Three BBS faculty members elected Fellows of (AAAS)
Three School of Medicine faculty members have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world.
Read more...Two BBS Faculty receive NIH award
Tamas L. Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D., chair and professor of comparative medicine, and Haifan Lin, Ph.D., director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, have received 2010 Pioneer Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Read more...Genetics Student Makes Important Discovery
Yale researchers have discovered a strong link between genes and the likelihood that someone will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Read more...Yale receives $40 M grant from Gilead Sciences
New Haven, Conn. — Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and Yale School of Medicine today announced the formation of a multi-year research collaboration focused on the discovery of novel cancer therapies. The research effort will initially span four years with an option to renew for up to ten years.
Read more...BBS Scientist Wins Share of Million Dollar Shaw Prize
New Haven, Conn.— Ruslan M. Medzhitov, the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine, a member of Yale Cancer Center and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, is one of three scientists awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine for 2011.
Read more..Immunology Faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
In April, Yale immunobiologist Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., received one of the highest honors bestowed on American scientists when he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the elite corps of researchers from the nation’s top scientific institutions.
Read more...BBS Faculty honored by AAAS
New Haven, Conn. — Four Yale professors have been elected by their peers in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as fellows in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
Read more...Cell Biology Faculty wins Sloan Foundation Fellowship
New Haven, Conn. — Two Yale faculty, neuroscientist Daniel A. Colón-Ramos and astronomer Marla Geha, have won Sloan Foundation Fellowships in recognition of their "outstanding promise."
Read more...BBS cell biologist is honored with two awards
James E. Rothman, Ph.D., the Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences and chair of the Department of Cell Biology, has been awarded both the E.B. Wilson Medal and the Massry Prize for his seminal contributions to the field of cell biology.
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Yale initiates Cancer Biology Institute
It has been an eventful December for the advancement of basic and translational cancer research at Yale. On the 13th, Yale University announced that Joseph Schlessinger, Ph.D., a world-renowned scientist with an unparalleled track record of identifying molecular targets for novel anticancer drugs, was named the first director of
Read more...BBS faculty recognized with top microbiology prize
Jorge Galán, Ph.D., D.V.M., the Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, has won the 2011 Robert Koch Award, one of the highest honors in microbiology, for his work on the mechanisms of infection by food-borne pathogens such as
Salmonella and
Campylobacter.
Read more...BBS faculty part of new alliance with Gilead Sciences
Research collaboration pairs Yale experts with industry scientists to accelerate the development of new drugs to treat cancer
Read more...BBS Member Receives International Prize
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology, is one of three scientists awarded the 2011 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine.
Read More...Thomas Steitz Elected as a Member of the Royal Society
Thomas A. Steitz, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, and co-recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is one of 8 scientists elected as Foreign Members of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of science.
Read More...BBS member receives Eli Lilly research award
Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunobiology and molecular, cell and developmental biology, has been selected to receive the 2012 Eli Lilly and Company Research Award.
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BBS Inaugural Gruber Science Fellows Greet their Benefactor
Forty-nine graduate students in the sciences were honored this year with a new fellowship provided by philanthropists Patricia and Peter Gruber, who recently established the Gruber Foundation at Yale University.
Read More...BBS Students Win HHMI Fellowships
International Students Win New HHMI Fellowships.
Read More..Yale receives $11 Million Grant
Yale University will be home to one of three national centers created to study the genetics of rare inherited diseases, thanks to a $48 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, federal officials announced Dec. 6.
Read More..BBS Faculty Wins Inaugural ASBMB Award
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has named Elisabetta Ullu, professor of internal medicine and cell biology at the Yale University School of Medicine, the winner of the society's inaugural Alice and C.C. Wang award.
Read More...BBS Faculty Member Receive's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Pediatrician-turned-scientist wins the Lasker Award for research on molecular protein-folding machine
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