The mission of Science Philanthropy Alliance is to increase philanthropic support for basic scientific research. Since its inception in 2015, the philanthropic community has shown broad interest and support for the Alliance’s mission. The Alliance …
Month: September 2022
Post doc opportunities with The Cofund Fellowship Programme FP-DYNAMO-PARIS
The COFUND FP-DYNAMO-PARIS programme offers a unique interdisciplinary environment and a fundamental research initiative in the centre of Paris to train the scientists of tomorrow in the field of physico-chemical biology. The goal of the …
Terragia Biofuels – Scientist 1 job opportunity
Project: Advanced multi-locus genome engineering to enable consolidated bioprocessing for low-cost conversion of lignocellulose to hydrocarbon fuels and products Terragia Biofuel (formerly Enchi Corp) is a startup company cofounded by Dartmouth Professor Lee Lynd that …
MDTP trainer Audrey Gasch – Podcast: Growth Through Uncertainty
What happens when we get comfortable with uncertainty? Today, we talked to Audrey Gasch, professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center scientist, about all the factors that propelled …
MDTP alumna Kat Milligan-McClellan explores 10,000 years of ancestral knowledge
In her lab at the University of Connecticut, Kat Milligan-McClellan ’99, PhD’09 peers deep into the gut microbiomes of fish, looking for clues that could lead to advancements in medicine and environmental engineering – advancements …
Postdoctoral Research in Microbial RNA Biology at New York University
The laboratory of Dr. Joel Belasco at New York University School of Medicine (www.belascolab.org) is seeking a highly motivated individual for postdoctoral research on post-transcriptional gene regulation at the intersection of RNA biology, biochemistry, and …
Congrats to MDTP student Mary Hannah Swaney!
Mary Hannah Swaney was recently awarded a NIH F31 NRSA fellowship! Congrats, Mary Hannah!
MDTP trainer Garret Suen reflects on DOE Early Career Award
The support of the Department of Energy Early Career Research Program award allowed my team and me to gain a better understanding of how nature has optimized plant biomass degradation – using a model, natural …
Congrats to Susan Hromada, PhD!
MDTP student Susan Hromada successfully defended her dissertation “Impact of human gut microbes on Clostridioides difficile growth and antibiotic susceptibility in vitro”.