The piriform cortex in the mammalian brain is the largest cortical region that receives direct sensory input from the olfactory bulb as well as complex top-down inputs from…
News from 2025
Meet Rhino League Commissioner Samantha Finkbeiner
The time-honored BioLabs tradition of summer Rhino League volleyball tournaments will continue this summer under the leadership of Dulac Lab Research Assistant Samantha Finkbeiner, who competed in last…
Rich Losick to Give Keynote at Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI)’s 20th Anniversary Symposium
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI), a coalition of researchers in departments across the university who study the lives of microbes. MCB…
Register to Attend “Cinco de Bio” Mayfest by April 28!
On Friday May 5th, MCB will hold its second annual Mayfest in the BioLabs courtyard from noon to 4:00 PM. This year’s theme will be “Cinco de Bio.”…
Science in the News Brings New Research to Broad Audiences
Science in the News (SITN) is an initiative created to build a communication bridge between science-trainees and a curious public, offering everything from blog posts and graphics to…
Alexander Chen, Srihari Ganesh, Clarence Ndubisi, and Will Nickols Elected to Phi Beta Kappa (PBK)
Each spring, the Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) honor society selects 24 extraordinarily accomplished juniors to join its ranks. Established in 1779, Harvard’s PBK chapter is one of the…
Sensory Receptor Evolution in Octopus and Squid [Bellono Lab]
Cephalopods like octopus and squid are well known for their repertoire of sophisticated behaviors governed by their elaborate nervous systems that are comparable in size to complex vertebrates,…
Lichtman Lab to Host Open House on April 14!
Students, postdocs, staff, and faculty are invited to join the Lichtman Lab for an Open House on Friday, April 14. The event will include tours of the lab, presentations…
How Simple Multicellularity Can Evolve into Regulated Reproduction [Murray Lab]
The development of multicellularity has been a remarkable turning point in Earth's biological history, enabling greater morphological diversity and the formation of new organizational structures. This transformation hinged…
Thomas Südhof to Give 2023 JOHN M. Prather Lectures, April 12, 13, and 14
Thomas Südhof, one of the preeminent molecular and cellular neuroscientists in the world, will present the John M. Prather Lectures in Biology on April 12, 13, and 14,…
