Sonal Noticewala

Profs use new technique to measure oil spill damage

An ongoing concern for experts has been the difficulty of accurately measuring the damage of the spill, but Timothy Crone and Maya Tolstoy, two marine geophysicists at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, say that a new analysis technique has proven fairly successful.

By Ylena Zamora-Vargas and Sonal Noticewala | Oct 11 02:09 am ET

Life After the Nobel: Eric Kandel researches memory, writes about art

Eric Kandel, university professor and Kavli Professor of brain science in neuroscience, won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons.

By Sonal Noticewala | Apr 30 02:08 am ET

Life After the Nobel: Chalfie pushes on with research, mentoring

Since winning the Nobel Prize two years ago, chair of the department of biological Chalfie has been faced with the onslaught of media and critical attention that comes with the award. While he said he enjoys perks like interviews, he still contemplates how to best use his relatively new platform.

By Sonal Noticewala | Apr 29 05:00 pm ET

Undergraduate students awarded science prizes

For two Columbia undergraduate scientists, years of research in chemistry and biophysics recently led to polka dancing and bratwurst in New Braunfels, Texas.

By Sonal Noticewala | Mar 2 03:11 am ET

Dana Pe’er’s quest for Camelot

Dana Pe’er and her team have developed a method to predict how organisms respond to drugs based on their genetic information.

By Sonal Noticewala | Oct 18 10:43 pm ET

Chandler Society combines science, sandwiches

The Chandler Society, which dates back to 1995, is a venue for science-loving students to explore their interest in chemistry.

By Sonal Noticewala | Oct 4 10:41 pm ET

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