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- February 22, 2021
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Laura M.K. Dassama uses structural biology expertise to search for sickle cell disease therapies
- This chemist wants to find a small molecule to encourage the production of fetal hemoglobin to help people with the disease—including herself
- Institute Scholars
- January 28, 2021
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DARPA awards $3.2 million to a group led by Institute Scholar Michael Fischbach
- Long-lasting, bacteria-based repellent is the goal of DARPA project aiming to protect U.S. soldiers overseas.
- Institute Scholars
- January 05, 2021
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Stanford single-dose nanoparticle vaccine for COVID-19
- Researchers at Stanford are working to develop a single-dose vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 that could potentially be stored at room temperature.
- Knowledge Centers, Institute Scholars
- November 11, 2020
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Carolyn Bertozzi named Baker Family Director of Stanford ChEM-H
- Chemistry Professor Carolyn Bertozzi says recruiting world-class scientists and engineers and developing ChEM-H into a hub where doctors and researchers can come together.
- Institute Scholars, Knowledge Centers
- November 05, 2020
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Steven Banik to join Stanford ChEM-H as an assistant professor of chemistry
- Steven Banik. who will join Stanford ChEM-H, in winter 2021 talks about his path to ChEM-H, his passion for molecular design and his vision for an interdisciplinary lab.
- Institute Scholars
- October 20, 2020
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ChEM-H Director Carolyn Bertozzi is a Falling Walls Finalist
- Professor Bertozzi is breaking the wall by transforming human health interdisciplinarily.
- Institute Scholars
- October 12, 2020
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Shipped kits, simulations: Instructors try adapting labs, but still run up against virtual learning limitations
- Science and engineering instructors are shipping lab kits and using virtual simulations in an effort to recreate the hands-on experience for students learning remotely.
- Institute Scholars
- October 08, 2020
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High-risk, high-reward grants awarded to four Stanford researchers
- Annelise Barron, Peter Kim, Siddhartha Jaiswal and Keren Haroush will receive grants totaling $10 million to fund their investigations.
- Institute Scholars
- July 29, 2020
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Stanford chemists craft molecular scalpels to clear unwanted proteins from cell surfaces
- Stanford chemists have developed a new tool that shuttles unwanted cell surface proteins to their deaths.
- Institute Scholars
- June 25, 2020
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National Institute on Aging awards $15 million to Stanford’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
- Stanford-based center’s affiliated faculty and staff, aided by more than 400 volunteers, conduct research on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and related disorders.
- Institute Scholars
- May 26, 2020
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ChEM-H researchers uncover role of membrane sugars in flu infection
- ChEM-H graduate students reveal how the forest of sugars on a cell’s surface could help in the defense against flu infection.
- Trainees, Institute Scholars
- April 06, 2020
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Stanford researchers discuss the benefits – and perils – of science without peer review
- Science moving forward without traditional forms of peer review could shorten the path to solutions – but it also increases the chances that low-quality science gets overhyped.
- Institute Scholars
- April 01, 2020
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Stanford seeking to expand space for COVID-19 research
- Stanford is looking to expand the only facility on campus where researchers can work with the virus that causes COVID-19.
- Institute Scholars
- March 24, 2020
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Old human cells rejuvenated with stem cell technology
- Old human cells can become more youthful by coaxing them to briefly express proteins used to make induced pluripotent cells.
- Institute Scholars
- March 06, 2020
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Could gene editing enable us to reverse some of the ravages of aging?
- As we get better at fine-tuning DNA, we may be able to move beyond the treatment of disease to develop unprecedented techniques of rejuvenation.
- Institute Scholars
- February 24, 2020
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ChEM-H researchers work toward new understanding of cancer camouflage
- A group led by ChEM-H Institute Scholar Lingyin Li and Chemistry/Biology Interface graduate student Jacqueline Carozza found a molecule that could help undermine cancer's defenses.
- Institute Scholars, Knowledge Centers, Trainees
- January 22, 2020
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Carolyn Bertozzi has been awarded the John J. Carty Award
- The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has presented its 2020 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science to Stanford chemistry professor Carolyn Bertozzi.
- Institute Scholars
- January 20, 2020
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Carolyn Bertozzi awarded Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize
- The 2020 Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize recognizes Bertozzi’s invention of bioorthogonal chemical reactions that can be performed in living cells.
- Institute Scholars
- November 15, 2019
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Cell division, cell structure and what they mean for understanding disease
- Christine Jacobs-Wagner joined ChEM-H as an Institute Scholar this fall. She talks about her research on cell growth and replication, why she works with chemists, physicists & more
- Institute Scholars