Biology
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Princetonians Weigh In on New Cholesterol Testing Guidelines
Princetonians explain how new cholesterol testing guidelines are changing how we think about cardiovascular risk
Microbes for the Masses
Rob Knight *01 is building the tools to transform health care through microbiome science
C. Diff Bacteria Can Weaken the Sick, But a Princeton Chemist Found a Fix
Biological chemist Mohammad Seyedsayamdost found the antibiotic KCB is safe and effective against C. diff and preserves the microbiome
Kevin Zhang ’16’s Carnivorous Plant Society Holds Its First Show
Zhang is dedicated to debunking misconceptions about these fascinating bug eaters
Mary Brunkow *91 Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Brunkow’s work created the field of peripheral tolerance, a new branch of immunology
Neuroscientist Christina Kim ’11 Is Mapping the Brain for Better Therapies
Researchers Tout Role of Federal Funding
In the face of federal funding cuts, these Princeton researchers are speaking out
He Watched Biology from Up Close and Afar
Lewis Thomas ’33 (1913-1993)
Two Alumni Pen Book on Phosphorous
Jack Lohmann ’19 wrote the new book White Light, and Alice Maiden ’19 created the illustrations with linocut prints
Class Close-Up: Planting the Seeds of Ethnobotany at Princeton
Glenn Shepard ’87 teaches a class in ethnobotany called Psychedelics, Shamanism, and Plant Intelligence
A New Way To See Cancer
Ryan Corcoran ’99 is among those leading advances in early cancer detection using a blood test called liquid biopsy
Heather Lynch ’00 Uses Satellites to Study Penguins
‘It’s kind of cracked open this whole field of people who are starting to look at wildlife remotely’
Five Princetonians Honored With National Medals of Science
Hopfield Wins Nobel in Physics for Work on Artificial Neural Networks
The emeritus professor at Princeton share the prize with Geoffrey Hinton, a professor at the University of Toronto
Jeff Levenson ’80 Is Curing Needless Blindness with Cataract Surgery
Levenson recently worked with YouTube star MrBeast to perform 1,000 surgeries around the world
Biology: Found: New Bird Species
Biology: Complex Copulation
A tiny, pond-dwelling organism has some of the most complicated sex on the planet
Biology: Mapping the Body
A new way to study how tissues function and what changes when disease strikes



















