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News from 2019

MCB Professor Wins NIH Award

MCB professor Alex Schier is one of the 2017 winners of the Director's Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His project, “DNA-Mediated Recording of Cellular…

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MCB Faculty, Students, and Researchers Recognized at Department Retreat

Every year, the MCB department announces the winners of awards that honor the creativity, experimental rigor, and collaborative spirit of Harvard students, postdocs, and faculty.  This year’s honorees…

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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)…

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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…

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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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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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