Recognitions
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Dr. Chaitan Khosla receives the 2026 Abeles and Jencks Award for the Chemistry of Biological Processes
Professor Khosla is being honored for his contributions to the enzymology of polyketide synthesis and Celiac Disease.
February 24, 2026
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Dr. Flora Rutaganira receives 2025 Dr. Laure Aurelian Biomedical Research Award
Dr. Flora Rutaganira, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and of Developmental Biology, has been awarded the 2025 Dr. Laure Aurelian Biomedical Research Award!
February 19, 2026
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Dr. Robert Lehman named 2026 ASBMB Fellow
Dr. I. Robert Lehman’s work focuses on DNA replication and repair, and he had identified two enzymes that play critical roles in these processes.
February 13, 2026
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Meet Ryan Martinez, our new joint Artist in Residence!
Ryan Martinez is the inaugural Artist in Residence for the Stanford School of Medicine and Center for Biomedical Ethics.
January 22, 2026
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Celebrating Dr. David S. Hogness’s Legacy: Two GENETICS Articles Honoring our Founding Faculty Member’s Pioneering Work
We are pleased to announce the publication of two articles in GENETICS commemorating the 100th birthday of Dr. David S. Hogness (November 17, 1925).
November 17, 2025
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Dr. Alex Gao Named an Esther Ehrman Lazard Faculty Scholar
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Alex Gao has been named an Esther Ehrman Lazard Faculty Scholar, a prestigious endowed award that recognizes outstanding junior faculty members.
September 19, 2025
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Dr. Haopeng Xiao Receives the 2025 V Scholar Award & Selected as a 2025 Baxter Faculty Scholar
We are excited to announce two of Dr. Xiao's recent accomplishments!
August 28, 2025
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Herschlag Lab alum Paul Sigala Receives Warren and Jessica Cannon Research Excellence/Impact Award
Paul Sigala was named a recipient of the 2025 Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Warren and Jessica Cannon Research Excellence/Impact Award.
June 13, 2025
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Herschlag Lab Member John Shin is awarded RNA Society Poster Presentation Prize at the 2025 RNA Society Meeting
Herschlag Lab Member John Shin is awarded RNA Society Poster Presentation Prize at the 2025 RNA Society Meeting.
June 09, 2025
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New Beckman Center Director Announcement
Dr. Mark Krasnow, the Paul and Mildred Berg Professor, will be the new Beckman Center Director effective September 1, 2025.
May 30, 2025
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Herschlag Lab Alum Shu-ou Shan Inducted Into NAS
National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements.
May 09, 2025
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Alissa Hummer named Schmidt Science Fellow
As a 2025 Schmidt Science Fellow, Alissa will develop a high-throughput experimental technique to create a large-scale dataset of RNA-mediated interactions.
April 03, 2025
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Siyuan Du, Herschlag Lab, wins 2025 William S. Johnson Award
Graduate student from Herschlag Lab awarded with 2025 William S. Johnson Award.
April 01, 2025
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Dr. Aaron Straight named AAAS Fellow
Five Stanford faculty are among 471 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
March 31, 2025
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Fanny Sunden and Eliel Akinbami received the Sarafan ChEM-H Award
Sarafan ChEM-H awards six $50,000 grants through inaugural Nucleus Seed Grant Program. The grants will allow Stanford researchers to collaborate with the Nucleus.
March 18, 2025
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Suzanne Pfeffer named ASBMB 2025 Fellow
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology announced that it has named 24 members as 2025 fellows of the society.
March 05, 2025
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Mandi Ma wins the prestigious Porter Prize from the ASCB
Congratulations to Mandi Ma from the Rohatgi Lab for being awarded the Porter Prize in Research Excellence from the ASCB!
August 12, 2024
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Maria Nguyen from FUNR Lab is awarded an HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
Congratulations to Maria from FUNR Lab on becoming an HHMI Gilliam Fellow!
July 09, 2024
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Suzanne Pfeffer is elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced 124 newly elected members, including seven Stanford University researchers.
April 30, 2024
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Flora Rutaganira is awarded the Hypothesis Fund!
Dr. Rutaganira is recognized for her work, "Reconstructing the Emergence of Cancer at the Dawn of Multicellularity"
April 09, 2024