Genomics

COVID-19's silent spread: Princeton researchers explore how symptomless transmission helps pathogens thrive

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

COVID-19's rapid spread throughout the world has been fueled in part by the virus' ability to be transmitted by people who are not showing symptoms of infection.

Now, a study by researchers at Princeton has found that this silent phase of transmission can be a successful evolutionary strategy for pathogens such as viruses like the one that causes COVID-19. The study was published May 8 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Three innovative projects selected to receive funding from the Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund

Monday, May 11, 2020

by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

Three research endeavors aimed at fundamental challenges in health, information technology and water conservation have been selected for funding through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
Britt Adamson named 2020 Searle Scholar for studies of genome editing

Friday, Apr 24, 2020

by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

Britt Adamson, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, has been named a 2020 Searle Scholar. The program supports bold research programs with the potential to discover fundamental insights and improve health.
Princeton awards over half-a-million dollars in funding for rapid, novel and actionable COVID-19 research projects

Friday, Apr 10, 2020

by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

With the aim of accelerating solutions to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton has awarded University funding for seven new faculty-led research initiatives with strong potential for impact.

The funding enables faculty and their teams to address crucial questions in biomedical, health-related and fundamental science, as well as policy, social and economic topics. Projects will receive funding of up to $100,000.
Science in the service of humanity: Princeton joins Rutgers, NJIT to advance health-related innovations

Thursday, Feb 27, 2020

by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

Princeton faculty and student researchers make many discoveries that have the potential to address cancer, infectious disease, autism and other development disorders, and other medical, behavioral and health challenges.

Now, a collaboration with Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology is making it easier and faster for Princeton's medical and health-related research to reach patients and the community.
Researchers uncover potential cancer-causing mutations in genes’ control switches

Wednesday, Feb 5, 2020

by Molly Sharlach, Office of Engineering Communications

Using sophisticated algorithms to explore regions of the genome whose roles in cancer have been largely uncharted, an international team of researchers has opened the door to a new understanding of the disease’s genetic origins.
AI-based motion-capture system for animals has applications from drug development to ecology

Wednesday, Jan 8, 2020

by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

A new system that uses artificial intelligence to track animal movements is poised to aid a wide range of studies, from exploring new drugs that affect behavior to ecological research. The approach, shown in the video above, can be used with laboratory animals such as fruit flies and mice as well as larger animals.
Schmidt DataX Fund supports research projects that harness data science to speed up discovery

Monday, Nov 18, 2019

by Sharon Adarlo, Center for Statistics and Machine Learning

Nine data-driven research projects have won funding from Princeton University’s Schmidt DataX Fund, which aims to spread and deepen the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning across campus to accelerate discovery.

In February, the University announced the new fund, which was made possible through a major gift from Schmidt Futures.
At the table: Loo takes a seat at Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss “dual energy challenge”

Tuesday, Aug 6, 2019

By Jessica Li '18

First posted on July 22, 2019 by the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

On June 27, Andlinger Center Director, Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo joined executives from industry and government to discuss “Technologies Needed to Meet the Dual Energy Challenge” at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Researchers reverse engineer the 'fireworks of life'

Monday, Aug 5, 2019

by Liz Fuller-Wright, Office of Communications

Imagine standing in a lumberyard and being asked to build a house — without blueprints or instructions of any kind. The materials are all in front of you, but that doesn’t mean you have the first idea how to get from point A to point B.

That was the situation facing the Princeton biologists who are building microtubules, the skeleton of the cell, from scratch.

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Genomics

COVID-19's silent spread: Princeton researchers explore how symptomless transmission helps pathogens thrive

Three innovative projects selected to receive funding from the Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund

Britt Adamson named 2020 Searle Scholar for studies of genome editing

Princeton awards over half-a-million dollars in funding for rapid, novel and actionable COVID-19 research projects

Science in the service of humanity: Princeton joins Rutgers, NJIT to advance health-related innovations

Researchers uncover potential cancer-causing mutations in genes’ control switches

AI-based motion-capture system for animals has applications from drug development to ecology

Schmidt DataX Fund supports research projects that harness data science to speed up discovery

At the table: Loo takes a seat at Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss “dual energy challenge”

Researchers reverse engineer the 'fireworks of life'

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