In a new study of the Zika virus, Northwestern University scientists have discovered a key mechanism used by the virus to evade the antiviral response of the cell it is attacking. This finding contributes to a better understanding of …
The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute will host their third annual Biotech by the Lake Investor Summit on June 22, 2021. The theme of this year’s summit is Targeting Neurological Disorders. The online program will feature 17 academic, investment, …
Five Northwestern University professors including Professors Michael J. Allen and Thomas J. Meade are being honored with the 2021 University Teaching Awards. The annual honor is given to professors who demonstrate excellence and innovation in undergraduate education.
Allen is …
The study, “Structural basis of long-range to short-range synaptic transition in NHEJ,” was published in the journal Nature on April 14, 2021. This research reveals new insight into how proteins work naturally to identify and resolve DNA double-strand …
Amy Rosenzweig, the Weinberg Family Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences and Professor of Molecular Biosciences and Chemistry, has received the Hans Neurath Award from The Protein Society.
This award recognizes contributions of exceptional merit to basic protein …
The study, “Structure of the human Mediator-bound transcription pre-initiation complex,” was published March 11 in the journal Science. This marks the first time the human Mediator complex has been visualized in 3D in the human cell.
Professor Yuan He of …
The Great Math Challenge in Biology Contest, sponsored by the NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology, the Department of Molecular Biosciences, and the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, asked contestants to take a real-world problem in biology and propose a …
Professor Emeritus Erwin Goldberg of the Department of Molecular Biosciences discusses his research and career development in an interview in the journal Biology of Reproduction (March 2021).
In the interview, Goldberg describes the impetus for going into the field …
Professor Thomas O’Halloran has been named fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). NAI fellow status is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors.
O’Halloran is the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the departments …
Professor Thomas Meade, Eileen M. Foell Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, has been awarded the 2020 Gold Medal from the World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS).…