Nicolle Rosa Mercado has been selected as a 2022 HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow
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How do early embryonic cells know what type of cells to develop into? An Interview with Luisa Cochella, PhD
Amoebas, Worms and Flies, Oh My! How Crawly Critters Give Us Insights into Human Biology By Haley Wasserman on 06/30/2022 Published in Fundamentals June 2022 Nematodes, as well as the millions of unicellular and multicellular organisms without bones or hearts, are some of the most successful organisms on the planet. The nematode worm, commonly referred […]
Northwestern University Awards 2022 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science to Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD
Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, is the recipient of the 2022 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science at Northwestern University. The Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science, which carries a $200,000 stipend, […]
This year’s Gruber Prize in Genetics has been awarded to Geraldine Seydoux, Ruth Lehman, and James Priess
Our own Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D. has been awarded the 2022 Gruber Prize in Genetics. Read more/… Developmental biologists Geraldine Seydoux, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ruth Lehmann, PhD, of the Whitehead Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Priess, PhD, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, have been […]
Luisa Cochella, Ph.D receives the 2022 Elisa Izaurralde Award for Innovation in Research, Teaching, and Service
The RNA Society is delighted to announce Dr. Luisa Cochella, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in Baltimore, USA, as the recipient of the 2022 Elisa Izaurralde Award for Innovation in Research, Teaching and Service. Originally from Argentina, Dr. Cochella studied translational decoding by the ribosome during her doctoral studies in the lab of […]
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Welcome Luisa Cochella, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Dr. Luisa Cochella joins us from the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria where she was Group Leader. Her major research interest is in understanding transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms for cell diversification. Read more about Dr. Cochella’s research…
Andrew Holland, Ph.D. receives President’s Frontier Award
In a surprise virtual presentation last week, Holland received the $250,000 President’s Frontier Award in recognition of the outstanding promise of his work. The meeting, arranged under the guise of a final interview between Holland, JHU President Ronald J. Daniels, and Provost Sunil Kumar, was “Zoom bombed” by proud members of Holland’s lab, his colleagues, […]
Josh Modell, Ph.D., awarded 2020 Johns Hopkins Discovery Award
In 2020, 41 Discovery Awards were given to interdisciplinary faculty teams across eleven units of Johns Hopkins. From utilizing machine learning to optimize stroke critical care to tackling CO2 emissions to addressing food insecurity, these Discovery Awards are solving complex problems and expanding the horizons of knowledge. Altogether, the winning project teams—chosen from 274 proposals—include […]
Carol Greider, Ph.D. elected to National Academy of Inventors
Five Johns Hopkins faculty members, including Carol Greider, University Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, have been elected as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, a prestigious distinction that recognizes and honors these creators or co-developers of outstanding inventions that have made a difference in society. These professors, join the more than 4,000 current […]