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News from 2014

EPB TO HOLD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM, SATURDAY, APRIL 26

On Saturday, April 26, the annual Engineering and Physical Biology (EPB) Symposium will be held in Room B101 of the Northwest Building, 52 Oxford St. Speakers from constituent…

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NEW AND IMPROVED! INTRODUCING THE REVISED UNDERGRADUATE MCB CONCENTRATION

(l to r) Jack Huang, Jonathan D'Gama, Rachelle Gaudet, Ian Boothby, Susan Mango, Tashy Rodgers, Alexandra Rojek, Olive Tang, Tom Torello, Shree Bose The MCB department is announcing…

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11TH ANNUAL MICROBIAL SCIENCES INITIATIVE (MSI) SYMPOSIUM EXPLORES THE RICHEST BIOLOGICAL RESERVOIR ON EARTH

  Microbes (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protists) are ubiquitous on earth and affect every part of our lives.  Yet they are mostly invisible, and the vast majority…

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FRANCES ARNOLD TO DELIVER 2014 JOHN T. EDSALL LECTURE

  Frances Arnold, Ph.D., will deliver the 2014 John T. Edsall Lecture, entitled "New Enzymes by Evolution: Expanding Nature's Catalytic Repertoire," on April 17. Arnold is the Dick…

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LOOK MOM, NO BREAKS! [KLECKNER LAB]

Chromosomal regions of identical or nearly identical DNA sequence can preferentially associate with one another in the apparent absence of DNA breakage and recombination.  The genome-wide synapsis of…

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TRANSPARENT THOUGHTS [ENGERT LAB]

How do brains process sensory input and use these to choose or decide what to do?  How similar is the brain activity in different individuals that are exposed…

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HONORING THE 80TH BIRTHDAY OF PROF. HOWARD C. BERG

On Friday, March 14, 2014 at 3:00 pm, the Program in Biophysics will host a Visiting Researcher Seminar in honor of the 80th birthday of MCB faculty member…

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MERCK FELLOWSHIPS ADVANCE RESEARCH OF HONOREES GIBBS AND DSOUZA

(l to r) Theodore Betley, Karine Gibbs, Richard Losick (Chair of MCB), Eric Jacobsen (Chair of CCB), Emily Balskus, and Victoria D’Souza Karine Gibbs, Assistant Professor of Molecular…

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ON MARCH 6, MARC KIRSCHNER PRESENTS 2014 BLOCH LECTURE

Marc Kirschner is an outstanding cell and developmental biologists whose contributions to biology are matched only by his record of granting the intellectual independence that allow his students…

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