Insects affect human lives both positively and negatively, therefore understanding how they interact with their surroundings can help us better manage their effects on our lives. Gustatory receptors…
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Graduate Student Spotlight: Alan Baez Vazquez
MCO graduate student Alan Baez Vazquez is investigating how immune cells called macrophages contribute to repair of damaged lung tissue in Ruth Franklin’s lab. Franklin is an Assistant…
How a “Spot the Difference” Technique Illuminates the Wiggling of Proteins
It’s common to speak of “the structure of a protein,” but proteins are dynamic molecules that move and shapeshift. A protein can be described as 1-dimensional polymer –…
SROH 2023 Introduces Undergrads to Life as MCO Student
For 10 weeks over the summer, five undergraduate scientists from around the country were given the opportunity to live like a Harvard MCO graduate student as part of…
Raising a Translation Factor: A Novel Co-chaperone Family Guides eEF1A to Maturity [Denic Lab]
All cells contain a network of molecular chaperones that help other proteins (often called “clients”) fold into functional three-dimensional conformations. Decades of research on chaperones has led to…
Grad Student Spotlight: Dustin Tillman
MCO graduate student Dustin Tillman (G5) has received an F31 Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS). The fellowship…
Julien Barrere, Xiaomeng Han, Neha Karlupia, and Catherine Weiner Honored by Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
Four MCB community members—Julien Barrere, Xiaomeng Han, Neha Karlupia, and Catherine Weiner—have been honored with teaching certificates from the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Awarded to only…
NSF Selects Five Graduate Students from MCO and MCB Labs for Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to several current MCO students and alumni of the Neuroscience, MCB, and CPB concentrations. The NSF Graduate…
You Can’t Learn Too Much: How Brain Representations of Complex Odor Mixtures Evolve with Experience [Murthy Lab]
The piriform cortex in the mammalian brain is the largest cortical region that receives direct sensory input from the olfactory bulb as well as complex top-down inputs from…
Register to Attend “Cinco de Bio” Mayfest by April 28!
On Friday May 5th, MCB will hold its second annual Mayfest in the BioLabs courtyard from noon to 4:00 PM. This year’s theme will be “Cinco de Bio.”…
