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Scott Horowitz Awarded a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
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Ogilvie Research Group featured in a cover article and video in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
ACS Publications; The Journal of Physical & Chemistry Letters
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Prof. Sarah Veatch has been selected as a 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. This is an extraordinarily competitive award involving nominations for most of the very best scholars of your generation from the US and Canada.
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
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Professor Charles L. Brooks, III is named the 2012 recipient of the Protein Society's Hans Neurath Award
Protein Society's Hans Neurath Award
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Professor Al-Hashimi featured in the Michigan Daily
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U-M Chemist and Biophysicist Hashim Al-Hashimi on Popular Science 'Brilliant 10' List
Al-Hashimi was named to Popular Science magazine's annual "Brilliant 10" list of the nation's top young scientists, being recognized by Popular Science for his pioneering work recording "nano-movies" of RNA and DNA.
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Al-Hashimi Lab Featured in the MIchigan News Service
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—By accounting for the floppy, fickle nature of RNA, researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine have developed a new way to search for drugs that target this important molecule.
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Ramamoorthy Lab Featured in Science Daily
Preventing Diabetes Damage: Zinc's Effects On a Kinky, Two-Faced Cohort
ScienceDaily (July 1, 2011)
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US NEWS Covers Single Molecule Center
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Single-Molecule science is focus of new SMART Center
What does it mean to be alive? Surely science has a succinct answer to such a fundamental question. “Actually, no,” says chemistry professor Nils Walter.
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The Art of Science - Single Molecule Fluorescence Illuminates Alzheimer’s
To showcase the artistic side of scientific imaging, Graduate Student Robin Johnson of the Gafni-Steel lab was selected to be in the top 10 of the Biophysical Society's first-ever image contest, The Art of Science!
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Prof. Charles Brooks named Top 100 Chemist
Charles L. Brooks III was recognized as one of the “Top 100 Chemists, 2000-2010.” Brooks is a professor in the departments of Chemistry and Biophysics.
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Kazutoshi Yamamoto wins 2011 Ritchey Travel Award!
Kazutoshi Yamamoto (a graduate student from the Ramamoorthy group) wins the highest award from the major NMR (ENC) conference for developing an innovative approach to increase the sensitivity of NMR measurements from membrane proteins.
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DNA Caught Rock 'n' Rollin'
DNA, that marvelous, twisty molecule of life, has an alter ego, research at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine reveals.
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See how they grow: Monitoring single bacteria without a microscope
With an invention that can be made from some of the same parts used in CD players, University of Michigan researchers have developed
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2011 Biophysics REU Program Application Online!
The 2011 Biophysics REU Program application is now live. The deadline is March 15th!
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Fun in Biophysics
It's hard to work on a college campus without engaging in some antics with your fellow grad students.
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"Security guard" zinc is off-duty in diabetes
In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar.
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Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath presents the 2nd Annual Samuel Krimm Lecture in Biophysics
Professor Ada Yonath was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 (along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz) for her ground-breaking contributions to determine the ribosomal structure. Professor Yonath holds the Martin S. and
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have a new resource for computation!
The Institute for Computational Science & Engineering (ICSE) is a new initiative led by the College of Engineering (CoE) at the University of Michigan.
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The Structural Biology Rap
Intro and then a rap about the laboratory practice of structural biology. Four verses about recombinant protein expression, NMR spectroscopy, X-ray Crystallography and Cryo-Electron Microscopy. As hilarious as it is educational. Enjoy.
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DNA Walkers - Molecular Robots on the March
Researchers including our own Nils Walter have created and observed a molecular robot capable of many steps, and of making decisions where to step and how long to stay. As the robot walks on the substrate, it changes each piece by cleaving off a part.
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Charlie Brooks receives the Purdue University Chemistry Department Outstanding Alumni Award for 2010
Please join us in congratulating Charlie Brooks who has been selected to receive the Purdue University Chemistry Department Outstanding Alumni Award for 2010!
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Graduate Student Pieter Smith receives Fulbright award to Israel
We are pleased to announce that Pieter Smith has applied for and received a Fulbright award.
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Biophysics has been awarded its first-ever REU grant from the NSF.
The U-M REU provides selected undergraduate students from around the United States an opportunity to conduct ten weeks of summer research with some of the country's leading biophysicists.
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Chemistry isn’t acting alone in gene expression
University of Michigan Biophysics researchers have shown that slight forces on DNA molecules could play a role in gene expression---the process at the heart of biological function that tells a cell what to do.
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Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics of RNA: Conformational and Chemical Change We Can Believe In
Researchers in the Nils Walter Lab are combining computational quantum mechanics with molecular dynamics techniques to further our understanding of how RNA works by providing more detail on its structure and dynamics.
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Professor Emeritus Daniel Axelrod given the 2010 Gregorio Weber Award
The award, endowed by ISS in 2002 and named after Prof. Gregorio Weber who pioneered the developments in the theory and the application of fluorescence techniques to biology and biochemistry
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Prof. Ramamoorthy elected fellow to AAAS
Please join us in congratulating Professor Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy for being elected a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Ramamoorthy Lab discovers how SEVI boosts HIV infectivity
Since the discovery in 2007 that a component of human semen called SEVI boosts infectivity of the virus that causes AIDS
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Duncan Steel Awarded the 2010 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
The prize was awarded from the American Physical Society to Professor Duncan Steel for his outstanding optical research.
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Welcome the Incoming Graduate Class of Fall 2009!
We are pleased to announce the following students will be joining the U-M Biophysics program in Fall, 2009
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Small Molecules Mimic Natural Gene Regulators
In the quest for new approaches to treating and preventing disease, one appealing route involves turning genes on or off at will
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High definition nanomovies reveal how RNA dances with drug partners
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Turmeric: India's 'Holy Powder' Finally Reveals Its Centuries-old Secret
Scientists in Michigan are reporting discovery of the secret behind the fabled healing power of the main ingredient in turmeric — a spice revered in India as "holy powder."
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Plastic Protein Protects Bacteria From Stomach Acid's Unfolding Power
A tiny protein helps protect disease-causing bacteria from the ravaging effects of stomach acid, researchers at the University of Michigan and Howard Hughes Medical Institute have discovered. Copyright 2009 Regents of the University of Michigan
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Protein's roles examined in Type 2 Diabetes Mechanics
Building on work published earlier this year, U-M researchers have furthered their understanding of what goes awry at the cellular level in Type 2 diabetes.
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