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News from 2017

New MCB Professor Electrifies Proteomics

Doeke R. Hekstra, MCB’s new Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and an Assistant Professor of Applied Physics for SEAS, came to Harvard with an unorthodox plan…

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FAS Postdoc Association Celebrates First Full Year

In the past year, dozens of Harvard postdocs--including several from the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department--have banded together into an organization that addresses postdocs’ unique needs through projects…

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Channeling Anti-viral Immunity [Hunter Lab]

The discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) in 1998 was one of the most unexpected findings in the last 30 years.  The Nobel-winning observations were made in C. elegans,…

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Collaboration and Camaraderie Fuel the SROH Program

Every year, a handful of undergraduates from colleges around the country conduct summer research in Harvard labs through a program called Summer Research Opportunities at Harvard (SROH). This…

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MCB Graduate Students Win Fellowships

Four MCB grad students have been awarded prestigious fellowships that will support and sustain their research in the coming year. Vayu Maini Rekdal of the Emily Balskus lab…

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MCB Student Helps Launch Genes Into Space

Genes in Space winner Alia Al Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and her Harvard MCB mentor, Tessa Montague, have successfully launched their miniPCR genetics experiment into…

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Congratulations to the 2017 Rhino Cup Winners!

Team Soft Serve Max Nikitchenko (Engert lab), Aaron Burberry (Eggan Lab), Clemens Riegler (Engert Lab), Fred Rubino (Kahne Lab), Will Menegas (Uchida Lab), Philip Shiu (Hunter Lab), Fred Chang (Kleckner Lab)…

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Mother May I?  Inheritance of Silencing Signals in C. elegans [Hunter Lab]

RNA interference (RNAi) is a nearly ubiquitous gene silencing phenomenon triggered by introduced double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). In some animals, including the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, RNAi is systemic, which…

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