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Gregg Semenza
Hopkins researcher Gregg Semenza wins Nobel Prize
Published Oct 7, 2019 Video
His studies on how cells respond to low oxygen levels have the potential to result in treatments for a variety of illnesses
SJ Claire Hur
Q+A
Engineering better breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
Published Oct 4, 2019
Mechanical engineer SJ Claire Hur is working to develop a device that collects tumor cells from blood samples, enabling scientists to develop and test personalized treatment plans
Brain cells
In study, transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs
Published Oct 2, 2019
By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers potentially open the door for stem cell transplants to repair the brain
2020 Siebel Scholars
Scholarships
Five Hopkins PhD students named Siebel Scholars
Published Oct 1, 2019
They are among 93 of the world's top graduate students in business, bioengineering, computer science, and energy science fields
FastForward interior
Innovation+Incubation
15 student startups join accelerator
Published Sept 30, 2019
New FastForward U program will provide workshops, mentorship, and workspaces to 15 teams of student entrepreneurs
Stumps and debris in a felled forest
Q+A
Why climate change solutions remain elusive
Published Sept 25, 2019
Paul Ferraro says climate scientists must rethink how they disseminate their research findings in order to change human behavior
Illustration of aesthetically pleasing rooms
Beauty and the Brain
Published Fall 2019 Video
The Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab is working to advance the emerging field of neuroaesthetics, our biological response to art, dance, music, and architecture / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Photo of tubes containing pink liquid in a dark room
Exhibition
This artwork is alive
Published Fall 2019
PhD student Kiara Eldred has found herself at the center of an unlikely intersection: she's been growing complex retinal organoids from stem cells for an experimental art installation in Hong Kong / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Scot Kuo
Imaging
Microscope man
Published Fall 2019
When researchers need novel microscoping technologies, biomedical engineer Scot Kuo is ready for their call / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Mosquito
public health
How best to behead a mosquito
Published Fall 2019
Engineer Russell Taylor and a group of students design a device to make it easier for biotech company Sanaria to develop a malaria vaccine / Johns Hopkins Magazine