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Molly Przeworski and Joe Pickrell RISE 2016
March 15, 2016 - 2:15pm

We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Molly Przeworski and Adjunct Asst. Prof.

Awards | Pickrell Lab | Przeworski Lab | RISE
photo of Drs. Abate-Shen, Costantini, Shen, and Wichterle
Expansion of graduate training faculty

In order to provide our Ph.D students additional opportunities in the areas of stem cell biology, mouse developmental genetics, and cancer biology,

PhD program | Research
Rafael Yuste inducted into the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine

Professor Rafael Yuste has been inducted into the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine as an honorary member.

Awards | Honors | Yuste lab
photo of Ozgur Sahin at the World Economic Forum
Ozgur Sahin recognized at World Economic Forum

Associate Professor Ozgur Sahin has won a Young Scientist Award of the

Awards | Sahin Lab
Blended Learning: The Stockwells Test Teaching Methods
September 8, 2015 - 3:00pm

Brent Stockwell, a Professor in our department, and his wife, Meli

Stockwell Lab
An evaporation harvesting device made of Legos, a spore-coated rubber sheet, a coil and a magnet. The device produces electricity when sheet bends and straightens in response to moisture. Image Credit: Xi Chen/Columbia University
Biophysicist Harnesses Power of Evaporation, Discovers Potential New Source of Renewable Energy
January 28, 2014 - 2:45pm

Legos may seem like an unlikely foundation for scientific research, but the building blocks have been a p

Research | Sahin Lab
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Joachim Frank Awarded 2014 Franklin Medal
November 14, 2013 - 9:00am

Joachim Frank, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, will be awarded th

Awards | Frank Lab
Professor Michael Sheetz
Michael Sheetz Shares the Prestigious Albert Lasker Award
September 10, 2012 - 2:45pm

Michael Sheetz of Columbia University was named co-winner of this year’s Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for discoveries related to cytoskeletal motor proteins, agents that move cargo wi

Awards | Research | Sheetz Lab
Stuart Firestein is pictured at his desk.
Prof. Stuart Firestein Why Ignorance is Central to Scientific Theory
May 9, 2012 - 2:45pm

Stuart Firestein, a professor and chair of the biological sciences department, is a connoisseur of ignorance.

Firestein Lab | Ignorance
Martin Chalfie receives his Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall. (View more images of Prof. Chalfie at Nobel Prize events.)
Columbia Professor Martin Chalfie Receives Nobel Prize in Stockholm
December 11, 2008 - 2:45pm

The 2008 Nobel Prizes were awarded to the newest group of laureates at Stockholm's Concert Hall in S

Awards | Chalfie lab | Nobel Prize | Research

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