To the average person, a rock is just a rock. But to biologist Jocelyne DiRuggiero and her Hopkins students, rocks are home to vital microorganism communities that could hold keys to how early life developed and how their evolution could help humans survive on other planets.  Photo: Postdoctoral fellow Isabel Baker examines a cyanobacteria sample in Jocelyne […]

Gira Bhabha and Damian Ekiert are a marriage of two minds. New associate professors in the Department of Biology, these life and research partners founded Bhabha + Ekiert Labs, which they collectively call “the group,” several years ago. The group studies the structural biology and cell biology of microbes, and is now affiliated with Johns Hopkins. Bhabha + Ekiert […]

CMDB graduate student, Jieying Li, is a recipient of the 2025 AHA Predoctoral Fellowship for her project titled “Defining a blood-ganglion barrier in the peripheral nervous system.” This prestigious award enhances the integrated research and clinical training of promising students who intend careers as scientists, physician-scientists or related careers aimed at improving global cardiovascular, cerebrovascular […]

On September 23,2021, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the largest private biomedical research institution in the nation, announced it is investing $300 million in 33 new investigators this year, including Biology/CMDB faculty member, Dr. Xin Chen, for her award-winning research in epigenetics. To learn more visit HHMI’s website.

The CMDB Program is excited to welcome Dr. Steven L. Salzberg! Dr. Salzberg’s research focuses on the development of new computational methods for analysis of DNA from the latest sequencing technologies.

Johns Hopkins University graduate programs are once again among the nation’s best, including a #6 ranking for this graduate program, according to U.S. News & World Report‘s annual Best Graduate Schools list.