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News from 2023

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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Extavour Lab to Host Open House on December 9

Next Friday, the Extavour Lab will open its doors to the Harvard community by hosting an open house. The event is open to the extended MCB community and…

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Brian Wee (CPB ‘23) Awarded Rhodes Scholarship to Study International Health

CPB concentrator Brian Wee (‘23) has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar. The prestigious Rhodes Scholarship chooses 32 US students each year and supports their graduate studies at…

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Catherine Dulac Named University Professor, the Seventh Woman to Hold the Honor

Catherine Dulac has been named a Harvard University Professor, only the 23rd to receive this title since its creation 87 years ago in 1935, and the first MCB…

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MCO Graduate Student Spotlight: Anastasia Repouliou (Extavour Lab)

Anastasia Repouliou of the Extavour Lab has wanted to be a scientist since the age of 10, when she set her sights on becoming an astrophysicist. “Nobody knows…

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Harvard Will be Closed November 24th and 25th and We Wish Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving

We also want to acknowledge that some people at Harvard do not celebrate the holiday for personal, religious, or other reasons. Many see Thanksgiving as a National Day…

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Neil Hunter Will Deliver the Paul Doty Lecture on December 1, 2022

The Doty Lecture is presented annually to celebrate the scientific and public policy achievements of Professor Paul Doty, eminent investigator of polymers, notably including studies of polypeptides, proteins and…

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Larval Zebrafish Avoid Obstacles When Escaping Predators [Engert Lab]

In a daily fight for survival, primitive nervous systems evolved the ability to escape from predators using reflexive reactions that save animals from being eaten. As nervous systems…

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MCB’s Annual Gift Drive Will Support the Embrace-A-Family Program

The end of the year is a time to reflect, rush to finish projects, prepare for the upcoming holidays or yearn for the University to close for the…

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Amanda Whipple Receives R35 Grant from the NIH

MCB faculty Amanda Whipple has received an R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the NIH. The award provides five years of funding to promising early career PIs,…

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