The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Princeton alumna Frances Arnold "for the directed evolution of enzymes." She received half of the award, while the other half was divided between George Smith of the University of Missouri-Columbia and Sir Gregory Winter of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies."
Two Princeton nominees, Lucia Gualtieri and Peter Schauss, have both been recognized as finalists in "Physical Sciences and Engineering" by the 2018 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists.
The University-Industry Demonstration Partnership, an organization dedicated to strengthening corporate relationships with academia, recently produced a video on the nuts-and-bolts of Princeton's long time relationship with Siemens. CEFR's Spencer Reynolds and Arturo Pizano of Siemens are featured.
Spend the day — or an hour — at Princeton Research Day, and you get an eclectic tour of research at Princeton University shared through presentations designed to make cutting-edge work accessible to the general public.
For Sarah-Jane Leslie, dean of the Graduate School and the Class of 1943 Professor of Philosophy, that tour included learning how engineers can learn lessons from plants; about new techniques to fight disease; and about novel ways to address the world’s energy crisis.
With a ribbon-cutting, speeches and tour of its extensive laboratory space, the formal opening of the new high-tech Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs incubator was celebrated Thursday, May 17.
A crowd of more than 100 representatives from Princeton University, the town of Plainsboro, local industries and the center's first tenant companies attended the event at the Forrestal Center in Plainsboro.
For bacteria facing a dose of antibiotics, timing might be the key to evading destruction. In a series of experiments, Princeton researchers found that cells that repaired DNA damaged by antibiotics before resuming growth had a much better chance of surviving treatment.
When antibiotics hit a population of bacteria, often a small fraction of “persister” cells survive to pose a threat of recurrent infection. Unlike bacteria with genetic resistance to antibiotics, evidence suggests that persisters stay alive in part by stalling cellular processes targeted by the drugs.
Higher education, business community: 'Vibrant connections'.
NJ Biz, June 20, 2018.
CEFR director Coleen Burrus participated in a panel on building relationships between industry and higher ed at an event hosted by the Somerset County Business Partnership. She is quoted in the article.
On June 4, the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) at Princeton announced its participation in the University Blockchain Research Initiative, a new $50 million program founded by Ripple to support academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments.
Princeton University and Cisco will co-host the Spring 2018 meeting of the University Industry Demonstration Partnership. The event will be held from April16-19, 2018 at Cisco's facility in San Jose, CA. Princeton's Office of Corporate Engagement and Foundation Relations is leading the effort for Princeton.
