News from 2026

A Symposium in Celebration of Matthew Meselson

  Matthew Meselson faculty profile      

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Investigating How Sharks and Skates Sense Electric Fields [Bellono Lab]

Sensory systems evolve to detect and transduce stimuli that are most relevant to an animal’s physiological or behavioral context. Ancient cartilaginous fishes, such as sharks, skates, and rays,…

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Doeke Hekstra Chosen as Searle Scholar

MCB and SEAS assistant professor Doeke Hekstra has been chosen as a 2018 Searle Scholar. Each year, the Searles Scholar Program--administered by the Kinship Foundation and funded by…

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Believing in Dopamine [Uchida Lab]

Predicting future rewards depends critically on beliefs about the current state of the world. For example, suppose you go to a restaurant with two chefs, one who you’ve…

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Hopi Hoekstra Elected to American Philosophical Society

Professor Hopi Hoekstra, a faculty member with a joint appointment to the MCB and OEB departments, has been elected to the prestigious American Philosophical Society (APS). Hoekstra is…

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Grad Students Earn Fellowships

MCO students Felix Barber and Gal Lumbroso have been awarded prestigious fellowships that will support their future  research. Barber, a joint student in the Amir and Murray labs,…

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Congratulations to the 2018 Dowling Prize Winner Norma Hylton

Norma Hylton (class of ‘18) has won this year’s John E. Dowling Thesis Prize. This award is given to one undergraduate student each year who has demonstrated exceptional…

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Neurobiology Concentrator Will Travel to Colombia Under a Fulbright Research Grant

Neurobiology concentrator Isa DeLaura (‘18) has been awarded a Fulbright Research Grant to support her research in Montería, Colombia. DeLaura  will spend next year studying hantavirus, a rodent-borne…

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