A new study by Daniel Cardozo Pinto, now a Harvard Junior Fellow in MCB, has uncovered a neural circuit mechanism explaining how two key brain chemicals—dopamine and serotonin—work…
News from 2026
Harvard’s Biochemical Sciences Tutorial Program Marks a Century of Scientific Education – and a Year of Celebratory Events
UNDER CONSTRUCTION In 1926, Harvard introduced a distinctive approach to undergraduate science education: the Biochemical Sciences Tutorial, also known as the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences. Built…
As MCB’s Bok Fellow, Mackenzie Harrigan Supports the Next Generation of Teachers and Scientists
When Mackenzie Harrigan began her PhD at Harvard, she knew she loved science. What she didn’t yet know was how deeply she would come to value shaping how…
Maxim Prigozhin Awarded 2026 MIND Prize to Advance Nanoscale Brain Imaging in Neurodegeneration
Maxim Prigozhin, Assistant Professor in MCB and Applied Physics, has been awarded the 2026 Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery (MIND) Prize for a bold proposal to transform how…
Common Plant Proteins Found to Calm the Immune System
A new study co-led by MCB’s Kazuki Nagashima and published in Science Immunology (PDF) identifies plant-derived molecules that help quiet the immune system, preventing inflammatory reactions to the…
Call for Nominations: 2026 MCB Mentorship Award
The MCB Community Task Force (CTF) is excited to announce that nominations for the 2026 MCB Mentorship Award are now open! This annual award recognizes individuals within the…
Two PNAS Papers from the Samuel Lab Illuminate the Bacterial Flagellar Motor
Two new papers published in PNAS from the lab of Aravinthan Samuel shine fresh light on one of biology’s most iconic molecular machines: the bacterial flagellar motor. Although…
Wendy Valencia Montoya Receives Weintraub Graduate Student Award for Groundbreaking Thesis on the Evolution of Sensory Worlds
Wendy Valencia Montoya has been named a recipient of the prestigious 2026 Harold M. Weintraub Award in recognition of her doctoral thesis, an ambitious and interdisciplinary body of…
Brain and Heart in Parallel: Zebrafish Study Reframes the Biology of Fear
In a new study published in Cell Reports, (PDF) researchers from the labs of MCB’s Florian Engert and Mark Fishman of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative…
The Secret to Schooling: How Internal States Shape Social Interactions during Schooling
A school of fish can look like a single, flowing organism—dozens of bodies turning and aligning in near-perfect synchrony. But that seamless choreography emerges from many individual animals…
