News from 2013

A MASTER REGULATOR FOR CIRCADIAN GENE EXPRESSION [O’SHEA LAB]

(l to r) Anna Puszynska, Joseph Piechura, and Erin O'Shea (not shown Joseph Markson) Organisms from humans to bacteria utilize endogenous timing mechanisms called circadian clocks to coordinate…

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THIRTEEN MCB POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS RECEIVE FELLOWSHIPS

Thirteen MCB post-doctoral researchers have been awarded post-doctoral fellowships from six different funding agencies. David Gire (Murthy Lab), Florian Merkle (Schier and Eggan Labs), Andrea Pauli (Schier Lab),…

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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE SEXY? [MURRAY LAB]

(l to r) Andrew Murray and Lori Huberman What makes a sex? There are two answers to this question, the master regulators that tell organisms which sex they…

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NEW TOOLS LIGHT UP THE INTRICACIES OF THE BRAIN [LICHTMAN LAB]

Science NEWS & ANALYSIS Science 22 November 2013: 917-918 Download PDF View Jeff Lichtman's Faculty Profile

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Harvard CBI – Annual Open House

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BACTERIA REMEMBER THE PAST WHEN DECIDING ABOUT THE FUTURE [LOSICK LAB]

Bacillus subtilis is a bacterium with many talents. Some cells devote themselves to exploration, abandoning their relatives to live as swimming ‘motile’ cells. Others instead choose a cooperative,…

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Happy Halloween from the G1 Class

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INTRODUCING THE FIVE MCB PRECEPTORS

What is a preceptor? Preceptors are full-time equivalent faculty who want to teach at the university level but may not be pursuing a full research career. A preceptor’s…

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NEWLY TENURED, NAO UCHIDA DECIDES ON RISK TAKING

As a postdoctoral researcher at Cold Spring Harbor, Naoshige (Nao) Uchida adapted a method for studying decision-making behavior, originally developed for primates, for rodents. (see video below)  Rodent…

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