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David Liu receives Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science

Liu was honored for pioneering an exciting new class of precise and effective gene-editing technologies.

David Liu receives Bower Award

Photo of Professor David Liu standing on stage with an illustration of CRISPR editing DNA behind him

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NEW RESEARCH: Tracking precisely how learning, memories are formed

CCB team has unveiled a way to map the molecular underpinnings of how learning and memories are formed

New Cohen Lab paper, via Nature Neuroscience.

A combination of fluorescent labeling and cutting-edge microscopy allowed the researchers to illuminate synaptic behavior at unprecedented resolution. Credit: Pojeong Park

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Professor Peng Chen (Peking University)

July 22, 2026

4:15PM - 5:45PM EDT

Pfizer Lecture Hall

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Title: LIVE-CELL PROTEIN CHEMISTRY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Abstract: Investigating the functional mechanisms of proteins within their "native environment"—living cells or animals—represents a challenging scientific conundrum as well as an interdisciplinary...