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Grad Student Spotlight: Vivian Jou

MCO graduate student Vivian Jou (G5) has been awarded an F31 Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases…

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Julien Barrere, Xiaomeng Han, Neha Karlupia, and Catherine Weiner Honored by Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

Four MCB community members—Julien Barrere, Xiaomeng Han, Neha Karlupia, and Catherine Weiner—have been honored with teaching certificates from the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Awarded to only…

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Protein Called Spartin Helps Recycle Lipid Droplet Organelles (Chung Lab)

Nature Cell Biology  (PDF) has published a paper authored by MCB faculty Jeeyun Chung. The study outlines a role for the protein spartin in breaking down subcellular organelles…

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Luis Hernandez-Nunez Receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Career Award at the Scientific Interface

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) has chosen postdoc Luis Hernandez-Nunez of the Engert Lab as a recipient of its prestigious Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) grant.…

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Hopi Hoekstra Named Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

On August 1, Hopi Hoekstra will become the next Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Hopi Hoekstra Hoekstra Lab

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Alia Qatarneh Helps Bring Biotech to High Schoolers

Specializing in education was not part of Alia Qatarneh’s plan. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Northeastern, she planned to continue down the traditional academic…

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Two Undergraduates Win Hoopes Prize for Research Conducted in Hekstra Lab

Phyllis Zhang (Chemistry & Physics and Computer Science  '23) and Ziyuan Zhao (Chemistry & Physics and Computer Science ‘23) from the Hekstra Lab have been awarded the prestigious…

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Staff Spotlight: Camila Ossa

MCB HR Coordinator Camila Ossa has been named as a recipient of the Dean’s Distinction, one of the most prestigious honors awarded to Harvard staff members. MCB community…

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Graduating PhD Student Kate Shulgina’s Research Featured in Commencement Issue of In Focus

[caption]Link to full story[/caption] More about Kate's research and the Eddy lab [caption]Link to 2023 In Focus Commencement issue[/caption]  

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