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RELEASED: 12/22/22Study of hearing in old and young mice suggests the brain might be trained to filter out background soundRELEASED: 12/22/22RELEASED: 12/08/22RELEASED: 10/06/22RELEASED: 08/18/22RELEASED: 08/08/22RELEASED: 06/02/22Study in mice shows that the BASP1 connector molecule may also underlie gender differences in cocaine’s effectsRELEASED: 04/21/22Findings in mice have potential to advance treatment of some brain injuries and illnessesRELEASED: 03/16/22
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RELEASED: 07/23/19RELEASED: 04/11/19RELEASED: 04/10/19Experiments show new therapy slows blood vessel leakage associated with diabetic macular edema and macular degenerationRELEASED: 03/27/19The glow could someday help us use cancer drugs more efficiently.RELEASED: 01/31/19The following are brief summaries on basic science news from scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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RELEASED: 11/15/18New center aims to improve heart rhythm disordersRELEASED: 09/20/18Scientists say they have found preliminary evidence of an evolutionary link between the social behaviors of octopuses and humansRELEASED: 08/23/18IBBS has appointed structural biologist James Berger, Ph.D., to direct the Johns Hopkins instituteRELEASED: 02/08/18Johns Hopkins researchers report they have developed two new endoscopic probes that significantly sharpen the technology’s imaging...RELEASED: 01/24/18Research focuses on an enzyme found in cells, called telomerase, which lengthens repetitive bits of DNA at the end of chromosomes
Professorships for Basic Science
Two basic science faculty members were recently honored with professorships:
Deborah Andrew was installed as the Bayard Halsted Professor in the Department of Cell Biology.
Cynthia Wolberger received the Brown Advisory Colleagues Professorship in Scientific Innovation.
Ribosome Research
Among new grants announced by the European Research Council, scientist Rachel Green, director of the department of molecular biology and genetics, will be working with scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory & the Technical University of Berlin to understand the roles of ribosomes in protein synthesis & signaling. Green and colleagues Jan Kosinski, Julia Mahamid & Juri Rappsilber will create an in-cell map of ribosomes & new methods for next-generation, in-cell structural bio.
McKnight Pecot Fellows
Congratulations to Johns Hopkins University student Xiomara McDonald and cell biologist Shigeki Watanabe, who are among five teams participating in the McKnight Pecot Fellows award program. In Watanabe's lab, Xiomara will be using electron microscopy to study how Parkinson's disease mutations affect signals passing between neurons.