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Hospitality’s Ashley McGlauflin brings a special chemistry to West Campus

The Yale labs of Craig Roy and Jun Liu have harnessed the power of cryo-EM to solve a 30-year mystery of how the Legionella bacteria works

From Hongying Shen: How a key molecule is trafficked into mitochondria could provide clues for future disease treatments 

Nikhil Mavlankar returned to his roots in quantum theory to solve a microbial mystery hidden deep in the soil

The Sidi Chen lab has developed a technology to improve the power and reach of mRNA vaccines

New findings from Mandar Deepak Muzumdar and Siyuan (Steven) Wang could improve cancer diagnostics and lead to new therapy targets

Non-antibiotic drugs can alter the microbiome and increase the risk of gut infections in surprising ways, a new Nature study shows

Yale scientists reveal how different gut bacteria feed on a dietary antioxidant found in mushrooms – and a potential target for cancer therapeutics

Engineering scientists have come together at the Yale Energy Sciences Institute to create a device to convert plastic waste into fuel

Enjoy images from the 2025 Systems Biology Institute symposium

The Isaacs Lab at the Yale Systems Biology Institute has advanced the ability of genome engineers to edit multiple DNA sites by threefold

Collaboration reveals clues about the spread of brain cancer and potential for predicting patient prognosis and treatments 

Read Yale President Maurie McInnis’ message about an increase in the endowment tax now moving through Congress.

Collaborators at the Yale Child Study Center and Systems Biology Institute reveal molecular mechanisms that initiate brain stem cells differentiation 

The Systems Biology Institute’s Michael Murrell has partnered with scholars in the UK and South Africa to uncover the driving force in cyanobacteria

The Director of the Yale Energy Sciences Institute has been elected to National Academy and American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The Yale Microbial Sciences Institute member has been honored by the Bodossaki Foundation, which recognizes distinguished scientists of Greek heritage

The lab of Yansheng Liu has uncovered potential targets for treating Alzheimer’s disease and cancer

The Microbial Sciences Institute faculty member aims to uncover new targets to combat intestinal infections

The 2nd Year Pharmacology student talked about the collaboration, community, and cutting-edge research that led her to Yale’s West Campus

The Yale Microbial Sciences Institute faculty member will collaborate on a microbial science project connecting scholars in three countries 

Nobel laureate and microscopy pioneer Stefan Hell visited West Campus recently to tour the technology and innovation at the West Campus Imaging Core

A new platform from the Yale Nanobiology Institute provides access to numerous membrane proteins – key targets in the fight against resistant disease

The findings from the Hatzios Lab could help generate new leads for therapeutic targets related to gastrointestinal diseases

Scientists at the Yale Systems Biology Institute have recoded the genome for programmable synthetic proteins

Scientists at the Microbial Sciences Institute reveal a strategy used by microbes to stay ahead in the ‘molecular arms race’ taking place in our gut

Scholars at the Yale Nanobiology Institute have defined the protein reactions that control our nerve cell signaling processes

Yale scientists have developed a treatment approach that simultaneously targets multiple immune-suppressing genes and inhibits growth in cancer

Scientists in the Microbial Sciences Institute have identified a unique group of genes that help assemble bacterial nanowires.

Yale Cancer Biology Institute scientists have redefined the role of a unique chemical receptor, opening the way for new targeted cancer therapies

Faculty, trainees and staff gathered recently for the fourth annual retreat of the Yale Microbial Sciences Institute.

Yale physicist Eduardo H. da Silva Neto led an experiment that supports the existence of a new type of superconductor.

A team of scientists led by Julien Berro has embarked on a a project to transform the study and application of mechanical forces in cell biology

Developed by scientists at the Yale Microbial Sciences Institute, a new map of the molecules in our food holds promise in nurturing optimal gut health

The discovery offers a potential pathway to harness the energy in our cells to tackle diseases like cancer.

The American Society for Cell Biology has recognized Lilian Kabeche, faculty member at the Yale Cancer Biology Institute

The award is presented to early-career scientists who self-identify as Historically Excluded Persons

Scientists from a kaleidoscope of disciplines gathered June 10th for the annual conference by the Yale Systems Biology Institute

Using tools in chemical biology, the Loh lab studies brain-body interactions at a molecular length scale.

Yale chemists are combining new semiconductor materials with new molecular catalysts to create more efficient, sustainable liquid fuels 

From the Miller Lab, a new mathematical model for thermal energy transfer is expected to boost next-gen energy-harvesting technologies.

The world’s most powerful 3D super-resolution fluorescence microscope has arrived on West Campus.

Yale researchers will soon watch individual molecules move through living cells, thanks to the arrival of an Abberior MINFLUX instrument, the world’s

The Associate Professor of Pharmacology was awarded for his project: Rosevix (Rosziqumab) A ROS1 Biologic for Invasive Cancers

For research that aims to get a better understanding of how materials behave in actual devices, Prof. Mengxia Liu has received the prestigious Packard

Researchers at the Yale Nanobiology Institute have developed a new tool to measure how our cells transmit physical force – a trigger for molecular mes

With a $1.25 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Prof. Shu Hu will build a water-splitting device designed for the large-scale pro

Yale scientist Hongying (Hoy) Shen has been selected as a 2023 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar, it has been announced.

Ken Loh has received a Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neurosciences from the Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund and the Simons Foundation.

A Yale-led team of physicists has discovered a circular pattern in the movement of electrons in a group of quantum materials known as “strange metals.

When activated, a protein found in cells that line the body’s tissues can inhibit viral spread — offering the potential for a new defense against COVI

Scientists at Yale have developed a new gene delivery and immune cell engineering technology with the potential to advance cell therapies for cancer a

An interdisciplinary team of Yale scientists are coming together to address crucial questions…

Our bodies reproduce trillions of new cells in order to grow and develop.

Assemblies of tiny molecular proteins span the membranes that encapsulate our cells, directing cellular activities and regulating the transport of mat

Yale research scientist is on a mission to make the subject more appealing to young people - and so far, the data suggests it’s working.

Atrouli Chatterjee, a Postdoctoral Associate in the Yale Nanobiology Institute, has been selected as a 2023 ‘Optica Ambassador’ - one of ten exception

Of the 25,000 different proteins in the human body, insulin, antibodies, and collagen are among the few that perform their biological jobs by literall

Next in our series highlighting undergraduate students at Yale’s West Campus is Mikayla Osumah in the Institute of Biomolecular Design and Discovery!

Many of the thousands of proteins that help our cells grow and function remain undiscovered, especially the tiniest ones…

In the fall of 2021, Caroline Brown, Zheng Wei, and Iman Mousavi took on the task of coordinating the West Campus Student and Postdoc Committee during