Co-founder Lauren Blake, a 7th-year PMB student, was recently featured in the JHU Newsletter for the Alternative Protein Project. The student group’s objective is to increase awareness in the Hopkins community about alternative proteins through education, research, and entrepreneurship. The Alternative Protein Project also hopes to inspire students to pursue careers in alternative proteins and promote research projects […]

Congratulations to Nicolas Yehya for being awarded a 2022 NIH NIGMS Fellowship. Nico is currently a fifth year student in Professor Jie Xiao’s lab. His project is titled “Effects of Chromosomal Topology and Organization on E. coli Gene Expression.” Great job, Nico!

Remy Yovanno, a 6th-year PMB student in Albert Lau’s lab, was recently selected as a winner of the 2022 Mark O. Robbins Prize in High-Performance Computing. Well done, Remy!

On August 29, Mayukh Chakrabarti successfully defended his dissertation titled, “Examining Protein Conformational Dynamics using Computational Techniques: Studies on Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase and the Sodium-Iodide Symporter.” Bravo, Mayukh!

Biophysics Department Professor Karen Fleming, will receive the Biophysical Society 2023 Avanti Award in Lipids. Fleming will be honored at the Society’s 67th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, February 18-22, 2023. Dr. Fleming is recognized for her groundbreaking contributions to our fundamental understanding of membrane protein stability, folding, biogenesis and insertion through development and application […]

Biophysics Department Professor Sarah Woodson will receive the Biophysical Society 2023 Ignacio Tinoco Award. Woodson will be honored at the Society’s 67th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, February 18-22, 2023. Woodson is recognized for her inspiring work on RNA folding and the assembly of RNA-protein complexes using cutting-edge biophysical methods that established currently accepted […]

Congratulations to Dr. Sua Myong on her promotion this year to Full Professor! Since arriving in the Jenkins Department of Biophysics in 2015, Dr. Myong has continued to advance our knowledge of G-quadruplexes using single-molecule and biochemical studies. She has mentored graduate and undergraduate students in her lab and serves as our department’s Director of […]