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Former MCB Students Named Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford

Two recent Harvard graduates with ties to the MCB department have been named recipients of the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholars fellowship at Stanford University, joining a global cohort of…

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How Experience Shapes the Social Brain—One Tiny Fish at a Time

Why do animals respond differently to the same social situation? According to new research from the MCB lab of Florian Engert, the answer may depend as much on…

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MCO PhD Candidate Arshia Mostoufi Receives Prestigious Canadian Doctoral Fellowship

Arshia Mostoufi, an MCO PhD candidate in the lab of  Ya-Chieh Hsu in Harvard's Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, has received a prestigious doctoral fellowship from…

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New CRISPR Method Reveals Genes That Shape the Developing Brain

Understanding how a single genetic mutation can alter the shape of a developing organ has long posed a challenge for developmental biologists. While researchers can readily study the…

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Got a Zombie Fly? MCB Scientists Want Your Help Mapping a Mind-Controlling Fungus

A dead fly perched high on a blade of grass, wings raised, glued in place by its own mouthparts, might look like something out of a horror movie.…

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Naoshige Uchida to Lead MCB as New Department Chair

After nearly two decades at Harvard, neuroscientist Naoshige Uchida is preparing to take on a new role: chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB). Uchida,…

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Two Decades in the Making: New Study Reveals How Brain Function Shapes Its Own Structure

After nearly 20 years of meticulous research, a team of Harvard scientists has published findings in Nature Neuroscience (PDF) that fundamentally challenge how we think about brain development.…

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MCB Postdoctoral Researchers Matthew Capek and Ruoyu Chen Awarded Jane Coffin Childs Fellowships

Two MCB postdoctoral researchers, Matthew Capek and Ruoyu (Roy) Chen, have been awarded prestigious fellowships from the Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research, one of the nation's…

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