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…
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Congratulations to the 2017 Rhino Cup Winners!
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)…
Mother May I? Inheritance of Silencing Signals in C. elegans [Hunter 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…
How Do Environmental Stimuli Set Individual Circadian Clocks to Stochastic Phases? [O’Shea Lab]
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…
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2017 MCB Staff Badminton Tournament!
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…
Turning the ON off: Sculpting One of Two Dendritic Branches in a Retinal Neuron [Sanes Lab]
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…
When Bacteria Get Stressed [Losick Lab]
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…
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…
