News from 2019

YOUNG CHEFS PROGRAM EDUCATES AND ENTERTAINS

The Young Chefs Program, which was co founded by second year MCO PhD student Vayu Maini Rekdal from the Balskus Lab, recently participated in events designed to exhibit…

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MCO OFFERS MANAGEMENT NANOCOURSE FOR FUTURE RESEARCHERS

Thanks to a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), MCO will offer a nanocourse this fall titled “Management Matters for Scientists.” It will cover…

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SROH RENEWS LOVE OF SCIENCE IN BOTH INTERNS AND MENTORS

Summer Research Opportunities at Harvard (SROH) has finished another outstanding year, bringing undergraduates from diverse backgrounds for a ten week internship program at MCO. The program began in…

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MCB STUDENTS AND TEACHERS CELEBRATED AT ANNUAL RETREAT

This year’s MCB award winners reflect the creativity, collaboration, and community that makes the department a rewarding place for students, postdoctoral fellows and professors. The awards were presented…

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CPB CONCENTRATOR’S WORK FEATURED IN HARVARD GAZETTE

Tuber arnoldianum (image courtesy of Benjamin Wolfe) Chemical and Physical Biology (CPB) concentrator, Hannah Zurier's finds a new fungus, Tuber arnoldianum, at Harvard's Arnold Arboretum. Read more in…

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IN-THE-NEWS; FROM ED PORTAL TO THE COLLEGE

Kevin Yang is the first Harvard Ed Portal participant to attend the College. Read more in the Boston Globe (PDF), Harvard Gazette, on the Ed Portal website. Message…

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TWO MCB STUDENTS WIN HHMI FELLOWSHIPS

Through their hard work and impressive research goals, fourth-year grad student Felix Baier of the Hoekstra Lab and third-year grad student Alyson Ramirez of the Mango Lab and…

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MCB STUDENT WINS TWO FELLOWSHIPS

Third-year MCO student Catherine Weiner of the Rinn Lab in SCRB  was doubly lauded this spring when she earned a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRF) and…

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NEW QUESTIONS

He may have left his bench for a desk and a corner office, but “I didn’t leave science!” insists Fanuel Muindi, MCB’s new Assistant Director of Graduate Programs…

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MCB GRADUATE STUDENT BALANCES LAB WORK AND OUTREACH

Tessa Montague, originally from London and now a fifth-year MCO graduate student in the Schier lab, is not afraid of work. Besides maintaining her own graduate research and…

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