Toward the end of her Ph.D. training, Amanda Whipple (née Ward) faced a dilemma: She could continue to satisfy her curiosity through basic research or adopt an industry…
Harmit Malik faculty profile, Malik lab
News from 2026
2019 MCB Holiday Gift Drive and Harvest Bake Sale (November 25) to Benefit Rosie’s Place!
For the second year in a row, donations to MCB’s annual holiday gift drive will go to Rosie’s Place, the oldest women’s shelter in the U.S. Rosie’s Place…
Joshua Sanes Receives Cowan Award for Research on Neural Development
MCB faculty Joshua Sanes is the 2019 recipient of the W. Maxwell Cowan Award for achievement in the study of neural development. The biennial award was established in…
Happy Halloween!
Greetings from the first-year MCO graduate students. "Russell the Rhino: an extremely accomplished MCO Explorer with just one missing badge, standing next to a floating chimney that will…
Nick Bellono Receives the New York Stem Cell Foundation’s Robertson Award
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) has named MCB faculty Nicholas Bellono as a recipient of the 2019 Robertson Investigator Award. The award provides five years…
Dulac Receives Award from Society for Neuroscience
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has named MCB faculty Catherine Dulac as a recipient of the 2019 Ralph W. Gerard Prize. The prize honors lifetime achievement in neuroscience…
A Homeostatic Circuit for Hunger [Engert and Kunes Labs]
Decades ago, pioneering studies in cats and rodents identified regions within an ancient part of the brain, the hypothalamus, that are sufficient to increase or reduce appetite. Stimulating…
Nramp is Quite Different from the Textbook Description of a Secondary Transporter! [Gaudet Lab]
Organisms must accumulate scarce nutrients from their environments to survive. This often involves moving molecules up a concentration gradient, which is entropically unfavorable. Active transport proteins embedded in…
Japan Summer Science Undergraduate Research Program (JSSURP) Expands to New Sites and Disciplines
Years ago, a Harvard undergraduate named Takao Hensch decided to spend a year conducting research in Japan. But lining up a position overseas proved tricky. “I put it…
