When Harvard University professor Ethan Garner pondered how to help health-care workers facing a lack of medical equipment as they fight the novel coronavirus, he thought about Burning…
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Your Neighbors Dictate What You Can Do [Murray Lab]
Biological function, such as DNA replication and chromosome segregation, depend on the complex interactions among many different proteins. As a biological function changes during evolution, the network of…
Nathan Grant Advocates for Including More Siblings in Research on Disabilities [MCB concentrator]
MCB concentrator Nathan Grant (’20) recently authored a short paper (PDF) in the journal Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, where he responds to an original study by Eisengart…
Microglia Help New Neurons Make the Right Connections [Murthy Lab]
Historically, it was thought that the brain lacked an immune system because the blood-brain barrier prevents the entry of immune cells from the rest of the body. However,…
A Neuron Published in Neuron [Lichtman Lab]
In the brain, the function of a nerve cell (a neuron) is based both on the input it receives, via synapses onto its dendrites from upstream neurons, and…
Murthy and Dulac Appear in Panel Discussion about Science and History of Scent
Today, The Harvard Gazette featured a recent panel discussion about the science and cultural significance of scent. The panel included MCB faculty and Chair Venkatesh Murthy, along with…
Giselle Grenier Receives Dean’s Distinction Award [Hensch Lab]
MCB administrative staff member Giselle Grenier, who serves as executive assistant to MCB faculty Takao Hensch and John Dowling, has been named as a 2020 recipient of the…
Brian Kobilka Will Deliver the 2020 John T. Edsall Lecture
Dr. Kobilka is the Hélène Irwin Fagan Chair in Cardiology and a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University. He is a co-recipient…
Fanuel Muindi Publishes Paper on the Role of Personal Storytelling in Science Communication [MCO]
Assistant Director of Graduate Programs Fanuel Muindi, PhD, (@FanuelMuindi on Twitter) recently co-authored a paper advocating for the importance of storytelling in science communication. The paper titled “Human…
