Experiments by the Garner Lab have yielded insights into how bacteria control their rate of growth of their external cell wall in response to the nutrients they are…
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Rats Take Their Time When Learning and Earn More Rewards Overall, Study Finds
A recently published paper, authored by alumni of the Cox Lab and the MCO program, suggests that slow initial decision making can lead to reaping big rewards through…
Denic Lab Discovers an Ancient and Essential Translation Factor Chaperone
Billions of years ago, the first eukaryotic common ancestor split from its archaeal lineage with a distinct set of genes, the majority of which many of us (eukaryotes)…
MCO Graduate Student Spotlight: Anastasia Repouliou (Extavour Lab)
Anastasia Repouliou of the Extavour Lab has wanted to be a scientist since the age of 10, when she set her sights on becoming an astrophysicist. “Nobody knows…
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…
New Course Taught by Max Prigozhin
I am teaching a new class starting this semester (Fall 2022): Applied Physics 242 / MCB 161 “Introduction to Single-Molecule Biophysics”. The course will cover the structure of…
SROH Gives Undergrads a Taste of an MCO PhD
Undergrads from around the country just wrapped up their taste of what life is like as an MCO PhD candidate, thanks to the 10-week Summer Research Opportunities at…
Hoekstra Lab Identifies Chromosomal Inversion That Helps Deer Mice Adapt to their Environment
Forest-dwelling deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) can be distinguished from their prairie-roaming counterparts by their longer tails and their darker coat color, which helps them blend into a woodland…
Community Task Force (CTF) on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging to Host Open House Today
MCB’s Community Task Force (CTF) on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging will host an open house at 3:00 pm on Thursday, May 19 on Zoom. Delegates from the CTF…
