The animal body is bilaterally symmetric, and most sense organs (eyes, ears and nose) occur in pairs. These paired sensory organs provide independent measurements of the environment in…
MCO graduate student Ethan Glantz is motivated by curiosity and a desire to make discoveries. He was recently awarded an NIH F31 fellowship, also known as the Ruth…
First-year MCO graduate student Eddy Tzintzun-Tapia has received an award from the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The program’s mission is to promote a diverse scientific workforce…
Every year, the MCO G1s have the opportunity to dress up the rhino statues outside the BioLabs for Halloween. This year, Bessie and Victoria (the rhinos) are going…
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…
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…
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…
As an MCO graduate student in the Murray Lab, Alexa Pérez Torres is investigating what happens when you break the cell cycle rules in yeast. She also serves…
MCO graduate student Mackenzie Smith of Ya-Chieh Hsu’s lab in SCRB has received a grant from the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The NSF’s GRFP provides fellowships…
Because of the myriad of scientific discoveries that have been made in the Biolabs building, I have always thought that our department, MCB, is over 100 years old.…
