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Directed Morphogenesis of Early Human Spinal Cord and Locomotor System [Ramanathan Lab]

A study from the Ramanathan Lab, helmed by graduate student Yusuf Ilker Yaman, has shed light on how developing human embryos take shape. The paper appears in the…

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Nicholas Bellono, Who Studies Sensory Biology and Cell Physiology within MCB, has been Promoted to Associate Professor

“Any recognition I receive is a reflection of the great people I get to work with in my lab, our amazing collaborators, fantastic departmental staff, and my supportive…

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Denic Lab Discovers an Ancient and Essential Translation Factor Chaperone

Billions of years ago, the first eukaryotic common ancestor split from its archaeal lineage with a distinct set of genes, the majority of which many of us (eukaryotes)…

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New Course Taught by Sam Kunes and Michele Markstein

We are pleased to introduce a new cell biology course, MCB 66 Pathological Cell Biology, to the curriculum of the MCB Concentration this Spring. MCB 66 will explore…

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Dulac and Zhuang Labs Create “Cell Atlas” of Aging in the Mouse Brain

Research led by Harvard Junior Fellow William Allen, a joint postdoctoral fellow in Catherine Dulac’s and Xiaowei Zhuang’s Labs, has generated a “cell atlas” of RNA expression in…

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Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year from All of Us at MCB!

Harvard will be closed from Dec 23, 2022 through January 2, 2023. We wish everyone a well-deserved break and for those who celebrate, we wish them a happy,…

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Joyce Zhou (Neuro ‘23) to Study Global Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University

Next fall, Neuroscience concentrator Joyce Zhou (‘23) will join a cohort of outstanding recent graduates as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The Schwarzman Scholarship supports…

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Postdocs Jenny Chen, Souvik Mandal, Tadasu Nozaki, Changwoo Seo, and Rebecka Sepela Awarded Fellowships

This fall, five postdocs from MCB Labs have been awarded prestigious fellowships from notable funding sources, including the NIH, the Harvard Brain Sciences Initiative, the Charles A. King…

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Kavya Shah (CPB & Stats ‘23) Chosen as a Marshall Scholar

CPB and Statistics concentrator Kavya Shah (‘23) has been selected as a 2023 Marshall Scholar. The prestigious scholarship enables graduates of US universities to study at any university…

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Program for Scientifically-Inspired Leadership (PSIL) brings the Liberal Arts and Sciences to Indian High School Students

This coming January, a team of Harvard students and staff will travel to India to lead an educational workshop that will enable Indian high school students to explore…

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