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News from 2022
Postdocs Kevin Dalton, Xiaotang Lu, and Sara Pintos dos Santos Matias Receive Research Fellowships
Three postdocs from MCB labs have been awarded fellowships that will support ambitious research projects. Kevin M. Dalton of the Hekstra Lab has received a Career Award at…
Kleckner Lab Investigates the Mechanism of Sister Chromatid Separation: How Bridges Between Sisters Ensure Smooth Separation
Researchers from the Kleckner Lab, in collaboration with researchers at CNRS in France and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have found evidence that microscopic “inter-axis bridges,” which form…
How to Help Ukraine: Links & Resources
The MCB community, along with the rest of the world, has been watching attacks on Ukraine escalate. The events have left many people shaken and unsure how to…
Staff Spotlight: Ronnie Mugimu
MCB Associate Director of Finance and Research Administration Ronnie Mugimu leads a team of administrators who oversee spending and assist faculty with administering grants and funds. The group…
How the Flagellar Motor Signals a Surface Encounter [Berg Lab]
Last week, PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) (PDF) posted a paper co-authored by the late MCB professor Howard Berg and myself, a research associate in…
Neuro Concentrators Nidhi Patel (‘22) and Marissa Sumathipala (‘22) Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Nidhi Patel (Government and Neuro ‘22) and Marissa Sumathipala (Neuro with Secondary in Chemistry ‘22) have been awarded prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships that will support their postgraduate studies…
Meselson Lab Publishes Evidence of Sexual Reproduction in Bdelloid Rotifers
Why most eukaryotes reproduce sexually has long been a major problem in evolutionary biology. After all, by not having to produce males, species that reproduce parthenogenetically should have…
Hopi Hoekstra Named as a 2021 AAAS Fellow
MCB and OEB faculty Hopi Hoekstra has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), joining a cohort of AAAS Fellows that includes many…
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