Four MCB grad students have been awarded prestigious fellowships that will support and sustain their research in the coming year. Vayu Maini Rekdal of the Emily Balskus lab…
Genes in Space winner Alia Al Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and her Harvard MCB mentor, Tessa Montague, have successfully launched their miniPCR genetics experiment into…
Team Soft Serve Max Nikitchenko (Engert lab), Aaron Burberry (Eggan Lab), Clemens Riegler (Engert Lab), Fred Rubino (Kahne Lab), Will Menegas (Uchida Lab), Philip Shiu (Hunter Lab), Fred Chang (Kleckner Lab)…
RNA interference (RNAi) is a nearly ubiquitous gene silencing phenomenon triggered by introduced double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). In some animals, including the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, RNAi is systemic, which…
Many organisms on earth have evolved an endogenous self-sustained pacemaker, called the circadian clock, to anticipate daily changes in the environment and adapt its physiology. The circadian clock…
1st – Chris Caldwell (Environmental Health and Safety) and John Kropowensky (MCB Core Admin – Undergraduate Programs) 2nd – Alex Gonsalves (Northwest Building – Shipping and Receiving ) and Katie…
The dendritic arbors of neurons are incredibly diverse in size and shape. This makes sense, because dendritic morphology is a critical determinant of the numbers and types of…
All cells need to sense and respond to different stresses in their local environment in order to survive and grow, and bacteria are certainly no exception. The model…
