Katsuhiki Minami, an MCB postdoctoral researcher in Nancy Kleckner’s lab, has been awarded two competitive fellowships to support his research at the intersection of chromosome biology and biophysics.…
News from 2026
Neil H. Shubin to Give 2026 Prather Lectures, April 15, 16, and 17
The Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) will host the 2026 Prather Lectures from April 15–17, featuring renowned evolutionary biologist Neil H. Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished…
Study Reveals Octopus Mating Arm Doubles as a Chemical Sensor
A new study (PDF) from the MCB lab of Nicholas Bellono reveals an unexpected sensory mechanism underlying octopus reproduction—showing that a specialized arm used for mating is also…
THIS SATURDAY: Science Spotlights at the Harvard Museum of Natural History to Feature MCB’s Rebecka Sepela
The Harvard Museum of Natural History will host a special Science Spotlights in-person event on Saturday, April 4, from 2:00–3:30 pm, featuring emerging scientists across Harvard, including MCB’s…
ROCKET Launches Structural Biology Past AlphaFold
Five years ago, a team at Google’s DeepMind won CASP14, the long-running protein structure prediction competition, with AlphaFold, a machine-learning system capable of predicting the three-dimensional structures of…
SAVE THE DATE – MCB Community Forum on April 17
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites all members of the MCB community to attend the next MCB Community Forum on Friday, April 17, at 4:00 pm…
Kazuki Nagashima Awarded Aramont Fellowship for Innovative T Cell Research
MCB assistant professor Kazuki Nagashima has been awarded an Aramont Fellowship for Emerging Science Research, recognizing exceptional early-career scientists pursuing bold and innovative research. Established in 2017 through…
Konrad Bloch Lecture to Feature Ruth Lehmann on Engineering RNA-Specific Translation
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) is pleased to announce the upcoming Konrad Bloch Lecture, featuring Ruth Lehmann, Director of the Whitehead Institute and Professor in…
Evolutionary Clues Reveal How a Key Hearing Protein Adapted for Function
A new study in Current Biology (PDF) sheds light on how a critical protein underlying hearing evolved to perform its specialized role in vertebrate sensory systems—offering a rare…
Why Evolution Keeps Returning to the Same Solution for Smell
Why do animals as different as insects and mammals process smells in nearly the same way? A new theoretical study published in PNAS takes on this question by…
