News from 2024

Faculty Wins Welcome Volleyball Match Between Faculty and MCO G1s

The annual volleyball game where the first year MCO graduate students play against the MCB faculty is a beloved tradition at the annual Research Retreat. This year, the…

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Walking Fish and the Origins of Limbs: How Sea Robins Illuminate Evolutionary Wonders

Imagine a fish with legs, not just fins. A creature that strolls along the ocean floor, hunting for prey with an almost eerie precision. This is the remarkable…

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Dániel Barabási’s Artwork on Display This Monday

Dániel Barabási, a former graduate student from the lab of MCB’s Florian Engert and now a neuroscience postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute, is also an accomplished artist. …

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MCB Research Retreat Brings Together Community

Each September, the MCB community gathers for their research retreat, where community members can learn about each other’s research, have fun, meet incoming graduate students and other community…

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Peering into the Social Brain

Why is social connection so crucial, and what motivates animals to seek it out? This is the core question that MCB Professor Catherine Dulac has been investigating for…

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Graduate Student Spotlight: Julius Tabin (Elya Lab)

OEB graduate student Julius Tabin is a member of the Elya Lab. There he is investigating fungus-infected “zombie” flies and searching for the molecule or molecules that cause…

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MCB Has an Assistant Professor Search Underway. Apply!

We seek applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. MCB is a tight-knit, supportive and collaborative research community with interests in…

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Summer Students Experience Research Life through SROH Program

Summer Research Opportunities at Harvard (SROH) offers research experiences in Harvard labs to undergraduates from other colleges. The goal is to give participating students a sense of what…

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