The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center (EWSC) at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has chosen SEAS graduate student and Hekstra Lab member Minhuan Li as one…
News from 2026
Garner Lab Discovers How Bacteria Control the Number of Protein Machines Building Their Cell Wall
Experiments by the Garner Lab have yielded insights into how bacteria control their rate of growth of their external cell wall in response to the nutrients they are…
Rats Take Their Time When Learning and Earn More Rewards Overall, Study Finds
A recently published paper, authored by alumni of the Cox Lab and the MCO program, suggests that slow initial decision making can lead to reaping big rewards through…
Postdoc Spotlight: Adnan Syed
Postdoc Adnan Syed of the Losick Lab is community-oriented in his approach to academic life, as well as in his research on bacterial biofilms. He is a founding member…
A Signature Brain Wave That Signals Windows of Brain Plasticity [Hensch Lab]
Researchers from the Hensch Lab—led by MCB faculty Takao Hensch, Curriculum and Pedagogy Manager Kathleen Quast (Ph.D. ‘13), and then graduate student Rebecca Reh (Ph.D. ‘15)—have identified biomarkers…
New MCB Professor Promotes Curiosity and Confidence
Jeeyun Chung has been named Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Her lab will study how cells organize and utilize lipids for cellular functions and why their…
Learning to Grow “Neural Tubes” In Vitro Yields Insights Into Human Embryonic Development [Ramanathan Lab]
Researchers in the Ramanathan Lab asked how the human embryo – and in particular an embryonic tissue called the neural tube, which gives rise to the spinal cord…
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…
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…
