How does research become reality? How do findings in the lab reach the clinic? On Wednesday, March 11, at the Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoengineering (TIE) Symposium, various experts shared their insights on these questions during an enlightening panel discussion.
A fourth-year doctoral student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Hopkins, William Brakewood, is undertaking a new venture: the creation of a start-up, Microbiome Foundries, which designs bacteria to regulate surface microbiomes.
Rajiv McCoy is a newly tenured Associate Professor within the Department of Biology at Hopkins. He is renowned for his research in evolutionary genetics. In an interview with The News-Letter, he discussed his specific interests within the field of biology and expanded upon his passion for scientific research and discovery.
Yayuan Liu, a Russell Croft Faculty Scholar and Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Hopkins, was awarded the Sloan Fellowship on Feb. 17, 2026, for her work in carbon capture, water remediation and electrochemical imaging platforms.
Divyansh Lalwani, a recent Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics and Statistics graduate, recently released “overlay,” a software that reduces the effort that comes with switching screens by relying on overlays, content that lays on top of the overall screen. In an interview with The News-Letter, Lalwani described the program and the journey that led to its creation.
Joshua Plotnik, director of Comparative Cognition for Conversation Lab at the City University of New York, delivered a PBS Colloquium lecture on March 4 in Gilman Hall about cognitive flexibility in Asian elephants and revealed a few of the insights gained in the field of comparative cognition.
The 2025 Maryland ACS award, presented on Feb. 4 at the Levering Hall, centered on Toscano’s work with “fundamental organic reactive intermediates and small molecule bioactive signaling agents,” which included molecules like nitric oxide, nitroxyl, hydrogen sulfide and related hydropersulfides.
On Jan. 16, Senior Research Specialist Sarah Ernst at Hopkins School of Medicine was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award for her work building “Maryland Lighthouse,” demonstrating this year’s theme – “Impact: The Power of Communities.”
In this piece, I highlight one particular talk that caught my interest — given by Elana Fertig, Dean E. Albert Reece Endowed Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland. Fertig’s talk centered around rethinking how we can predict and monitor the carcinogenesis of pancreatic cancer through a spatial biology and computational lens.
Professor Younan Xia is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Hopkins well reputed for his extensive experience and work with nanomaterials. He was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering, a significant accomplishment. In an interview with The News-Letter, he discussed his research and shared some of his insights.
In honor of its 150th anniversary, Hopkins launched the “Next Conversations” series on Feb. 18, held at the George Peabody Library.
On Thursday, Feb. 19, the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health invited Dr. Charlotte Yeh to talk about the intersection of technology, business and health within the field of age-related hearing loss.
In an interview with The News-Letter, Hantsoo explained one of her current studies along with her thoughts on the changing landscape of reproductive health.
Take a few minutes to catch up on some intriguing recent scientific developments.
On Thursday, Feb. 19, Ali May, an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presented her research on the various ways tissue resident macrophages shape embryonic salivary gland development as part of the Department of Biology Seminar Series.
Rebecca Schulman is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Hopkins who is currently working on developing new materials that both contain and process information. Schulman recently won an NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award for a proposal seeking to harness molecular computing to more efficiently grow organs in vitro.
In an interview with The News-Letter, Bowen discussed his lab’s focuses on romantic partnerships, how people navigate both online and in-person social experiences and the methods used to measure these concepts and experiences.
Dr. Debraj “Raj” Mukherjee is a neuro-oncosurgeon at the Hopkins Hospital. In an interview with The News-Letter, he discussed his medical career and work with the Peace Education Program in Baltimore, for which he was recently awarded the 2025 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Community Service.
Anicca Harriot, a postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins specializing in tissue engineering, was recently awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Community Service at Hopkins’ Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration on Jan. 16.
As the year prepares to take off, let’s take a moment to reflect on the scientific discoveries that have already made it so special.
