Doeke R. Hekstra, MCB’s new Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and an Assistant Professor of Applied Physics for SEAS, came to Harvard with an unorthodox plan…
In the past year, dozens of Harvard postdocs--including several from the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department--have banded together into an organization that addresses postdocs’ unique needs through projects…
The discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) in 1998 was one of the most unexpected findings in the last 30 years. The Nobel-winning observations were made in C. elegans,…
Every year, a handful of undergraduates from colleges around the country conduct summer research in Harvard labs through a program called Summer Research Opportunities at Harvard (SROH). This…
Four MCB grad students have been awarded prestigious fellowships that will support and sustain their research in the coming year. Vayu Maini Rekdal of the Emily Balskus lab…
Genes in Space winner Alia Al Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and her Harvard MCB mentor, Tessa Montague, have successfully launched their miniPCR genetics experiment into…
Team Soft Serve Max Nikitchenko (Engert lab), Aaron Burberry (Eggan Lab), Clemens Riegler (Engert Lab), Fred Rubino (Kahne Lab), Will Menegas (Uchida Lab), Philip Shiu (Hunter Lab), Fred Chang (Kleckner Lab)…
RNA interference (RNAi) is a nearly ubiquitous gene silencing phenomenon triggered by introduced double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). In some animals, including the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, RNAi is systemic, which…
