Rosbash and professor emeritus Hall win prize with Michael W. Young for work on circadian rhythms Photo/Mike Lovett Michael Rosbash, the Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience at Brandeis University Oct. 2, 2017 Brandeis University warmly congratulates Michael Rosbash, the Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and professor of biology, and Jeffrey C. Hall, professor emeritus of biology, on being awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The two colleagues, who arrived at Brandeis in 1974, did their pioneering work during their time at the university. Focusing onRead More

Mike Lovett Samia Tamazi ’20 PAGE 2 OF 3 In 2006, Epstein won a four-year $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to develop a Posse program specifically for students from the New York City area interested in the sciences. (The grant was renewed in 2010.) Associate professor of biology Melissa Kosinski-Collins, who has published widely on science education, believed incoming Science Posse students needed exposure to college-level science before the chaos of Orientation in late August and the transition to a full schedule of college classes. EnterRead More