Mohammad Seyedsayamdost, a biological chemist investigating the synthesis of novel molecules with therapeutic properties, has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Chemistry. He leads the Seyedsayamdost Group, or “Mo” Lab, a lab under the departments of both chemistry and molecular biology.

The Ludwig Princeton Branch, a new branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research on Princeton’s campus, seeks to fill new research roles investigating cancer metabolism and progression. The roles are Ludwig Princeton Associate Research Scholar and Ludwig Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton.

Presented in concert with J.P. Morgan and Johnson & Johnson Innovation on May 18 and 19, the Conference brought together life sciences professionals from 9 countries and 20 states as well as the District of Columbia and featured nearly 70 company and pitch presentations, hundreds of 1:1 partnering meetings and plenary sessions led by industry leaders and world-renowned research institutions from the region.

AI is being used to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in new and innovative ways, making advancements in healthcare that can be used to curb future pandemics. But at what cost to our privacy?

In the third episode of A.I. Nation, a new podcast by Princeton University and Philadelphia public radio station WHYY, computer science professor Ed Felten and WHYY reporter Malcolm Burnley explore the ways AI has improved our response to the pandemic, particularly in the instrumental advances it has made in solving the protein folding problem.