Research News

Press Releases

 

Another Telomere-Regulating Enzyme Found

Researchers identify a novel protein that helps maintain the length of chromosome-capping telomeres

 

Under Pressure. 

Mechanical stress is a key driver of cell-cell fusion, study finds

 

Pushing the Boundaries

Johns Hopkins study provides key insight into how cells fuse

 

New Trick Found for How Cells Stay Organized

Unique boundary found for little-known cellular compartment

 

Cellular Sentinel Prevents Cell Division When the Right Machinery Is Not in Place

Machinery helps guide chromosomes during division

 

Alert to Biologists: Ribosomes Can Translate the "Untranslated Region" of Messenger RNA

How ribosome function can go wrong, how cancer cells grow and how normal cells respond to stress

 

Recognition

 

June 29, 2015

Jeremy Nathans, M.D., Ph.D.
Inaugural recipient of the Samuel Theobald Professorship of Ophthalmology

 

May 11, 2015

Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D.

Inaugural recipient of The Huntington Sheldon, M.D., Professorship in Medical Discovery

 

April 3, 2013

Se-Jin Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Recipient of South Korea’s Ho-Am Prize in Medicine.  Award recognizes contributions to understanding of muscle wasting.