Sometimes, groundbreaking discoveries begin with what looks like a failed experiment. Researchers in the lab of MCB Professor Nicholas Bellono have discovered that octopuses possess a unique structural…
News from 2026
MCB Junior Fellow Wins Two Prestigious Evolutionary Science Awards— First Dual Honor in 25 Years
Wendy Valencia-Montoya, a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows affiliated with the lab of MCB Professor Nick Bellono, has been awarded two of the most coveted…
Rebecka Sepela Receives NIH K99 Award to Investigate How Microbes Shape Animal Sensing
Rebecka Sepela, a postdoctoral researcher in Nicholas Bellono’s MCB lab, has received an NIH Pathway to Independence (K99/R00) Award to study how animals derive information from their external…
There’s Still Time to Join BioCamp’s August Microbiology Module
BioCamp's summer sessions have been a hit, with all modules now full except the August 3–14 Microbiology session, which still has a few openings. If you know a…
Former MCB Students Named Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford
Two recent Harvard graduates with ties to the MCB department have been named recipients of the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholars fellowship at Stanford University, joining a global cohort of…
MCB Faculty Receive Star-Friedman Challenge Awards for Innovative Research
Several MCB-affiliated faculty members have been selected as recipients of the Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research, one of Harvard's most prestigious internal funding competitions. The awards, administered…
How Experience Shapes the Social Brain—One Tiny Fish at a Time
Why do animals respond differently to the same social situation? According to new research from the MCB lab of Florian Engert, the answer may depend as much on…
MCO PhD Candidate Arshia Mostoufi Receives Prestigious Canadian Doctoral Fellowship
Arshia Mostoufi, an MCO PhD candidate in the lab of Ya-Chieh Hsu in Harvard's Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, has received a prestigious doctoral fellowship from…
New CRISPR Method Reveals Genes That Shape the Developing Brain
Understanding how a single genetic mutation can alter the shape of a developing organ has long posed a challenge for developmental biologists. While researchers can readily study the…
Got a Zombie Fly? MCB Scientists Want Your Help Mapping a Mind-Controlling Fungus
A dead fly perched high on a blade of grass, wings raised, glued in place by its own mouthparts, might look like something out of a horror movie.…
