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…
News from 2026
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,…
How Fish Learn to Ignore Inconsequential Events [Engert Lab]
As a graduate student in the Gabbiani lab at Baylor College of Medicine, I studied how locust brains processed sensory information about an approaching predator and gave rise…
MCB Postdoc Developing New Field of Systems Neurocardiology
Luis Hernandez-Nunez, postdoc in the Engert lab in MCB, is at the forefront of a new field he calls Systems neurocardiology, a combination of control theory, systems neuroscience,…
World Science Festival Highlights Takao Hensch in New Video
MCB faculty Takao Hensch is being featured alongside neuroscientist John Krakauer of Johns Hopkins and neurotechnologist Brett Wingeier of Magnus Medical in a video about neuroplasticity on the…
Cliff Brangwynne Will Deliver the 2023 Edsall Lecture on March 23
Clifford "Cliff" Brangwynne will deliver the 2023 Edsall Lecture on March 23 at noon in the Northwest Building, B103. Brangwynne is an HHMI investigator and Professor at Princeton…
What’s in a Squeak? Wild Mice Provide New Insights into Why Vocalization Evolves [Hoekstra Lab]
All babies cry, but, as any parent can tell you, not all cries are the same. Across mammals, young animals are born with the ability to produce cry…
