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What if a gene program evolved that could predict the future? Would organisms use it to boost their reproductive success? Recent work from the MCB lab of Craig…
MCB Professor Andrew Murray has been elected as an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), a distinction that honors more than 2,100 leading scientists from…
MCB congratulates Carolyn Elya, Assistant Professor of MCB and affiliate of the Center for Brain Science, on receiving a Klingenstein Fellowship Award in Neuroscience. This competitive early-career award,…
The Charles H. Hood Foundation has awarded MCB Assistant Professor Kazuki Nagashima a Child Health Research Award, supporting his investigation into a fundamental—but poorly understood—process that may hold…
Daniel Cardozo Pinto, soon to be appointed a Harvard Junior Fellow, represents a compelling new voice in systems neuroscience. His research, grounded in a profound curiosity about the…
They look like crawling leaves, but these sea slugs are anything but ordinary. MCB Professor Nick Bellono calls them “the weirdest animal we’ve ever studied”—a bold claim from…
A new study published in Cell from the lab of MCB faculty member Nick Bellono reveals that octopuses detect microbial cues on surfaces to distinguish prey and eggs…
A new paper in Nature (PDF) presents intriguing science on how dopamine neurons operate across multiple timescales to guide learning and decision-making. The study provides compelling experimental evidence…
Brittany Walsh, Research Assistant for the Bellono Lab, has been named a 2025 recipient of the FAS Dean’s Distinction Award, one of Harvard’s highest staff honors. The award…
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) proudly congratulates all of our graduating students! First and foremost, we celebrate our PhD graduates. This year, 18 students in…
