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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.…
MCB congratulates Carolyn Elya, Assistant Professor of MCB and affiliate of the Center for Brain Science, on receiving a Klingenstein Fellowship Award in Neuroscience. This competitive early-career award,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
