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Staff Spotlight: Jillian Amaral – From Science Enthusiast to MCB Librarian

Jillian Amaral's journey to becoming the MCB Reference, Collections, and Instruction Librarian is a testament to her passion for science and her dedication to helping others navigate the…

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Staff Spotlight: Jillian Amaral – From Science Enthusiast to MCB Librarian

Jillian Amaral's journey to becoming the MCB Reference, Collections, and Instruction Librarian is a testament to her passion for science and her dedication to helping others navigate the…

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How a Novel Chaperone Drives Folding of an Essential Protein at Its Inception

Lurking in our genomes are thousands of uncharacterized protein-coding genes. Even more genes can be included in this uncharacterized category if we were to exclude general one- or…

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MCB’s Richard Losick Publishes Final Research Paper, Concluding Six Decades of Microbiology Breakthroughs

After nearly six decades of groundbreaking work in molecular biology, Richard Losick, the Maria Moors Cabot Research Professor of Biology, has published his final research paper in the…

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Lichtman Lab’s Collaborative Work Honored with 2024 Good Tech Award

A groundbreaking paper co-authored by the lab of MCB’s Jeff Lichtman has been named a recipient of the 2024 Good Tech Awards by The New York Times. This…

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Postdoc Spotlight: Colin Kim

As previously announced, postdoc Colin Kim of the Nett Lab has been chosen as a 2024 Hanna H. Gray Fellow. The prestigious HHMI-funded fellowship provides up to 1.5…

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Postdoc Spotlight: Loranzie Rogers

As previously announced, postdoc Loranzie Rogers of the Bellono Lab has been named as a 2024 Hanna H. Gray Fellowship from HHMI. The fellowship provides up to 1.5…

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Neuroscience Graduate Adam Lowet Wins Bowdoin Prize for Essay on Risk and Learning

Adam Lowet, a recent PhD graduate from Harvard’s Program in Neuroscience, has been awarded the prestigious Bowdoin Prize for Graduate Essay in the Natural Sciences with his composition…

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Watching Ion Channels in Action

Potassium ion channels are responsible for the rapid, selective flow of potassium (K+) ions through cell membranes, making it possible for spikes of electric activity (action potentials) to…

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Faculty Spotlight: Marissa Gredler—Unraveling the Mysteries of Embryonic Development

On January 1, 2025, Marissa Gredler officially joined MCB as an Assistant Professor. Her journey into the world of science began in a place familiar to many—uncertainty. Growing…

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