"Targeting these enzymes that produce a localized high concentration of retinoic acid in tumors, our compounds have the potential to reactivate important immune responses to cancer.” --YiBin Kang www.princeton.edu/news/2026/01...

Princeton at Cell Bio 25! MolBio grad alumni and current grad students met up in Philadelphia, PA at the annual joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO, 12/6-10.

Bonnie Bassler received Philadelphia’s John Scott Award, one of the US’s oldest science awards given to "the most deserving" men and women whose inventions have contributed in some outstanding way to the "comfort, welfare and happiness" of mankind. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/ba...

2025 MolBio Retreat Wrap-Up: 2 days, over 300 attendees, 19 First-Years, 10 MolBio Scholars, 8 sessions, 37 talks, 60 posters, 15 Awardees, and countless cups of coffee! molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/20...

MolBio senior Isam Mina awarded Rhodes Scholarship for Jordan! “Breakthroughs in the laboratory matter little if the systems that deliver them remain inaccessible or inequitable.” www.princeton.edu/news/2025/10...

Te Velthuis & Myhrvold: "We discovered a simple trick to make the CRISPR-Cas13 crRNA complex better at recognizing single nucleotide changes, and therefore better at detecting mutations.” molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/te...

Onwards! Pilot grants awarded to three teams of Princeton researchers in Princeton Molbio and Princeton Neuro to support moving their discoveries into clinical applications. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/th...

70 MolBio grad alumni returned to campus for the Many Minds Many Stripes conference celebrating Princeton graduate alumni. Presenters and panelists and attendees, oh my! molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/mo...

New Prof Kai Mesa in Nature: "Loss of skin macrophages with age blocks blood vessel flow and clot repair, revealing a new cellular trigger of tissue aging.” molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/me...

Congrats🥂 to Callan O’Shea, a MolBio M.D./Ph.D student and newest recipient of the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science Award (NJ ACTS) T32 Fellowship. O'Shea is advised by associated faculty member Sam Wang. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/os...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded today to Princeton MolBio graduate alumna Mary Brunkow *91 “for groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.” www.princeton.edu/news/2025/10...

2025 MolBio Retreat happening now in Frick Chemistry’s Taylor Auditorium. 37 talks, 60 poster presenters, 300 attendees, oh my!

Bonnie Bassler has been named University Professor, Princeton’s highest honor for faculty. "I am delighted by this honor and deeply grateful ... The Department of Molecular Biology took a chance and hired me at the very inception of my research field..." www.princeton.edu/news/2025/09...

“I wondered if Bacteriodota were ‘talking’ in a language we hadn’t learned yet." They are(!), according to groundbreaking research by Princeton scientists Luis Linares-Otoya, Mohamed Donia, Jaden Shirkey, and Fred Hughson. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/le...

“Do not compare yourselves to others. Focus on your own journey, your own data, and your own development.” Interview of MolBio grad alum and AskBio CSO Mansuo Shannon *98 leading up to the Princeton Alumni Many Minds, Many Stripes conference. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/ma...

Princeton seeks applications for asst, assoc or full professor to contribute to initiative at interface between cancer, immunity and metabolism (Ludwig Princeton Branch) from candidates using bio, chem, phys, engineering and/or computational approaches. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

Celebrating Princeton's 10 years as @NikonUSA Center of Excellence! User community lunch: 8/18, Hands on workshops with super resolution AXR-NSPARC confocal microscope system: 8/20-29. BYO test samples! molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/ni...

Take away the shame of being bad at something: “That’s why you go to school, to learn and get better at things!” Interview of MolBio grad alum and professor Michi Taga *03 leading up to Many Minds, Many Stripes graduate alumni conference. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/mi...

Last Thursday, 90+ Summer Undergraduate Research Program participants (rising seniors who are MolBio majors) presented posters to the department detailing their research so far. Faculty, grad students and postdocs came for science -- not the $160 worth of chips, cookies and seltzer!

Congrats🥂 to assistant professor Ai Ing Lim, selected as a 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. Studying maternal-offspring immune partnership, Lim aims to improve women’s reproductive health and optimize immune trajectories for future generations. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/li...

“Basic scientific research is so appealing to me because, despite it being very frustrating and a lot of work, the payout is so amazing,” explains @fsantoriello.bsky.social‬, a postdoctoral researcher in HHMI Investigator Bonnie Bassler’s lab at Princeton.

“Policy is ultimately about people, and scientists need to be in those rooms—not just reacting after it’s made but helping shape it from the start.” MolBio grad alum and policy expert Ali Nouri *06 interview, leading up to the Many Minds, Many Stripes conference. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/al...

Liz Gavis' research group has long studied RNA localization and translational control in animal development, and she now takes on a new role as the fifth Chair of the Dept. of Molecular Biology. Her term as Chair began on July 1, 2025. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/li...

David MacMillan, professor of Chemistry, named Distinguished Scholar to the Ludwig Cancer Research Princeton Branch opening a new chapter in cancer research for the Macmillan lab. He joins MolBio faculty Yibin Kang and Lydia Lynch @lydialynch.bsky.social. www.princeton.edu/news/2025/06...

🧬Happy Transposon Day! 🎉Each year on the 16th of June we commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable element research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992). #TransposonDay2025 #MobileDNAjournal

Grad student Lena Basta and mentor Danelle Devenport uncover organizing principles of tissue polarity in mammalian skin. “Planar cell polarity is, by definition, a multicellular process. Our work demonstrates that it is also mechanistically multicellular.” molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/ba...

Jonathan St. Ange (Murphy lab) awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Award for 2025-2026 academic year! St. Ange will continue his studies and research at Université de Bordeaux🍷 while improving his French🇫🇷 and refining his palate!🍔 Congrats! molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/jo...

MolBio Alumni Goin’ Back and Standing Up! Reunions 2025. MolBio undergraduate and graduate alumni made the pilgrimage back to campus and to Lewis Thomas Lab over the weekend of May 22-25. pumolbio.smugmug.com/2025-MolBio-...

Well deserved! 🥂🥂🥂 MolBio's newest tenured faculty: Adamson & Mallarino; and newest full professor: Petry. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/mo...

Princeton IP Accelerator awards to Adamson supporting further study towards therapeutic treatment for Huntington's disease, and to Ploss towards optimization and characterization of drugs for curing chronic Hepatitis B virus infection. research.princeton.edu/news/princet...

MolBio Class of 2025 honored on Class Day, May 26! Dept Chair Bonnie Bassler charged, "Hold onto the core value of scientific integrity. Shaping a bright world future depends on your belief in the power of science to make the world a better place." molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/cl...

Devenport receives President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching. “She is inspiring, visionary, charismatic, relatable, empathetic, hardworking and organized. Having even a few of these traits is a hallmark of a good teacher, but she embodies all of them.” www.princeton.edu/news/2025/05...

"The risky path might not be as risky as you thought compared to your other options..." Interview of Nick Ouzounov *15, MolBio grad alum and co-founder of Geltor, makers of biodesigned proteins and polypeptides. Leading-up to Many Minds, Many Stripes conference molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/ni...

Keeping MolBio running... Gray, fly food chef for 50y; Bacic, grants manager for 25y; Wright, glass washer for 20y and Santay, purchasing manager for 20y, all honored for lengthy service to Princeton University. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/gr...

Jolly good! MolBio senior Mahya Fazel-Zarandi ‘25 named international Gates Cambridge scholar with Joshua Yang ’25. The awards recognize “outstanding academic achievement” and “social leadership,” and cover the full cost of a postgraduate degree at Cambridge. www.princeton.edu/news/2025/02...

Celebrating the Council on Science and Technology’s 35th anniversary, inaugural STEM Star Awards were presented to MOL Lecturer Anthar Darwish and MOL undergraduate Emily Lee '25 for their efforts advancing STEM literacy. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/da...

Congrats to Princeton Research Day 2025 MolBio awardees: Campus Impact Award to Maya Butani '26 and Sukaina Shivji '26 for "The Health Outpost." Orange and Black Award to grad student Talia Akoh-Arrey (Brooks lab) for her talk on biological timekeeping. researchday.princeton.edu/2025-award-w...

Senior MolBio undergraduate Mary Whelan ’25, ballet dancer and researcher in the Brooks lab, on Princeton as her first 'real school.' www.facebook.com/share/p/1Eao...

Congratulations to the next Chair of the Dept. of Molecular Biology: Elizabeth (Liz) R. Gavis, the Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences and Assoc. Faculty in the Program in Quantitative and Computational Biology. Her term begins on July 1, 2025. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/ga...

What's in a marsupial's🦘 pouch? A host of previously unknown proteins with potent antibacterial activity that could have applications in human medicine⚕️. The Mallarino and Donia labs investigate. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/no...

Interested in graduate training in molecular and cellular biology? Consider the MolBio Scholars program. A fully funded visit to Princeton to learn about grad admissions, meet MolBio faculty, postdocs, and grad students, and attend the departmental retreat. molbio.princeton.edu/graduate/mol...

Immunologists and neuroscientists collaborate to show experience of cold temps leaves a lasting impression on the brain. In Nature paper today by labs of Princeton's Lydia Lynch @lydialynch.bsky.social and Trinity College Dubin's Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/co...

"Do things well, don’t be afraid to ask–people want to help!" says Kevin Forrest *05, MolBio grad alum and co-founder of Kate Therapeutics, a biotech startup recently acquired by Novartis. Leading up to Princeton Alumni Many Minds, Many Stripes conference. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/ke...

Congrats 🥂to Cameron Myhrvold @cambearon.bsky.social, named Emerging Investigator Awardee, at the 2025 Northeast Bioengineering Conference, hosted by the Department of Biomedical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering @nyutandon.bsky.social on April 4-5. engineering.nyu.edu/news/nyu-tan...

Congrats🎉 to MolBio's Ai Ing Lim, one of three 2025 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award Recipients! “This grant means freedom… I can take more risks.” genestogenomes.org/this-grant-m...

Congrats🥂 to Ileana Cristea who received the 2025 Catherine E. Costello Award for Exemplary Achievements in Proteomics from the US Human Proteome Organization (US HUPO) at the 21st Annual US HUPO Conference held in Philadelphia from February 22-26, 2025. us-hupo.org/Exemplary-Ac...

MolBio grad and undergrad alums met up on 1/15 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Organized by Mark Esposito *17, Eric Shiozaki *03 and Nora Luo *11, an opportunity for alums to network, reminisce and look ahead. More ideas? Let us know. Upcoming: manyminds.alumni.princeton.edu

Pyne Prize awarded to MolBio major Jennifer Nwokeji '25 of the Jimah Lab! Congratulations! Nwokeji and Avi Attar are recipients of the 2025 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on a Princeton undergraduate. www.princeton.edu/news/2025/02...

After many years at @mrclmb.bsky.social, I've moved back home to start my own lab at @princetonmolbio.bsky.social. I'm so thankful to my mentors, especially Kelly Nguyen and Don Rio! We have some exciting results on LINE-1 in the works and are recruiting. Find out more: ghanim.lab.princeton.edu