Robert A. Lue, professor of the practice of molecular and cellular biology, is the inaugural Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and…
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LOSICK WINS HARVARD PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TEACHING
Richard Losick has received Harvard’s 2013 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching. The prize specifically recognizes exceptional teaching in introductory courses, as well as the ability…
NATURE VIDEO FEATURE [ENGERT LAB]
Read full story in Nature I NEWS FEATURE Further reading on this work in Nature or download PDF; Nature 485, 471-477 (24 May 2012) View Florian Engert's Faculty…
MODULARITY OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS ENABLES MULTIFUNCTIONAL SIGNAL PROCESSING [O’SHEA LAB]
Nan Hao (l) and Erin O'Shea Living organisms respond to external cues and initiate appropriate physiological responses through activation of transcription factors, which regulate expression of target genes.…
DIGGING FOR GENES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO BEHAVIORAL EVOLUTION [HOEKSTRA LAB]
(l to r) Hopi E. Hoekstra, Dana Brimmer, and Jesse Weber Many animals build elaborate structures—bees make hives, birds build nests, and rodents construct burrows—for which Richard Dawkins…
HARVARD’S LIFE SCIENCES OUTREACH PROGRAM AT 10 YEARS
(l to r) Tara Bennett, Prof. Rob Lue, Susan Johnson, Prof. Catherine Dulac, and Alia Qatarneh For the past decade, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology has…
ETHAN GARNER RECEIVES SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AWARD
Assistant Professor Ethan Garner has been selected for a three-year, $300,000 award from the Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research. The program was created in…
UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT MCO: GATEWAY TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Anna Puszynska, Carolina Salguero, Prof. Cassandra Extavour, Didem Sarikaya, Kristian Herrera, Christina Saak, and Prof. Victoria D'Souza Carolina Salguero, a native of Bogota, Colombia, is a second year…
DECIPHERING A REGULATORY CODE WITHIN THE GENETIC CODE [CLUZEL LAB]
Arvind Subramaniam The genetic code is degenerate because most of the amino acids used in protein synthesis are encoded by multiple nucleotide triplets, or codons. The amino acid…
