Astrocytes, the most abundant non-neuronal cell type in the brain, have traditionally been thought of as passive supporters of neuronal circuits. However, in recent years, work from many…
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) at Harvard has announced the recipients of the 2025 MCB Mentorship Awards, honoring four individuals whose dedication to guiding and…
Understanding how proteins interact inside living cells is fundamental to biology. Yet, visualizing these interactions with high precision—and at the scale and condition at which they actually occur—has…
Join us for an in-person talk by Gabrielle Paniccia, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Carolyn Elya Lab, who will explain why scientists use glowing animals and cells in research,…
On Friday, May 9, the MCB community is invited to a special afternoon of science, storytelling, and structural biology. Three labs—those of Victoria D’Souza, Rachelle Gaudet, and Doeke…
Nobel Laureate and HHMI Investigator Ardem Patapoutian, PhD will deliver the 2025 Bloch lecture. His talk, "May the Force Be With You! Piezo Channels in Mechanosensory Biology,” will…
The Harvard Arts Festival, formerly HARVARD ARTS FIRST Festival, returns May 1–4, bringing four days of music, movement, theater, and visual art to life across campus. Students from CPB,…
MCB Assistant Professor Carolyn Elya has been named a 2025 recipient of the Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, a highly competitive honor that supports promising…
As the weather warms and summer approaches, one tradition at MCB returns with all the energy and camaraderie it has come to represent: Rhino League. Now entering another…
Dean Rosenthal, a second-year PhD student in Harvard’s Biological Sciences in Public Health (BPH) program, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)—one of the…
