Jonathan Dworkin, PhD, professor of microbiology & immunology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
More than 150 applicants accepted to Columbia’s medical school visited campus last week to get a look at what they can expect if they choose to attend VP&S.
New details about the way this important molecule takes on tasks beyond sensing calcium could spur the develop of new drugs for breast cancer and other diseases.
New faculty who joined VP&S in February and March include the chair of the Department of Radiology and the vice chair for basic research in the Department of Pediatrics.
Immunologist Dusan Bogunovic is leading efforts to understand genetic variations and use that information to treat rare immunological disorders and prevent common infections in the broader population.
“What does it mean to have a reflection of starvation in a grandparent in an offspring?” said Bianca Jones Marlin, a neuroscientist in the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University.
