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Elise White Awarded NIH F31 Fellowship

Elise White Awarded NIH F31 Fellowship

Rising 3rd-year PMB student Elise White, in the Woodson Lab, was awarded the prestigious NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Service Research Award (NRSA) predoctoral fellowship. The F31 fellowship will […]

Dr. Taylor Devlin Defends Thesis

The Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics is pleased to announce that on April 12th, Dr. Taylor Devlin of the Program for Molecular Biology, successfully defended her thesis: FkpA Comes […]

Stephen Fried Named Sloan Research Fellow

Dr. Stephen Fried, Assistant Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Biophysics, has been named a 2024 Sloan Research Fellow, a prestigious award celebrating rising stars in academia. Awarded annually since 1955 […]

We’re Hiring a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor!

As part of a strategic investment for a transformative expansion of the faculty of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Biophysics at Johns Hopkins is poised for significant growth […]

Dr. Alama Plaza-Rodriguez Defends Thesis

Dr. Alama Plaza-Rodriguez Defends Thesis

On June 21st, graduate student Alma Plaza-Rodriguez, of the Program in Molecular Biophysics, successfully defended her thesis: “Modeling Contractility Kit-Mediated Mechanoresponsiveness and Cytoskeletal Network Assembly”. Congratulations, Alma!

Franklin J. Avilés-Vázquez Inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

Biophysics student Franklin Avilés-Vázquez was one of ten Johns Hopkins PhD students inducted into the University chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at a ceremony on Thursday, May […]

Congratulations Class of 2023!

Congratulations Class of 2023!

On Thursday, May 25, Johns Hopkins University’s 147th Commencement ceremony took place at Homewood Field where 24 students of the Class of 2023 received their undergraduate degrees. Congratulations to Abigail […]

Alma Plaza-Rodriguez Wins Biophysical Society Award

We extend a huge congratulations to Alma Plaza-Rodriguez, winner of the 2023 Student Research Achievement Award Poster Competition at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting! Alma was one of 36 winners of […]

Dr. Mark Petersen Defends Thesis

On March 6th, graduate student Mark Petersen, of the Program in Molecular Biophysics, successfully defended his thesis:  “Thermodynamic Stability, Cooperativity, and the Partly Folded States of Semiautonomous Repeat Proteins”. Congratulations, […]

Juliette Lecomte Named AAAS Fellow

Juliette Lecomte Named AAAS Fellow

Juliette Lecomte has been elected to the newest class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. Fellows are selected […]