2/26/2026
The School of Medicine is saddened to share that Howard C. Kutchai, PhD, a respected and dedicated former professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, passed away…
11/13/2025 Rachel Green, PhD, “ZAK activation at the colliding ribosome”
1/27/2026
Rachel Green, PhD Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Host: MPBP Student Invited Speaker Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025 Time: 12:00 p.m.…
11/10/2025/ Yihong Ye, PhD “Organelle homeostasis in neurodegenerative diseases.”
1/27/2026
Yihong Ye, PhD, Senior Investigator and Section Chief Laboratory of Molecular Biology National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health Host: Ling Qi, PhD Date:…
Congratulations to Helen Wang, PhD, K99/R00 award
10/16/2025
Huilun (Helen) Wang, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate in the Qi Lab in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (MPBP), was awarded the highly competitive K99/R00 Pathway to…
Seham Ebrahim, PhD, Awarded $2.4 Million NIH R01 Grant to Advance Male Fertility Research
9/18/2025
Seham Ebrahim, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and the Center for Membrane & Cell Physiology. Dr. Ebrahim has been awarded a…
Jomaa Lab Researches Protein Lipidation to Better Understand the Onset of Heart Disease
9/11/2025
The work, recently published in the EMBO Journal, uncovers the molecular mechanism by which the nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC) recruits the enzyme (N-myristoyltransferase 2) NMT2 to modify emerging proteins as…
Sonkusare Lab Discovers and Targets a Novel Mechanism Driving High Blood Pressure in Obesity
9/4/2025
Sonkusare Lab discovers and targets a novel mechanism driving high blood pressure in obesity. This groundbreaking study is published in Circulation Research. Read more
9/18/2025 Sander Kersten, PhD, “Regulation of intracellular and extracellular lipolysis”
8/26/2025
Sander Kersten, PhD Schleifer Family Professor Director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences Cornell University Host: Ling Qi, PhD, Chair, Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics Date: Monday, September 18, 2025 Time: 12:00…
Swapnil Sonkusare appointed as a Pinn Scholar- Congratulations!
7/3/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Swapnil Sonkusare who has been appointed as a Pinn Scholar, class of 2025 The Pinn Scholars program is named in honor of the extraordinary career of Vivian…
5/29/2025
Congratulations to Huan Bao who was awarded a five-year $2 million R35 grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences for a project titled “Designer Nanodiscs to Probe…
