A mysterious email, a scalpel, and a Princeton professor: The search for extinct wolves

A mysterious email, a scalpel, and a Princeton professor: The search for extinct wolves

Paige Cromley

Bridgette vonHoldt, a Princeton researcher specializing in canids, received a mysterious email from a curious citizen in Texas. The results of her analysis revealed the genetic material of an extinct wolf species maintained in a population of coyotes in Texas. Her continued exploration of these strange hybrid canines may hold the key to reviving the extinct wolf species in the future.

Bridgette vonHoldt, a Princeton researcher specializing in canids, received a mysterious email from a curious citizen in Texas. The results of her analysis revealed the genetic material of an extinct wolf species maintained in a population of coyotes in Texas. Her continued exploration of these strange hybrid canines may hold the key to reviving the extinct wolf species in the future.

FEATURES | March 29

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In the eye of the storm: Princeton professor’s research may hold the key to predicting hurricanes

In the eye of the storm: Princeton professor’s research may hold the key to predicting hurricanes

Bailey Glenetske

Princeton professor Dr. Gabriel A. Vecchi gave a talk regarding his research about hurricane frequency in the North Atlantic, expressing that the abnormal increase in hurricanes can be contributed to a phenomenon called aerosol forcing. 

Princeton professor Dr. Gabriel A. Vecchi gave a talk regarding his research about hurricane frequency in the North Atlantic, expressing that the abnormal increase in hurricanes can be contributed to a phenomenon called aerosol forcing. 

NEWS | February 23

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Q&A with 2021 Nobel Laureate, chemistry professor David MacMillan

Q&A with 2021 Nobel Laureate, chemistry professor David MacMillan

Mahya Fazel-Zarandi

Professor of Chemistry and 2021 Nobel Prize award-winner David MacMillan sat in an interview with The Daily Princetonian to discuss his upbringing, research, and Princeton’s continued influence on his work.

Professor of Chemistry and 2021 Nobel Prize award-winner David MacMillan sat in an interview with The Daily Princetonian to discuss his upbringing, research, and Princeton’s continued influence on his work.

NEWS | February 22

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Princeton researchers with the Dog Aging Project study how genes and the environment influence aging

Princeton researchers with the Dog Aging Project study how genes and the environment influence aging

Hope Perry

Researchers are collecting genetic information from more than 10,000 dogs for a variety of studies. 

The Project is collecting genetic information from more than 10,000 dogs for a variety of studies.  

NEWS | February 22

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Princeton professor Bonnie Bassler awarded the Wolf Prize in chemistry

Princeton professor Bonnie Bassler awarded the Wolf Prize in chemistry

Mahya Fazel-Zarandi

Dr. Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and Department Chair of Molecular Biology, was recently awarded the 2022 Wolf Prize in Chemistry for her work surrounding quorum sensing and cellular communication in bacterial organisms. 

Dr. Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and Department Chair of Molecular Biology, was recently awarded the 2022 Wolf Prize in Chemistry for her work surrounding quorum sensing and cellular communication in bacterial organisms. 

NEWS | February 21

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Princeton Astrophysics researchers find new way to detect coronal mass ejections

Princeton Astrophysics researchers find new way to detect coronal mass ejections

Mesonma Anwasi

New research by Stephen Majeski, a graduate student in the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and Professor Hantao Ji of the Astrophysics department helps to detect potential coronal mass ejections and learn more about their behaviors to prevent them before they reach Earth.

New research by Stephen Majeski, a graduate student in the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and Professor Hantao Ji of the Astrophysics department helps to detect potential coronal mass ejections and learn more about their behaviors to prevent them before they reach Earth.

NEWS | February 15

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Q&A with 2022 George W. Beadle Award winner, former Princeton president Shirley Tilghman

Q&A with 2022 George W. Beadle Award winner, former Princeton president Shirley Tilghman

Mahya Fazel-Zarandi

Former Princeton president Shirley Tilghman sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss the George W. Beadle award, her contributions to genetic research, and the significance of her time spent at Princeton. 

Former Princeton president Shirley Tilghman discusses the George W. Beadle award, her contributions to genetic research, and the significance of her time spent at Princeton. 

NEWS | February 10

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As pandemic-era eviction moratoria expire, Princeton’s Eviction Lab highlights surprising trends

As pandemic-era eviction moratoria expire, Princeton’s Eviction Lab highlights surprising trends

Amy Ciceu

Throughout the pandemic, University researchers led by Professor Matthew Desmond have been poring through formal eviction court records and compiling the data to analyze eviction trends in states and cities across the nation.

Throughout the pandemic, University researchers led by Professor Matthew Desmond have been poring through formal eviction court records and compiling the data to analyze eviction trends in states and cities across the nation.

NEWS | February 9

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3 professors awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants promoting digital scholarship

3 professors awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants promoting digital scholarship

Amy Ciceu

Three University Professors, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Christina Lee, Professor of History Ekaterina Pravilova, and Associate Professor of History Wendy Warren, were awarded funding from the NEH, which seeks to spearhead new research and make the humanities accessible to broad audiences.

The funding seeks to spearhead new research and make the humanities accessible to broad audiences.

NEWS | January 25

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Princeton lab’s research on elephant tusklessness brings public attention to human impact on evolution

Princeton lab’s research on elephant tusklessness brings public attention to human impact on evolution

Paige Cromley and Maddie Lausted

More elephants in Mozambique have no tusks as a result of a painful, 15-year civil war. An ocean and thousands of miles away, assistant EEB professor Shane Campbell-Staton and his team are looking at why and how this example of remarkably fast evolution came to be. Their studies have attracted media attention from newspapers to Trevor Noah, and display how closely human activity can be tied up in the process of evolution.

More elephants in Mozambique have no tusks as a result of a painful, 15-year civil war. An ocean and thousands of miles away, assistant EEB professor Shane Campbell-Staton and his team are looking at why and how this example of remarkably fast evolution came to be. Their studies have attracted media attention from newspapers and Trevor Noah, and display how closely human activity can be tied up in the process of evolution.

FEATURES | December 23

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Kang Lab reports new experimental therapy with potential to stop cancer spread

Kang Lab reports new experimental therapy with potential to stop cancer spread

Zoya Amir Gauhar

Kang’s lab focuses on two central questions in cancer treatment: why do some patients develop metastatic disease, and why they are so difficult to treat?

Kang’s lab focuses on two central questions in cancer treatment: why do some patients develop metastatic disease, and why they are so difficult to treat?

NEWS | December 2

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Futuristic Nostalgia with Yeon Soon Shin and Rolando Masís-Obando

Futuristic Nostalgia with Yeon Soon Shin and Rolando Masís-Obando

Isabel Rodrigues, Princeton Insights, and Sophia Villacorta

In this episode of The Highlights, we’re joined by Yeon Soon Shin and Rolando Masís-Obando. We discuss their paths to graduate work in psychology, their research on how environmental context affects memory, and the virtual reality environments they created to test their ideas.

In this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Yeon Soon Shin and Rolando Masís-Obando. We discuss their paths to graduate work in psychology, their research on how environmental context affects memory, and the virtual reality environments they created to test their ideas.

PODCAST | December 1

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Princeton researchers develop world’s purest sample of gallium arsenide

Princeton researchers develop world’s purest sample of gallium arsenide

Tara Agarwal

“The new samples/materials have only about 1 part per 10 billion impurities, meaning there is only one unwanted atom (impurity) for every 10 billion wanted atoms,” ECE Professor Mansour Shayegan wrote. “This is like having only one bad person on Earth!”

“The new samples/materials have only about 1 part per 10 billion impurities, meaning there is only one unwanted atom (impurity) for every 10 billion wanted atoms,” ECE Professor Mansour Shayegan wrote. “This is like having only one bad person on Earth!”

NEWS | November 18

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Economics Professor Ellora Derenoncourt discusses new center on inequality

Economics Professor Ellora Derenoncourt discusses new center on inequality

Marissa Michaels

In this Q&A, The Daily Princetonian sits with Professor Ellora Derenoncourt to discuss the new center on inequality, the racial wealth gap in America, and her research in labor economics. 

In this Q&A, The Daily Princetonian sits with Professor Ellora Derenoncourt to discuss the new center on inequality, the racial wealth gap in America, and her research in labor economics.  

NEWS | November 11

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