Parental care is crucial for the survival of mammals, yet species vary widely in the extent and type of care they give to their young. In species where…
News from 2019
MCB Professor Wins Sackler Prize
MCB Professor Takao K. Hensch, who researches brain development with Harvard’s Center for Brain Science and Children’s Hospital Boston, has won the biannual Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D. Prize…
14th Annual Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Symposium Explores the Richest Biological Reservoir on Earth: The Microbial World
Microbes (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protists) are ubiquitous on earth and affect every part of our lives. Yet they are mostly invisible, and the vast majority of…
Who Moved My Arm? Learning from Performance Error [Uchida Lab]
You head to your favorite coffee shop, order a cappuccino, and when the barista calls your name, you grab your coffee. Imagine, however, you grab the wrong cup…
Engineering and Physical Biology (EPB) Annual Symposium
The PhD Track in Engineering and Physical Biology (EPB) invites you to attend their annual Symposium, being held on Saturday April 8th from 9:00am to 12:30pm in the Northwest…
Finding Sparse Patterns in High Dimensional Single Cell Gene Expression Data [Ramanathan Lab]
During development, multipotent cells make a series of cell fate decisions, eventually leading to the various distinct cell types in the body. With the advent of high-throughput measurement…
From Motion to Mechanism: Cytoskeletal Dynamics Drive Cell Division in Bacteria [Garner Lab]
Cell division is one of the most fundamental processes of life, conserved across all kingdoms. Over the last decades, scientists have identified many of the components involved in…
Early Germ Layer Differentiation Occurs Through a Series of Discrete Cell State Transitions [Ramanathan Lab]
During mammalian development, embryonic stem cells undergo cell-fate decisions to commit to one of three germ layer lineages: ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. Although decades of research in developmental…
Meselson Featured in Conversations in Genetics Video Series
MCB faculty member and Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Matthew Meselson was recently interviewed for the Genetics Society of America's (GSA) Conversations in Genetics series. In the video Meselson,…
Uncovering the Dynamics of Interneuron Production and Maturation [Ramanathan Lab]
Inhibitory interneurons are a diverse population with crucial roles in cortical and striatal information processing. These cells have been implicated in human neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism,…
