic Sharp Leadenhall on "Join the CIRCLE: Community Initiatives for Resocialization, Cancer Prevention, and Living Well for Residents in South Baltimore"

Upcoming PhD defense seminar! Bailey Robertson of the Rebecca Lab will present “Examining the Role of the Plantar Mechanical Microenvironment in Acral Melanoma” 🗓️Monday, August 11 ⏰2 p.m. ET 📍 Becton Dickinson Hall (W1020) 🔗Open to the BMB community via Zoom - DM for link by Thursday August 7

TODAY's Postdoc Summer Research Forum features Caire Barreto, PhD, of the Dimopoulos Lab and Murilo Ramos Rocha, PhD, of the @johnshopkinsbmb.bsky.social Weeraratna Lab TODAY Monday, July 28 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social 12:00Noon - 1:00 p.m. Room W2008

Upcoming PhD defense seminar! Marnie Skinner of the Jordan Lab will present “Assessing Microtubule Organizing Centers During Mammalian Spermatogenesis” 🗓️Friday, August 8 ⏰10 a.m. ET 📍 Anna Baetjer (W1030) 🔗Open to the BMB community via Zoom - DM for link by Tuesday August 5

Congratulations Dr. Alexis Carey! Alexis Carey is in the Cellular & Molecular Medicine program and successfully defended her PhD today. In today's seminar she shared her about work in the Weeraratna Lab on “Cutaneous Melanoma Drives Metabolic Changes in the Aged Bone Marrow Immune Microenvironment”

Upcoming PhD seminar! Alexis Carey, a CMM student in the Weeraratna Lab, will present “Cutaneous Melanoma Drives Metabolic Changes in the Aged Bone Marrow Immune Microenvironment” 🗓️Friday July 18 ⏰11am ET 📍 Sheldon Hall W1214 🔗Open to the BMB community by Zoom - DM for link by noon Monday July 14.

Discovery Awards support collaborative projects that span different divisions across @jhu.edu, and this year two projects include BMB assistant professors! Vito Rebecca and @danfengcai.bsky.social are both collaborating with colleagues @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social. 1/3

BMB Assistant Professor @danfengcai.bsky.social received one of this year's prestigious @jhu.edu Catalyst Award for her project, Characterization of functional relationships among membrane-less organelles! Catalyst awards recognize and support innovative projects by early career faculty.

Listen to BDP @ashi-w.bsky.social discuss her work in #melanoma research on the Kimmel Cancer Center podcast, Cancer Matters. hopkinskimmel.libsyn.com/cancer-matte...

Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Asher Bravo Narula! Jeremy Asher Bravo Narula successfully defended his PhD thesis today. At his seminar this morning we learned about his work in the Rebecca Lab on “Dissecting the Mechanisms of Tumor Progression and Resistance to Targeted Therapy in Acral Melanoma”

Congratulations to Dr. Marika David! Marika David successfully defended her PhD thesis today. At her seminar earlier today we learned about her work in the Culotta Lab on “Iron and Flavins: Essential Nutrients in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans”

Congratulations to BMB postdoctoral fellow Murilo Ramos Rocha on his 2025 Samuel Jordan Graham Award! He is a cancer biologist in the Weeraratna Lab, and his project aims to explore a vulnerability identified in invasive melanoma cells associated with aging tumor microenvironments. Learn more ⤵️

Last week BMB Assistant Professor Brittany Jenkins-Lord and PhD student Angel Pajimola went to DC to participate in Hopkins on the Hill! Learn more about the event at the Hub and be sure to watch the video featuring Brittany and other Hopkins researchers at the event ⤵️ hub.jhu.edu/gallery/2025...

Upcoming PhD defense! Jeremy Asher Bravo Narula of the Rebecca Lab will present “Dissecting the Mechanisms of Tumor Progression and Resistance to Targeted Therapy in Acral Melanoma” 🗓️Thursday, June 26 ⏰11am ET 📍 Becton Dickinson Hall W1020 🔗Open to the BMB community via Zoom - DM for link by June 23

Upcoming PhD defense seminar! Marika David of the Culotta Lab will present “Iron and Flavins: Essential Nutrients in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans” 🗓️Tuesday, June 24 ⏰2 p.m. ET 📍 Becton Dickinson Hall (W1020) 🔗Open to the BMB community via Zoom - DM for link by Friday June 20

Congratulations to Jenkins-Lord Lab postdoc Kayla S. Ingram on her Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society induction! Named for the first African American doctoral recipient in the United States, the Society recognizes outstanding scholars who serve as examples of academic and personal excellence

Translocation renal cell carcinoma (tRCC) is an aggressive cancer with no effective treatment. @danfengcai.bsky.social's Lab, working with the Toska Lab @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social, found that 2 tRCC fusion oncoproteins alter transcription and drive tumor growth by forming biomolecular condensates.

🚨 Master degree program applications due in two days! 🚨 Applying to our MHS or the interdepartmental online MAPHB? Make sure to hit submit on your applications in SOPHAS by 11:59 p.m. EDT Sunday, June 1! Check @JohnsHopkinsSPH's How To Apply page for application details ⤵️

Announcing the next dean of @jhu.edu Bloomberg School of Public Health, Keshia Pollack Porter! A champion for public health, Dr. Pollack Porter has distinguished herself as a leader in advancing policy change that promotes safe, healthy environments. hub.jhu.edu/2025/05/27/b...

Our @johnshopkinsbmb.bsky.social class of 2025 just graduated, but there’s still time to apply to join our MHS program or the interdepartmental online MAPHB in the fall! Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EDT June 1. Visit @JohnsHopkinsSPH's How To Apply page for details ⤵️

Next week’s BMB seminar features a presentation by Rebecca B. Riggins @profriggins.bsky.social, Associate Professor & Associate Director of Education and Training at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Oncology Department! 🗓️Wednesday May 28 🕚11 a.m. 📍W5030

🎓Congratulations graduates!🎓 At today’s @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Convocation we celebrated the 10 MHS, 36 ScM, and 3 PhD graduates who completed their degrees in our Department this academic year. We're proud of all you've done here at BMB and are excited to see what you do next!

Today is the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social convocation, and we'd like to send congratulations to this year's Master of Arts in Public Health Biology graduates! The MAPHB is an interdepartmental program from BMB, @johnshopkinsehe.bsky.social, and @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social!

Application deadline approaching! Apply by June 1 to join our MHS program or the interdepartmental online MAPHB in the fall. For all the application details, visit @JohnsHopkinsSPH's How To Apply page ⬇️ publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-...

Congratulations to Dr. Triet Nguyen! Triet Nguyen successfully defended his PhD thesis today. At his seminar this afternoon we learned about his work in the Tran Lab on “Investigating Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis and Resistance to Chemoradiotherapy in Lung Cancer”

Master degree program deadlines approaching! Apply by June 1 for our MHS and the interdepartmental MAPHB master degree programs. For full details on the application process visit are application details visit @JohnsHopkinsSPH's How To Apply page ⬇️ (1/3) publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-...

Upcoming PhD defense seminar! Triet Nguyen of the Tran Lab will present “Investigating Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis and Resistance to Chemoradiotherapy in Lung Cancer” 🗓️Tuesday, May 13 ⏰1 ET 📍 Sheldon Hall (W1214) 🔗Open to the BMB community via Zoom - DM for link by Friday, May 9

Today’s BMB seminar features a presentation by Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, HHMI Investigator in the Molecular and Cell Biology Department at the University of California, Berkeley! 🗓️Wednesday April 23 🕚3 p.m. 📍Sheldon Hall (W1214)

Looking for a graduate program at the intersection of basic biology, medicine and public health? Come join us! Our Master of Health Sciences students gain grounding in cellular and molecular biology, and can take classes across @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Applications evaluated on a rolling basis until June 1

If you are at the AAMC Virtual Medical School Fair and looking for premedical programs, visit our virtual booth tomorrow! Our programs provide a grounding in the basic biology at the foundation of medicine with options to broaden your experience in public health. aamcmedschoolfair.vfairs.com

Our 9-month Master of Health Science provides in-depth grounding in the cellular and molecular biology that underlies medicine and public health, with a flexible curriculum that can be tailored to your career interests, including pre-med, lab research and more. Final application deadline is June 1.