Staff | Department of Molecular Biosciences

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Can Cenik Receives Moderna Award for Biomedical Innovation in RNA

February 4, 2026 • by Sowmya Sridhar

The RNA Society honored Cenik for his work on RNA translation.

Portrait of molecular biologist Can Cenik

Research that's Changing the World - Jason McLellan

July 10, 2025 • by Staff Writer

Jason McLellan

Jessie Zhang Selected as Fellow of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

February 17, 2025 • by Ella Jameson

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Jeffrey Barrick Among 65 Fellows Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

February 14, 2025 • by Ella Jameson

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Dan Dickinson Awarded 2024 Society for Developmental Biology Elizabeth D. Hay Investigator Award

February 8, 2024 • by Staff Writer

David Nobles Awarded 2022 J. Roger Porter Award

January 9, 2024 • by Staff Writer

Jeffrey Chen Received Fellow of American Society of Plant Biologists Award

August 4, 2023 • by Staff Writer

A Molecular Biosciences Faculty Member was awarded an American Society of Plant Biologists' award.

Keiko Torii Awarded 2023 American Society of Plant Biologists' Stephen Hale Prize

July 7, 2023 • by Staff Writer

A Molecular Biosciences Faculty Member was awarded an American Society of Plant Biologists' award.

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Desiree Ledet Awarded 2023 CNS Staff Excellence Award

June 27, 2023 • by Staff Writer

A Molecular Biosciences department staff member was awarded the 2023 CNS Staff Excellence Award.

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Jeff Barrick and Ilya Finkelstein awarded CNS Spark Grant

May 8, 2023 • by Staff Writer