Oxytocin and its cognate receptor have been proposed as essential mediators of social behaviors, physiological functions, and emotional responses in many animal species. Oxytocin is an evolutionarily conserved…
News from 2026
MCB Concentrator to Build Biotech Startup
“I believe that sometimes when you know exactly what you want to do in ten years, you should just do it now.” So says Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz, formerly…
A Little of Magic Spot Goes a Long Way in Cyanobacteria [O’Shea Lab]
Guanosine tetraphosphate and pentaphosphate, collectively known as (p)ppGpp or magic spot nucleotides, are effectors of the stringent response, a stress response pathway activated during nutrient and energy deprivation.…
Biology by Any Means Necessary: Vlad Denic in MCB
Sometimes how you get where you’re going is as important as what you do when you get there. This is true of the proteins in our cells, whose…
A Code for mRNA Decay [Schier Lab]
To make a change, we must replace old with new: plow the field to seed new plants, abandon old habits to adapt new ones, and erase the board…
MCB student Alan Yang earns Rhodes Scholarship
MCB Concentrator Alan Yang has been selected as a 2018 Rhodes Scholar. The prestigious and highly selective Rhodes Scholarship will support Yang as he pursues a master’s in…
Larry Gold Will Deliver the Paul Doty Lecture on December 14, 2017
Larry Gold will present the annual Doty Lecture, "Human Proteomics: From Biology to Chemistry to Big Data to Personalized Healthcare", at 12 noon on December 14, 2017 in…
MCB Postdocs Receive Prestigious NIH Fellowships
Two MCB postdocs--Dhananjay “DJ” Bambah-Mukku of the Dulac Lab and Nicholas Tran of the Sanes Lab--have received fellowship funding from the National Institutes of Health in support of…
Harvard Researchers Among Those Receiving More Than $150 Million in Funding from the NIH BRAIN Initiative
Harvard scientists are among dozens of researchers who will receive more than $150 million in funding over the next five years through the National Institute of Health’s Brain…
In Memoriam Fotis Kafatos
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the sad news of the passing of Fotis Kafatos, our dear friend and former colleague. Fotis trained…
