Four MCB community members—Julien Barrere, Xiaomeng Han, Neha Karlupia, and Catherine Weiner—have been honored with teaching certificates from the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Awarded to only…
News from 2026
Protein Called Spartin Helps Recycle Lipid Droplet Organelles (Chung Lab)
Nature Cell Biology (PDF) has published a paper authored by MCB faculty Jeeyun Chung. The study outlines a role for the protein spartin in breaking down subcellular organelles…
Luis Hernandez-Nunez Receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Career Award at the Scientific Interface
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) has chosen postdoc Luis Hernandez-Nunez of the Engert Lab as a recipient of its prestigious Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) grant.…
Hopi Hoekstra Named Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
On August 1, Hopi Hoekstra will become the next Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Hopi Hoekstra Hoekstra Lab
Alia Qatarneh Helps Bring Biotech to High Schoolers
Specializing in education was not part of Alia Qatarneh’s plan. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Northeastern, she planned to continue down the traditional academic…
Two Undergraduates Win Hoopes Prize for Research Conducted in Hekstra Lab
Phyllis Zhang (Chemistry & Physics and Computer Science '23) and Ziyuan Zhao (Chemistry & Physics and Computer Science ‘23) from the Hekstra Lab have been awarded the prestigious…
Staff Spotlight: Camila Ossa
MCB HR Coordinator Camila Ossa has been named as a recipient of the Dean’s Distinction, one of the most prestigious honors awarded to Harvard staff members. MCB community…
Congratulations to ALL 2023 Graduates!
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Graduating PhD Student Kate Shulgina’s Research Featured in Commencement Issue of In Focus
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Henderson Prize Goes to Yuen Ting Chow (MCB ‘23)
The Board of Tutors in the Biochemical Sciences has awarded the Henderson Prize to Yuen Ting Chow (MCB ‘23). Named for biochemist and Harvard professor Lawrence J. Henderson…
