News from 2026

Student Publishes Book on Systems Biology

James Valcourt, a third-year PhD student in Sharad Ramanathan’s lab, has written and published a book for the popular science market. Systematic: How Systems Biology Is Transforming Modern…

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Inheritance of Epigenetic Information [Hunter Lab]

RNA interference (RNAi) in C. elegans is remarkably potent and efficient.  It is potent because minuscule amounts of RNA silencing signals can be amplified and it is efficient…

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Neurobiology Student to Study Storytelling in Scotland

Brooke Bourgeois, class of 2017 and Neurobiology concentrator, has won a Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Fellowship. This post-graduate, year-long fellowship encourages students to explore new areas and new…

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Catherine Dulac Receives 2017 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience

Catherine Dulac, Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has been awarded the 2017 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience. The Scolnick Prize, which consists of a $150,000…

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MCO Student Earns Valuable Cancer Biology Fellowship

Second year MCO graduate student Devon Stork has been named one of the five winners of a Landry Cancer Biology Research Fellowship, which are awarded through Harvard’s Landry…

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Bonnie Bassler to Give 2017 Prather Lectures, March 1, 2, 3

The annual John M. Prather Lectures in Biology will showcase the work of Dr. Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University and Investigator of the Howard Hughes…

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HIGHER DREAMS BEGAN BEFORE HARVARD

MCB undergraduate Jin Park’s parents came to Flushing, New York from South Korea when he was seven. Their dream was to provide their son with the best possible…

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WHAT’S ON THE NEWS? DOPAMINE BROADCASTS MULTIPLE TYPES OF INFORMATION [Uchida Lab]

Monoamine neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin, and noradrenaline are released by small populations of neurons that send information to much of the brain. These neurons function like major…

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IN THE NEWS: CASSANDRA EXTAVOUR ON NEW ZEALAND RADIO

Soprano and scientist Cassandra Extavour Christmas spirit with Canadian soprano Cassandra Extavour's faculty profile

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RECENT MCO GRADUATE NAMED TOP 30 UNDER 30 BY FORBES

Jiang He, who graduated with a Ph.D from Harvard in 2016, was recently named one of the 30 Under 30 for the healthcare sector by Forbes magazine. Jiang,…

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