Transition metals like iron and manganese play crucial roles in various metabolic processes like photosynthesis, oxygen transport, and energy production through the electron transport chain. Transport proteins residing…
News from 2023
NSF Selects Five Graduate Students from MCO and MCB Labs for Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to several current MCO students and alumni of the Neuroscience, MCB, and CPB concentrations. The NSF Graduate…
Sean Eddy Appointed Harvard College Professor
MCB Chair Sean Eddy has been named as Harvard College Professor. The five-year appointment honors faculty who excel in undergraduate teaching and positively influence the educational environment at…
MCB in the News_Richard Losick Received the First Microbial Sciences Initiative’s Distinguished Achievement Award
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Postdocs Shuonan He, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Ding Liu, Brandon Logeman, and Isobel Ronai Awarded Fellowships
Several postdocs from MCB Labs have received prestigious fellowships that will support their ongoing research. To learn more about these postdocs and their fellowships, read on! Shuonan He…
MCB Welcomes Rachelle Gaudet as New Department Chair
On July 1st, MCB faculty Rachelle Gaudet will succeed Sean Eddy as department chair. “Rachelle will be an outstanding chair for MCB,” Eddy says. “She and I share…
You Can’t Learn Too Much: How Brain Representations of Complex Odor Mixtures Evolve with Experience [Murthy Lab]
The piriform cortex in the mammalian brain is the largest cortical region that receives direct sensory input from the olfactory bulb as well as complex top-down inputs from…
Meet Rhino League Commissioner Samantha Finkbeiner
The time-honored BioLabs tradition of summer Rhino League volleyball tournaments will continue this summer under the leadership of Dulac Lab Research Assistant Samantha Finkbeiner, who competed in last…
Rich Losick to Give Keynote at Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI)’s 20th Anniversary Symposium
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI), a coalition of researchers in departments across the university who study the lives of microbes. MCB…
Register to Attend “Cinco de Bio” Mayfest by April 28!
On Friday May 5th, MCB will hold its second annual Mayfest in the BioLabs courtyard from noon to 4:00 PM. This year’s theme will be “Cinco de Bio.”…
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