Scientists in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) and Center for Brain Science (CBS) have launched a high-tech effort to map the brain’s “wiring diagram” and…
News from 2015
BRAIN TEAM WINS NIH AWARD
(L-R)Jeff Lichtman, Markus Meister, and Joshua Sanes A special federal grant for bold, outside-of-the-box biomedical proposals has been awarded to an MCB team with an ambitious plan to…
SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR RNA SILENCING
(L-R)Hunter and Antony Jose A powerful way to treat genetic diseases and combat viral infections would be to turn off disease-associated genes. This can be accomplished using a…
STEVEN CHU PRESENTS 2011 BLOCH LECTURE
This year’s Bloch Lecture will be given by Steven Chu, the United States Secretary of Energy. The title of his lecture will be “The Role of Science, Technology…
ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE (THURSDAY, NOV. 10 UNTIL THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 2011)
MCB Building Operations crew (L to R): Jimmy Costello, Gary Goodwin, Les Takacs, Eileen Snow, Paul Tighe, Velma DuPont, and Chuck Bilikas
MCB AWARDS 2011 PERALTA AND MESELSON PRIZES TO GHAZALEH ASHRAFI AND JEREMIAH COHEN
(l-r) Ghazaleh Ashrafi and Markus Meister (l-r) Matthew Meselson, Jeremiah Cohen and Nao Uchida Ghazaleh Ashrafi and Jeremiah Cohen received prizes given annually for outstanding research achievement at…
SMELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM YOUR ENEMIES!
Unlike humans, most animals rely heavily on scents to collect information about their external environment, and in particular assess the friendly or not-so-friendly nature of encounters with other…
D’SOUZA AND LESCHZINER PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Andres Leschziner Victoria D'Souza The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology is pleased to announce the promotion of Victoria D'Souza and Andres Leschziner to Associate Professor. "The MCB…
HOPI HOEKSTRA’S MOLECULAR APPROACH TO EVOLUTION
Hopi Hoekstra The three heads on the wall of Hopi Hoekstra’s office belong to the same species of blesboks, a South African antelope with a characteristic blaze on…
MCB FACULTY FLORIAN ENGERT AND SHARAD RAMANATHAN RECEIVE 2011 NIH DIRECTOR’S PIONEER AWARDS
Sharad Ramanathan Florian Engert Two MCB faculty members, Florian Engert and Sharad Ramanathan, are recipients of the 2011 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program. This program supports individual scientists…
