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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Spotlight: Ashley Johnson Brings a Student-Centered Vision and a Scientist’s Heart to MCB
When Ashley Johnson stepped into the role of Interim Program Administrator for the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) and Chemical and Physical Biology (CPB) concentrations this past May,…
Wendy Valencia Montoya – Bridging Natural History and Molecular Biology
By the time Wendy Valencia Montoya arrived at Harvard, she had already lived in tents deep in the Amazon, crisscrossed Europe to study evolutionary biology, and uncovered genetic…
Daniel Cardozo Pinto: Decoding the Neural Circuitry of Reward Learning
Daniel Cardozo Pinto, soon to be appointed a Harvard Junior Fellow, represents a compelling new voice in systems neuroscience. His research, grounded in a profound curiosity about the…
Postdoc Spotlight: Loranzie Rogers
As previously announced, postdoc Loranzie Rogers of the Bellono Lab has been named as a 2024 Hanna H. Gray Fellowship from HHMI. The fellowship provides up to 1.5…
Faculty Spotlight: Marissa Gredler—Unraveling the Mysteries of Embryonic Development
On January 1, 2025, Marissa Gredler officially joined MCB as an Assistant Professor. Her journey into the world of science began in a place familiar to many—uncertainty. Growing…
MCO Graduate Student Spotlight: Ethan Glantz
MCO graduate student Ethan Glantz is motivated by curiosity and a desire to make discoveries. He was recently awarded an NIH F31 fellowship, also known as the Ruth…
MCO Graduate Student Spotlight: Eddy Tzintzun-Tapia
First-year MCO graduate student Eddy Tzintzun-Tapia has received an award from the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The program’s mission is to promote a diverse scientific workforce…
Mapping the Brain’s Intricate Circuitry: A Spotlight on Daniel Berger
Daniel Berger is usually found peering into the microscopic world of neurons, synapses, and brain circuitry. Using cutting-edge imaging techniques and computational methods, Berger, Research Scientist within the…
Camille Testard: A Tour de Force of Primate Neuroscience [Dulac Lab]
Camille Testard, Harvard Junior Fellow in Catherine Dulac's lab, has earned prestigious recognition for her innovative research in primate neuroethology, a field investigating the neural basis of social…
