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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University
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I ♥ Science Returns to the Harvard Museum of Natural History THIS SATURDAY 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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I ♥ Science Returns to the Harvard Museum of Natural History THIS SATURDAY - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Shake off the winter blues and release your inner scientist at I ♥ Science, a popular, hands-on afternoon of discovery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History that […]
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February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Harvard College Seniors Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Harvard College Seniors Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
We are pleased to announce that the following eight seniors with concentrations in Neuroscience, CPB, or MCB have been nominated for membership in Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), the […]
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February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Two MCB-Affiliated Postdoctoral Fellows Awarded Harvard Brain Initiative Fellowships 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Two MCB-Affiliated Postdoctoral Fellows Awarded Harvard Brain Initiative Fellowships - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Two postdoctoral researchers affiliated with MCB have been awarded highly competitive Postdoctoral Pioneer Fellowships from the Harvard Brain Initiative (HBI), recognizing innovative projects that spa...
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January 28, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Bongmin (Min) Bae Awarded New American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Bongmin (Min) Bae Awarded New American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Bongmin (Min) Bae, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of MCB Professor Amanda Whipple, has been awarded a new postdoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. The two-year […]
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January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Registration Now Open for the Inaugural MCB BioCamp for Middle Schoolers 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Registration Now Open for the Inaugural MCB BioCamp for Middle Schoolers - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology is excited to announce that registration is now open for the inaugural MCB BioCamp for Middle Schoolers, a new hands-on summer […]
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January 21, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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MCB Postdoc Surabhi Sreenivas Awarded ADA Fellowship for Type 2 Diabetes Research 🧠 🧪🧬 🔬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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MCB Postdoc Surabhi Sreenivas Awarded ADA Fellowship for Type 2 Diabetes Research - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Surabhi Sreenivas, an MCB postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Maxim Prigozhin has been awarded a three-year American Diabetes Association Postdoctoral Fellowship to study how the liver regulates […]
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January 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Smarter Microscopes, Faster Maps: Lichtman Lab’s “SmartEM” Brings AI to Connectomics 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Smarter Microscopes, Faster Maps: Lichtman Lab’s “SmartEM” Brings AI to Connectomics - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
A new paper in Nature Methods (PDF) from the labs of MCB’s Jeff Lichtman and Aravinthan Samuel, of the department of physics and Center for Brain Science, introduces […]
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December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Harvard College Senior Fajr Khan Named 2025 Pakistan Rhodes Scholar #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Harvard College Senior Fajr Khan Named 2025 Pakistan Rhodes Scholar - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard College senior Fajr Khan, a neuroscience concentrator whose work spans maternal mental health, child psychology, and the biological foundations of psychiatric illness, has been selected as a [...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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MCB Graduate ’24 Edith (Tomi) Siyanbade Awarded Marshall Scholarship #AcademicSky #higherEd
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MCB Graduate ’24 Edith (Tomi) Siyanbade Awarded Marshall Scholarship - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB concentrator and 2024 graduate Tomi Siyanbade has been named a Marshall Scholar and will pursue a doctoral degree in Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford. The […]
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December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Nancy Kleckner Recognized for Pioneering Work in Chromosome Dynamics 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Nancy Kleckner Recognized for Pioneering Work in Chromosome Dynamics - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Nancy Kleckner, the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Biology, has been awarded the 2025 Charles E. Helmstetter Prize Lifetime Achievement Award (PDF) in recognition of her groundbreaking research ...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Ancient Plants Used Infrared Radiation to Attract Their Pollinators #research 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Ancient Plants Used Infrared Radiation to Attract Their Pollinators - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Long before flowers painted the planet in brilliant colors, some of Earth’s earliest plants were glowing—not with pigment, but with heat. A new study from the lab of […]
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December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Glenda Espinoza Receives the 2025 Doty–Losick Prize for Exceptional Service
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Glenda Espinoza Receives the 2025 Doty–Losick Prize for Exceptional Service - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Last Friday, MCB’s once-a-semester Community Forum, hosted by Rachelle Gaudet, took place, and the recipient of this year’s 2025 Doty–Losick Award, Glenda Espinoza, Assistant Supervisor with C&W Facil...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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MCB Postdoc Xueyang Dong Awarded Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship 🧪 #Science #Biology #Immunology 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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MCB Postdoc Xueyang Dong Awarded Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB is pleased to announce that Xueyang Dong, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of MCB’s Kazuki Nagashima, has been selected for a prestigious Cancer Research Institute (CRI) […]
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December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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MCB Scientists Help Reveal Structure of Cancer-Linked DNA Damage in Science Study 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd #research
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MCB Scientists Help Reveal Structure of Cancer-Linked DNA Damage in Science Study - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
A long-standing mystery in microbiome research—how a gut-bacterial toxin physically damages human DNA—has finally been solved through a close collaboration led in part by researchers in the Victoria [...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Spotlight: Ashley Johnson Brings a Student-Centered Vision and a Scientist’s Heart to MCB 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Spotlight: Ashley Johnson Brings a Student-Centered Vision and a Scientist’s Heart to MCB - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
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, […]
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December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Naoshige Uchida Named Jeff C.Tarr Professor; Launches New Simons-Funded Autism Research Collaboration 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Naoshige Uchida Named Jeff C.Tarr Professor; Launches New Simons-Funded Autism Research Collaboration - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB is pleased to announce that Naoshige (Nao) Uchida, a leading neuroscientist whose work has reshaped our understanding of learning, decision-making, and sensory processing, has been appointed the [...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Wishing Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Break! 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Wishing Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Break! - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
The university will be closed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, November 26–28, in observance of Thanksgiving break. To everyone celebrating, we hope you enjoy time with loved ones—and perhaps […]
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November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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MCB Community Task Force Launches Food Drive for the Cambridge Community Center #AcademicSky #higherEd
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MCB Community Task Force Launches Food Drive for the Cambridge Community Center - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
The MCB Community Task Force (CTF) is pleased to announce a food drive to benefit the Cambridge Community Center (CCC), a local organization dedicated to supporting families through […]
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November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Rebecka Sepela Receives L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Rebecka Sepela Receives L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB postdoctoral fellow Rebecka Sepela has been selected as one of the 2025 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science (FWIS) Fellows, a prestigious honor recognizing early-career scientists whose […]
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November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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MCB to Host 2025 Edsall Lecture with Dr. László Csanády 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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MCB to Host 2025 Edsall Lecture with Dr. László Csanády - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
The upcoming John T. Edsall Lecture will be delivered on November 13, 2025 by László Csanády, MD, PhD, a leading authority in the field of ion channel structure […]
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November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Researchers from the Brain Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) will release an extraordinary series of 16 manuscripts in Nature on November 5.. This collection, made possible by large […]
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November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Community Building with Intercultural Communication Workshop #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Community Building with Intercultural Communication Workshop - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB’s Assistant Director of Human Resources and Community Task Force (CTF) administrator, Julia Fannon, invites all members of the MCB community to take part in the upcoming “Community […]
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November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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A New Colorful Method for Nanoscale Imaging Harnesses Electron-induced Light #AcademicSky #higherEd
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A New Colorful Method for Nanoscale Imaging Harnesses Electron-induced Light - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Making molecules light up at the nanoscale is key to understanding how biomolecules are organized within cells and how their interactions shape cellular function. While luminescent protein tags […]
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November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Joshua Sanes Receives Society for Neuroscience’s Highest Honor 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Joshua Sanes Receives Society for Neuroscience’s Highest Honor - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Joshua Sanes, PhD, the Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, emeritus, and founding director of Harvard’s Center for Brain Science (CBS), has been awarded the […]
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November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM