News from 2026

Professor Matthew Meselson Receives Honorary Degree from Rockefeller University

"Matthew Meselson is being recognized for insights that laid the groundwork for the study of DNA replication, recombination, restriction, and repair. With his colleagues, Meselson demonstrated how DNA…

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Remembering S. Allen Counter

Allen Counter, a familiar face around the Biological Labs for more than 45 years, died on July 12 at the age of 73. He was an Assistant Professor…

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Phosphatases and Proteases are Distant Relatives [Losick and Gaudet Labs]

Diverse cellular and developmental processes are controlled by reversible phosphorylation – the process by which phosphates are added or removed from proteins. Reversible protein phosphorylation is widely used…

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Award-winning MCB Concentrator Moves Forward to Study Bioscience Enterprise

MCB concentrator and newly minted graduate Henry Cousins (‘17) received both the Thomas Hoopes Award and the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences’’ Henderson Award for his thesis…

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Go Against the Flow [Engert Lab]

Understanding brain function generally requires a deep engagement with the matter at least at two separate levels. These are the level of behavioral algorithms on the one hand…

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Alex Schier Named Site Director for an Exciting New Allen Discovery Center

Alex Schier named site director for an exciting new Allen Discovery Center for Lineage Tracing, announced the The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group. The Center is funded at $10…

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MCB’s Behind the Scenes Hero: A/V Technician Jack Conlin Wins Harvard Hero Award

When Audio and Visual technician Jack Conlin found out he would be receiving the Harvard Hero Award at a staff meeting, he received a gift he didn’t expect:…

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Spring 2017 MCB Fellowships Announced

This spring found five MCB postdoctoral fellows earning valuable fellowships. Summer Thyme and Jeff Farrell from the Schier Lab and Abhishek Shrivastava from the Berg Lab all won…

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Grand Opening of BioLounge on Friday

Enjoy coffee, conversation, and a ribbon cutting this Friday, June 9th at 10 am in the BioLounge! This newly renovated space, by the main entrance and outside the…

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MCB Professor Receives Teaching Award

Prof. David Cox received the 2017 Roslyn Abramson Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. Cox Lab Website  

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