Alex Schier They’re the first fish kids kill. But they’re a godsend to a developmental geneticist like Alex Schier, a new Professor in Harvard’s Department of Molecular and…
First-author Florence Bareyre A tragic truth is that the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) has very limited ability to regenerate following injury. There is intense interest in trying…
On December 9-10, MCB is pleased to present a scientific symposium and several social events in celebration of Jack Strominger's 80th birthday. A general reception and dinner on Friday…
Three MCB graduate students were recognized for their academic achievement at MCB’s retreat at Loon Mountain in New Hampshire last month. This year’s Merck-Wiley Fellowship recipients were Xi…
To ensure reproductive success, animals have evolved sensory and behavioral strategies to identify suitable mating partners. A particularly widepread strategy among mammals is the release and the detection…
Markus Meister, left, with Minerva Foundation board member Semir Zeki Markus Meister, Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has been awarded the Golden Brain Award…
Jim Stowers and Kevin Eggan Kevin Eggan, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has been appointed Assistant Investigator by the Stowers Medical Institute (SMI), based in Cambridge…
We are pleased to announce the arrivals of new MCB faculty members: Erin O’Shea, Alex Schier, Kevin Eggan, Victoria D’Souza, and Naoshige Uchida. Erin O’Shea, Professor of Molecular…
Erin O'Shea Shortly after finishing her freshman year at Smith College, Erin O’Shea made a fateful decision: Instead of spending the summer at home in upstate New York,…
Development paper MCB authors Josh Sanes and Michael Fox The synapse is the heart of the nervous system, the site at which information is processed and passed between…
