Brangwynne wins the Breakthrough Prize for revolutionary view of living cells
“Cliff Brangwynne has illuminated some of the most basic principles of life’s machinery,” said Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber.
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“Cliff Brangwynne has illuminated some of the most basic principles of life’s machinery,” said Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber.
Princeton's valedictorian and salutatorian for 2022 are Natalia Orlovsky, a molecular biology concentrator from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and Frances Mangina, a philosophy concentrator from Toronto.
Photo: © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation — used with permission features The Toolmaker’s Mind Clifford Brangwynne marries engineering and biology in a quest to understand the inner workings of the cell Photo: © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation — used with permission By Carmen Drahl *07 The best way to learn how intensely Princeton bioengineer Clifford P. Brangwynne approaches life is to catch him playing hockey at Baker Rink. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, he had a standing noontime game. He’s played since childhood, mostly defense. At Baker, he might be fe...
Forward Fest public conversation series continues as part of A Year of Forward Thinking by the Office of Communications March 16, 2021 12:02 p.m. Forward Fest is a virtual public conversation series that aims to spark dialogue across the global Princeton community — students, faculty, staff, alumni and other interested thinkers — to engage with and explore big ideas and their infinite possibilities for shaping the future. The next Forward Fest takes place March 18 and focuses on Princeton’s growing interdisciplinary power in bioengineering. Image courtesy of the National Cance...
New organelle involved in cancer metastasis discovered 10 Mar 2021 Some of Princeton's leading cancer researchers were startled to discover that what they thought was a straightforward investigation into how cancer spreads through the body - metastasis - turned up evidence of liquid-liquid phase separations: the new field of biology research that investigates how liquid blobs of living materials merge into each other, similar to the movements seen in a lava lamp or in liquid mercury. "We believe this is the first time that phase separation has been implicated in cancer metas...