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INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Fundamental research that drives advances in medicine
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View Institute Events
Please check this page frequently for information about IBBS seminars and major IBBS symposia.
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Basic Science Departments
Among nine basic science departments, more than 150 faculty make discoveries to transform medicine.
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Core Services
The Institute of Basic Biomedical Sciences is home to several centralized fee-for-service facilities open to all researchers at Johns Hopkins and beyond.
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Research Centers
Several research centers are supported by the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences.
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Meet our Faculty
Learn about the research of more than 150 faculty members affiliated with the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences.
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At the School of Medicine, COVID-19 Creates an Academic Year Like No Other
Students and trainees are starting an academic year for the history books, one with challenges galore but opportunities as well.
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Study Adds to Evidence That Odor-Sensing Cells in Nose Are Key Entry Point for Coronavirus
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report that the hook SARS-CoV-2 uses to latch onto and infect cells is up to 700 times more prevalent in the olfactory supporting cells lining the inside of the upper part of the nose.
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The Extracellular Letter to COVID-19
Amid the current pandemic, some scientists are exploring how extracellular vesicles could be used to detect, treat or monitor the virus known as SARS-CoV-2 and its ensuing respiratory illness, COVID-19.
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Johns Hopkins Scientists Find Mammals Share Gene Pathways That Allow Zebrafish to Grow New Eyes
Study may advance genetic therapies for blindness and other injuries to the central nervous system
Announcements
New Pharmacology Director
Namandjé Bumpus is the new director of the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences. Bumpus, 39, is the first African American woman to lead a department at the School of Medicine and the only African American woman currently chairing a pharmacology department at any medical school in the nation. Read more.
Biological Chemistry Director
Michael Caterina, M.D., Ph.D., has been named director of the Department of Biological Chemistry. Caterina served as interim director of the department for a year after former director Gerald Hart, Ph.D., retired from the Johns Hopkins faculty. Read more.
Ham Smith Award
Neuroscientist Chris Potter received the 2020 Hamilton Smith Award for Innovative Research. Potter’s research focuses on neurological mechanisms responsible for smell in insects. His lab developed new molecular genetic approaches to alter gene expression and to visualize and monitor neuronal responses in insects.
