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CRB Students Receive 2024 Molecular Biophysics Training Program Awards
Congratulations to our CRB Students who received 2024 Molecular Biophysics Training Program Awards!
Best oral presentation:
Kaylee Grabarkewitz (Musier-Forsyth and Wysocki…

2024 CMBP/ CRB Annual Symposium Poster Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2024 poster award winners:
Kyle Ernzen (Grad student, Panfil lab)
Sepideh Fakhretaha Aval (Grad student, Fredrick lab)
Mark Finazzo (…

CRB Member Jianrong Li Awarded Multi-PI (MPI) Program Grant P01
The Ohio State University was awarded a multi-PI (MPI) Program Grant P01 entitled “Role of the non-canonical inflammasome in SARS-CoV-2-mediated pathology and coagulopathy”. Drs. Amal Amer (…

CRB Member Receives 2024 Community Engaged Scholar Award
Sharon Amacher's research focuses on muscle development and disease. She loves engaging with the community, and her most extensive effort is establishing and running the Columbus BioEYES program.…

CRB Member Elected to the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) Academy
Sharon Amacher, professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, was recently elected to the Society of Developmental Biology Academy. "As developmental biology continues to…

CRB Member Awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to France
Matthew Sullivan, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar…

CRB Postdoctoral Fellow awarded K99 by NIGMS/NIH via the MOSAIC program
Congratulations to Center for RNA Biology postdoctoral fellow, Rene Arvola (Amacher & Singh Labs) for receiving a K99 by NIGMS/NIH via the MOSAIC program!

CRB Researcher's Study confirms how RNA chemical modifications benefit HIV-1
A chemical modification in the HIV-1 RNA genome whose function has been a matter of scientific debate is now confirmed to be key to the virus’s ability to survive and thrive after infecting host…

CRB Member Elected American Society for Virology (ASV) President
Shan-Lu Liu, MD, PhD, professor of virology and co-director of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Viruses and Emerging Pathogens Thematic Program, has been elected president of the American…