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 […]

Dr. Elmer Zapata-Mercado was named a BPS Congressional Fellow for the 2022-2023 policy year. Elmer will spend a year working on Capitol Hill providing scientific input on legislative and policy issues. He’ll also participate in the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Science and Technology Fellowship Program. Through this program, he’ll receive an orientation […]

Dr. Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo Currás (Netz Arroyo) is a new member of the PMB faculty.  Netz is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at JHU School of Medicine.  His research interests include the design of aptamer-based sensors and the study of ligand binding energetics.  His expertise brings a new dimension to PMB and exciting new opportunities to […]

The Student Evening Series, a collection of talks given by PMB/Jenkins students throughout the academic year, had previously been online due to COVID precautions. On March 23rd, the first of the in-person events this year was held, and the remainder of the Student Evening Series will be in-person. Stop by the next one for a […]

Lauren Blake, a 6th year student in the Wu lab, was recently featured in the Hub for the undergraduate intersession course she co-created called ‘Food of the Future.’ The course was centered around the biophysics and bioengineering principles behind alternative meat, dairy, and egg production, covering topics in food biotechnology, plant-based meat, microorganism-derived ingredients, and […]

Dr. Stephen Fried has been featured in the Hub for his intersession FiGURE program, designed to help first-generation and underprivileged students gain meaningful laboratory experience. Read more about the program and the research the students did on membrane folding in complex proteins here.