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01/21/2015

Caltech Professors Named Fellows of the AAAS

Lorinda Dajose

Caltech Professor of Astronomy George Djorgovski and chemist Bruce Brunschwig are among the 401 newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for 2014.

01/06/2015

How Do You Make a Greasy Protein?

Douglas Smith

Professor of Biochemistry Bil Clemons is focused on working out the structures of and biological processes associated with membrane proteins—assemblies of protein molecules that act as transport channels through the greasy lipid membrane that encapsulates a cell.

Caltech Professor of Biochemistry Bil Clemons

11/20/2014

New Center Supports Data-Driven Research

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

The new Center for Data-Driven Discovery makes advanced computational tools available to researchers from all six Caltech divisions, plus JPL researchers.

11/13/2014

Caltech and City of Hope Formalize Collaboration

Kimm Fesenmaier

Caltech and City of Hope have signed a memorandum of understanding, formalizing a relationship that encourages researchers from the two institutions to collaborate and share resources in the interest of furthering both basic scientific research and translational projects—those with a medical application. The memorandum establishes the Arthur D. Riggs Distinguished Lectureship series, which will bring scientists from across the country to speak at Caltech and City of Hope on current projects in basic research as well as on efforts to predict, prevent, diagnose, treat, and cure such diseases as cancer, diabetes, and HIV.

10/27/2014

Figuring Out How We Get the Nitrogen We Need

Kimm Fesenmaier

Caltech chemists have used the resources of the Molecular Observatory to take a crucial step toward unlocking the mystery of how bacteria use an enzyme called nitrogenase to convert nitrogen into a form that living systems can use.

10/22/2014

Stoltz Wins Synthetic Chemistry Award

Kathy Svitil

Professor of Chemistry Brian Stoltz has been named the winner of the 2015 Mukaiyama Award from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan.

10/08/2014

Alumnus Eric Betzig Wins 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Kathy Svitil

Eric Betzig (BS '83) has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

10/06/2014

Orchestrating the Healing Process in a Damaged Cornea

Kathy Svitil

SURF fellow Jacqueline Masehi-Lano has experimented with various growth factors that might inhibit the formation of scar tissue and promote orderly wound healing.

10/03/2014

Caltech Researchers Receive NIH BRAIN Funding

Kathy Svitil

Among the 58 projects funded in furtherance of President Obama's "Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnology"—or BRAIN—Initiative are six projects either led or co-led by Caltech researchers.

10/01/2014

Brian Stoltz Receives the 2015 Mukaiyama Award

Brian M. Stoltz, Professor of Chemistry, will the receive the 2015 Mukaiyama Award from SSOCJ

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