Northwestern’s Chemistry of Life Processes Institute Receives a Grant Award from The Michael J. Fox Foundation

Mar 15, 2024 | Frontpage, Impact, News, Translation

As is the case with many other diseases, a protein is thought to be a key driver of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Thanks to a two-year $700,000 grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), researchers in Northwestern’s Chemistry of Life...

Student Spotlight: Ananya Basu

Mar 13, 2024 | Frontpage, News

Ananya Basu, a third-year PhD student, is using innovative approaches to overcome previously intractable targets in the Zhang Lab. Appointed to the CLP Predoctoral Training Program, she is being co-mentored by Zhang (chemistry) and Horvath (molecular biosciences)....

Transfer learning paves the way for new disease treatments

Mar 8, 2024 | Frontpage

Technological advances in gene sequencing and computing have led to an explosion in the availability of bioinformatic data and processing power, respectively, creating a ripe nexus for artificial intelligence (AI) to design strategies for controlling cell behavior. In...

Neil Kelleher to Headline and Receive Distinguished Contribution Award at US HUPO 2024

Mar 5, 2024 | Frontpage, News

Neil Kelleher, Walter and Mary Elizabeth Glass Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, and Medicine at Northwestern University, will present his groundbreaking work and insights at US HUPO 2024 in Portland, Oregon next week as the 2024 recipient of the Donald...

At the Human Longevity Lab, Studying methods to slow or reverse aging

Feb 15, 2024 | News

The Potocsnak Longevity Institute at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has launched the Human Longevity Laboratory, a longitudinal, cross-sectional study that will investigate the relationship between chronological age and biological age across...

CLP Seminar

Feb 7, 2024 | Event, News

Identifying Latent Functional Dynamics in Proteins Using Bio-NMR Jordan H Chill Associate Professor Bar Ilan University I lead the high-resolution biomolecular NMR research group at Bar Ilan University, Israel, following a post-doctoral fellowship at the NIH under...