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…
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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…
With Deepest Sadness, We Announce the Passing of Janet Montgomery
It is with profound sorrow that the MCB Department shares the news of the unexpected passing of our dear colleague Janet Frazer Montgomery, who died on December 26,…
Study Reveals Neural Circuit Behind the Brain’s Dopamine–Serotonin “Gas–Brake” System for Reward
A new study by Daniel Cardozo Pinto, now a Harvard Junior Fellow in MCB, has uncovered a neural circuit mechanism explaining how two key brain chemicals—dopamine and serotonin—work…
Harvard’s Biochemical Sciences Tutorial Program Marks a Century of Scientific Education – and a Year of Celebratory Events
In 1926, Harvard introduced a distinctive approach to undergraduate science education: the Biochemical Sciences Concentration and Tutorial, overseen by the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences. Built around…
