News

2022

Congratulations to our summer students and mentors for a successful summer research program.

Left to right: Chris Bley, Stefan Petrovic, Si Nie, Jessie Gan (SURF, mentored by Si), Asha Rollins (SURF, mentored by Songhao), André Hoelz, Sema Ejder, Wendy Granados Razo (SURF mentored by Stefan and George), Anna Mortari (SURF mentored by Chris and George), Jack Jurmu (Amgen Scholar mentored by George), Wentao Zhang (SURF mentored by George), Songhao Zhao. Not pictured: George Mobbs, Ryan West (Amgen Scholar by Sema).

Congratulations Stefan for graduating.

Congratulations Stefan, Chris, Si, George, Anna and Xiaoyu on two back to back Science papers!

Stefan has been named recipient of the 2022 McCoy Award. This yearly award is presented to the division’s most outstanding graduate students. Congratulations!

Dr. Stefan Petrovic successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations Stefan!

2021

Former visiting student researcher Karthik won the RCSB PDB Poster Prize at this years American Crystallographic Association’s Annual Meeting. Congratulations Karthik!

Congratulations Krystal for graduating!

Krystal was selected for the Merck Index Award. The award is given to an outstanding Chemistry major in her junior or senior year. Congratulations Krystal!

http://cce.caltech.edu/news-and-events/cce-seminars/special-seminars-awards/mccoy-award-seminar

Chia-yu recieved the Li Ming Scholarship Award 2021, congratulations!

2019

Congratulations to our summer students and mentors for a successful summer research program.

Backrow: André Hoelz, George Mobbs, Taylor Stevens, Stefan Petrovic, Dipanjan Samanta.

Front row: Kathryn Huang (Visiting Student, mentored by George), Jimmy Thai (Amgen Scholar, mentored by Stefan and Dipanjan), Krystal Brodsky (SURF, mentored by Taylor), Leah Soldner-Garcia (High school student researcher, mentored by Taylor).

Congratulations Ferdinand for graduating.

Ferdinand has been named recipient of the 2019 McCoy Award. This yearly award is presented to the division’s most outstanding graduate students. Congratulations!

Dr. Ferdinand Huber successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations Ferdi!

2018

Taylor Stevens passed his candidacy exam. Congratulations Taylor!

Sho Harvey passed his candidacy exam. Congratulations Sho!

Karsten accepted a group leader position at Octapharma in Heidelberg, Germany. Congratulations Karsten! We will miss you.

Claudia Jette passed her candidacy exam. Congratulations Claudia!

Krystal was named the John Stauffer SURF Fellow. Congratulations!

Today was Aaron Tang’s last day. We sent him off in style with a group dinner at the Ath Al Fresco. He was an awesome technician! We will miss him and we wish him well in graduate school!

Congratulations Sarah for graduating. Good luck in Graduate School at Rockefeller!

Sarah was selected for the Merck Index Award. The award is given to an outstanding Chemistry major in her junior or senior year. Congratulations Sarah on another award!

Sarah won the Caltech Libraries Senior Thesis Prize of 2018! Congratulations Sarah.

Ana got a job at Amgen. Congratulations Ana!

Ellen accepted her offer to attend Harvard Medical School in the Fall! Congratulations Ellen.

2017

Former postdoctoral scholar Erik W. Debler accepted an Assistant Professor position at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Congratulations Erik!!

Congratulations Daniel and Ellen for graduating.

Congratulations Daniel on a successful Ph.D. thesis defense.

Daniel has been named recipient of the 2017 McCoy Award. Every year this award is presented to the division’s most outstanding graduate students. Congratulations!

Congratulations Ellen for receiving the Merck Index Award. This award is given to an outstanding Chemistry major in his/her junior or senior year.

Congratulations Daniel, recipient of the 2017 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for "outstanding achievement during graduate studies in the biological sciences," and featured by a Caltech press release!

Congratulations Ferdinand, recipient of the first ever CCE Teaching Assistantship Award.

Congratulations Reeti, recipient of the Renuka D. Sharma Award.

Ferdinand and Andrew’s paper on DPF2 was published in PNAS.

Ferdinand’s paper on ACL4-RPL4 was published in Nature Communications.

2016

André was selected as an HHMI Faculty Scholar. HHMI announcement | Caltech press release.

Stefan passed his candidacy exam. Congratulations!

Dan's and Tobias's paper was published in Science ‎as a 19-page Extended Article and featured on the cover. Congratulations Dan and Tobias!

André was promoted to full professor with tenure!

The CNC and CNT Science papers from last year were selected as a Science highlight at the Advanced Photon Source.

2015

Stefan was awarded a Boehringer Ingelheim Pre-Doctoral Fellowship!

Dan received the Li Ming Scholarship Award, congratulations!

Tobias, Chris, Karsten and Stefan’s channel paper was also selected as a Science Highlight at APS.

Congratulations Tobias, Chris, Karsten and Stefan on the monster sized article accepted to Science and highlighted by a CalTech press release.

Congratulations Dr. Andrew Davenport on a successful dissertation defense.

André was selected as an inaugural Heritage Principal Investigator of the Heritage Research Institute for the Advancement of Medicine and Science at Caltech.

Ferdinand passed his candidacy exam. Congratulations!

Ferdinand’s paper was published today in Molecular Cell and featured in a Caltech press release. Congratulations!

André was awarded the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award 2015.

Tobias’s, Ana’s, and Dan’s Y complex paper was selected as a Science Highlight at APS.

Tobias, Ana, and Dan’s Science paper was published today and featured by a Caltech press release.

Former graduate student Kuo-Chiang Hsia accepted an Assistant professor position at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Congratulations Kuo!!

2014

Andrew’s Mec17 paper was published in JMB. Congratulations Andy!

Ferdinand was awarded a Boehringer Ingelheim Pre-Doctoral Fellowship!

Tobias and Dan’s Nup192 paper was accepted in PNAS. Congratulations Tobias and Dan!

Andrew and Ferdinand’s human Sirt1 paper was accepted in JMB, featured by a commentary and selected as the cover article. Congratulations Andy and Ferdi!

2013

Tobias was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the DFG. Congratulations Tobias!

Dan H. Lin passed his candidacy exam. Congratulations Dan. April 2013.

Former postdoctoral fellow Koji Kato got a job as Assistant Professor at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Congratulations Koji!

Casey Sondgeroth and Jonathan Herrmann were awarded the prestigious Amgen Scholar Fellowships for summer research in the lab. Congratulations Casey and Jonathan!

Diploma Student Ferdinand Huber was accepted to the Biochemistry and Biophysics Graduate Program at Caltech. Congratulations Ferdi!

Former Research Technician C. Danielle Antonuk was admitted to Medical School. Congratulations Danielle!

Former Amgen Scholar Camille Bayas was admitted to the Chemistry Graduate Program at Stanford University. Congratulations Camille!

Former Amgen Scholar Antoine Koehl was admitted to the Biology Graduate Program at Stanford University. Congratulations Antoine!

Dan’s paper on Nup358 C-terminal domain accepted at JMB and selected as the cover article.

2012

Susanne’s paper on structure of N-terminal domain of Nup358/RanBP2 was accepted at JMB. Congratulations Susanne, Tobias, Daniel and Danielle.

Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Koji Kato accepted a Lecturer position at the University of Hyogon, Japan.

Congratulations Koji!

Research Technician Young Jeon was admitted to Medical School. Congratulations Young!

Andrew M. Davenport passed his candidacy exam. Congratulations Andrew. June, 2012.

Tobias’s, Lennart’s, and Andrew’s paper was accepted at JMB and the paper is featured on the cover. Congratulations!

Former diploma student Lennart Schada passed his Diploma Thesis defense and exam with the grade “Very Good”. Congratulations Lennart!

André was awarded the Kimmel Scholar Award of the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research; 2012 – 2014.

Andrew M. Davenport received honorable mention for his NSF application. April, 2012

Caltech, Engineering and Science Magazine, From The Ground Up; March 2012 | local copy

Camille Bayas and Antoine Koehl were awarded the prestigious Amgen Scholar Fellowships for summer research in the lab. Congratulations Camille and Antoine!

Former graduate student Kuo-Chiang Hsia received a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Special Fellow career development grant; February, 2012. Congratulations Kuo!

2011

Caltech Features, Cheating Nature for Secrets; December, 2011.

Rockefeller Newswire, Former graduate student Pete Stavropoulos received a $2.1 million “transformative” NIH grant (together with Rockefeller Professor Nina Papavasiliou); September, 2011. Congratulations Pete!

André was awarded the Mallinckrodt Scholar Award of the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation; 2011 – 2014.

2010

André was awarded the Albert Wyrick V Scholar Award of the V Foundation for Cancer Research; 2010 – 2012.

2009

Rockefeller Newswire, “Promiscuous” protein interactions found in the nuclear pore complex; September, 2009.

Rockefeller Newswire, New research supports model for nuclear pore complex; August, 2009.

Nature, Nature News, Protein structures: Structures of desire; May, 2009.

Rockefeller Newswire, Molecular machine turns packaged messenger RNA into a linear transcript; February 2009.

2008

Rockefeller Newswire, Structural study backs new model for the nuclear pore complex; December, 2008.

Rockefeller Newswire, Researchers solve structure of an enzyme vital for DNA repair; August 2008.

Rockefeller Newswire, New model of a nuclear pore complex is based on crystal structure of its key component; January, 2008.

2007

Berkeley Center for Structural Biology Scientific Highlights, Structure of a Nuclear Pore Complex; 2007.

Brookhaven National Laboratory, National Synchrotron Light Source, Science News, Nucleoporin Crystal Structure Suggests Flexible Pore Diameter by Intermolecular Sliding; July 2007.

Cell, Leading Edge Cell Biology Select, The Nuclear pore complex flexes its muscle; May, 2007.

The Journal of Cell Biology, The pore slides open; April, 2007.

Rockefeller Newswire, Building the nuclear pore piece by piece; April 2007.