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Congratulations to Professor Steven Banik on being awarded the NIH High-Risk, High Reward Grant!

Professor Steven Banik, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the School of Humanities and Sciences was one of six Stanford scientists to be awarded the…

Steven Banik named 2023 Moore Inventor Fellow

Steven Banik, assistant professor of chemistry, has been named to the 2023 cohort of Moore Inventor Fellows. The fellowship will support his work on biochemical technology that has the potential to…

Striking rare gold: Stanford researchers unveil new material infused with gold in an exotic chemical state

A form of gold that does not occur stably in nature is at the heart of a new crystalline material with intriguing properties.

For the…

Congratulations to Professor Steven Boxer on receiving the Biophysical Society’s 2024 Founders Award!

The Founders Award is given to scientists for outstanding achievement in the area of biophysics.

Professor Boxer honored at the Society’s…

Stanford researchers have engineered a biomolecule that selectively cuts sugar-coated proteins called mucins off cancer cells. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Sugar-coated proteins called mucins are implicated in many diseases, including cancer. A Stanford-led team has bioengineered an enzyme-based scissors that selectively cuts mucins off cancer cells, removing their “cloak of protection” from the body’s…