Join us for an in-person talk by Gabrielle Paniccia, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Carolyn Elya Lab, who will explain why scientists use glowing animals and cells in research,…
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Carolyn Elya Receives Prestigious Smith Family Foundation Award for Biomedical Research
MCB Assistant Professor Carolyn Elya has been named a 2025 recipient of the Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, a highly competitive honor that supports promising…
Carolyn Elya Named a 2025 Searle Scholar
The MCB Department is delighted to announce that MCB Assistant Professor Carolyn Elya has been selected as a 2025 Searle Scholar. This prestigious award recognizes exceptional young faculty…
New Microbiology Course to Launch This Fall – REGISTRATION OPEN NOW
The Microbes Are Coming This Fall! Don’t worry—it’s not another pandemic, but an exciting new general microbiology course for undergraduates launching in Fall 2025, taught by MCB Assistant…
Elya Lab’s Zombie-Making Fungus Research Covered by Knowable Magazine and The Scientist
New articles in Knowable Magazine and The Scientist feature MCB faculty Carolyn Elya and her lab’s research on fungi that parasitize flies. The Knowable story, penned by science…
Elya Lab to Host Open House and Halloween TGIF on October 25
On (Friday) October 25, the Elya Lab will host an Open House, followed by Friday Talks @4 and Halloween TGIF. Initiated by the community task force on Equity,…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Julius Tabin (Elya Lab)
OEB graduate student Julius Tabin is a member of the Elya Lab. There he is investigating fungus-infected “zombie” flies and searching for the molecule or molecules that cause…
“Zombie”-making Fungus Carries an Enormous Genome
MCB faculty Carolyn Elya has recently published a paper in eLife exploring the genome of the fly-infecting fungus Entomophthora muscae. The fungus is best known for turning its…
New Faculty Spotlight: Carolyn Elya
Biologist Carolyn Elya will join MCB as a junior faculty member starting in January. Her research centers on a fungus called Entomophthora that infects flies and turns them…
MCB Welcomes New Faculty Member Carolyn Elya!
MCB is thrilled to announce that Carolyn Elya will join the department as Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology. Her appointment will officially begin on January 1st,…
