The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) recently selected Vlad Denic, a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, as the recipient of this year’s Early…
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News from 2016
POSTDOC PROFILE: MIGUEL COELHO [MURRAY LAB]
Growing up in Lisbon, Portugal, Miguel Coelho was a curious, contemplative kid, as interested in why things happen as in how they work. It is no surprise, then,…
BUILDING A CLUB SANDWICH [SANES LAB]
The aim of developmental neurobiology is to learn how the nervous system is built, and to find the developmental anomalies that are thought to underlie some brain diseases. …
RNA REMODELING BY AN EFFICIENT RETROVIRAL RENOVATOR [D’SOUZA LAB]
As anyone who has renovated a home knows, the process of remodeling often requires an elaborate orchestration of timing and materials. Remodeling at the molecular level is likewise…
ANDREW MURRAY: MAGPIE, ROMANTIC, HHMI PROFESSOR
Andrew Murray is one of 15 new Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professors, selected from among applicants from 109 invited institutions. The prestigious HHMI Professorship Program provides a…
MURRAY AND LICHTMAN ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
MCB Professors Andrew Murray and Jeff Lichtman have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The two are among 84 new members and 21 foreign associates…
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE [DULAC LAB]
The discovery of neural circuits underlying social behavior is among the most fascinating goals in modern neuroscience: the specific brains areas and neuronal subsets in which social…
LOOK MOM, NO BREAKS! [KLECKNER LAB]
Chromosomal regions of identical or nearly identical DNA sequence can preferentially associate with one another in the apparent absence of DNA breakage and recombination. The genome-wide synapsis of…
BACTERIA REMEMBER THE PAST WHEN DECIDING ABOUT THE FUTURE [LOSICK LAB]
Bacillus subtilis is a bacterium with many talents. Some cells devote themselves to exploration, abandoning their relatives to live as swimming ‘motile’ cells. Others instead choose a cooperative,…
