4/16/2026
The Jomaa Lab uncovers how ribosomes ensure proteins are directed to their correct cellular destinations. The researchers published their findings in Science Advances and Nature Communications. Read more.... in Medicine…
Ashish Kabra, PhD, Honored With Full Membership in Scientific Research Honor Society Sigma Xi
3/19/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Ashish Kabra, senior scientist in the laboratory of Professor John Bushweller, PhD. His research focuses on protein structural biology and drug discovery, with particular expertise in protein…
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…