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.

We are proud to announce that PMB faculty member Ed Twomey has been featured in the Johns Hopkins Magazine! Follow the link to learn more about the work done in Twomey’s Cryo-EM lab, his personal story, and his appearance in the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list earlier this year.

The Fellow award is given to Biophysical Society members who have “demonstrated sustained excellence in science and have contributed to the expansion of the field of biophysics.” The new Fellows will be honored at the Awards Ceremony that will take place at the Biophysical Society’s 66th Annual Meeting in February 2022. Congratulations!

On September 21, Anthony Veltri defended his dissertation titled Molecular States of the Ribosome Regulate the Transcriptome by Linking Protein Synthesis And mRNA Decay. Bravo, Anthony!

PMB is deeply saddened by the passing of Mario Amzel, one of the founders of Biophysics at Johns Hopkins. Mario was a true scholar with a vast knowledge of biophysics, physiology, structural biology, and physical chemistry. And Mario was a dear friend. He will be greatly missed by his biophysics family.

2nd year PMB student Edgar Manriquez-Sandoval was nominated for the 2022 Global Young Scientist Summit (GYSS). Edgar will be among the first group of participants from Johns Hopkins University and plans to take full advantage of this opportunity!