News from 2022

Harvard Will be Closed November 24th and 25th and We Wish Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving

We also want to acknowledge that some people at Harvard do not celebrate the holiday for personal, religious, or other reasons. Many see Thanksgiving as a National Day…

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Neil Hunter Will Deliver the Paul Doty Lecture on December 1, 2022

The Doty Lecture is presented annually to celebrate the scientific and public policy achievements of Professor Paul Doty, eminent investigator of polymers, notably including studies of polypeptides, proteins and…

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Larval Zebrafish Avoid Obstacles When Escaping Predators [Engert Lab]

In a daily fight for survival, primitive nervous systems evolved the ability to escape from predators using reflexive reactions that save animals from being eaten. As nervous systems…

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MCB’s Annual Gift Drive Will Support the Embrace-A-Family Program

The end of the year is a time to reflect, rush to finish projects, prepare for the upcoming holidays or yearn for the University to close for the…

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Amanda Whipple Receives R35 Grant from the NIH

MCB faculty Amanda Whipple has received an R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the NIH. The award provides five years of funding to promising early career PIs,…

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John Dowling Honored with 2022 Muse Prize for Excellence in Ophthalmology

The 2022 Albert C. Muse Prize has been awarded to MCB’s John Dowling for extraordinary contributions to the field of ophthalmology by the Eye and Ear Foundation at…

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Adam Dionne from the Prigozhin Lab Honored with Prestigious Undergraduate Research Award

First year SEAS graduate student Adam Dionne is a 2022 LeRoy Apker Awardee for his undergraduate research in active fluid transport networks within a slime mold. Only two…

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Learning the Rules of Cooperation from Ants to Make Collaborative Robots

Collective problem-solving is a prominent signature of animal societies. It’s a hallmark of the human race, but we’re not the only ones. Ants, like us, cooperate with each…

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Building Bridges Home: MCO PhD Candidate Creates Puerto Rico-focused STEM Outreach Program

Alexa Pérez-Torres, a doctoral candidate in MCO, has started a STEM outreach program to better prepare students in her home of Puerto Rico for the rigors of graduate…

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