When Mackenzie Harrigan began her PhD at Harvard, she knew she loved science. What she didn’t yet know was how deeply she would come to value shaping how…
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The Rhinos Get Wicked for Halloween
It’s that time of year again—when the iconic rhinos outside the BioLabs building get a seasonal makeover! Continuing a beloved MCB tradition, the first-year students in the Molecules,…
Hannah McCalmon Awarded NIH F31 Fellowship to Study How the Brain Remembers Smells
Fourth-year MCO PhD student Hannah McCalmon of the Venkatesh Murthy Lab in MCB has been awarded an NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship to support her research on how the…
MCB Launches A Slice of Science Seminar Series This Fall
This fall, MCB will introduce a new seminar series, A Slice of Science, which merges two well-known departmental traditions: Friday Talks @4 and the MCO Journal Club (MCB…
How Wild Mice Outsmart Predators: Evolution Tweaks the Brain, Not the Senses
A new Nature study from the lab of OEB and MCB’s Hopi Hoekstra reveals that wild mice from different environments use distinct defensive strategies when faced with threats—differences that…
You Are What Your Great-Grandparents Ate
What if a gene program evolved that could predict the future? Would organisms use it to boost their reproductive success? Recent work from the MCB lab of Craig…
Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) proudly congratulates all of our graduating students! First and foremost, we celebrate our PhD graduates. This year, 18 students in…
Recognizing Excellence in Mentorship: 2025 MCB Mentorship Award Recipients
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) at Harvard has announced the recipients of the 2025 MCB Mentorship Awards, honoring four individuals whose dedication to guiding and…
Kickstart Your Career Development: Exploring Career Resources with the Mignone Center for Career Success
On Monday, May 5th, Caroline Rende, Associate Director, Graduate Career Exploration with Harvard’s Mignone Center for Career Success will give a presentation tailored for graduate students, but open…
Mini-Course Explores Scientific Controversy and the Evolution of Ideas
Harvard MCO PhD student Jeremy Koob and his longtime friend, Alexander Mitchell, an MD/PhD student at the University of Connecticut, recently co-taught a mini-course offered through Harvard’s Graduate…
