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· Sep 5
MCB Rhino League 2025 Championship Recap - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
The 2025 MCB Rhino League Championship was almost washed out before it began, as a storm rolled through just as games were set to start. Fortunately, the skies […]
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· Sep 4
Kazuki Nagashima Awarded $100K Gift from Noster to Advance Gut–Immune System Research - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB is pleased to announce that MCB Assistant Professor Kazuki Nagashima has received a $100,000 research gift from Noster Inc. to support his lab’s studies on how the […]
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· Sep 3
MCB Launches A Slice of Science Seminar Series This Fall - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
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 […]
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· Aug 25
BioFestival at Harvard: A Day of Science, Connection, and Friendly Competition - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard is gearing up for an exciting new event — BioFestival, a science-filled day of lightning talks, posters, games, and prizes — all aimed at bringing trainees together […]
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· Aug 15
CRISPR Gets Easier with sid-1’s Reversible RNAi Trick - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Genome editing in the C. elegans worm using CRISPR is highly effective; however, sorting through thousands of candidates is tedious, and accumulating multiple edits in a single strain […]
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· Aug 14
Wendy Valencia Montoya – Bridging Natural History and Molecular Biology - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular 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 […]
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· Aug 13
University of Tokyo IRCN Symposium Comes to Harvard - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
On Thursday, August 28, MCB will host the University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) Symposium @Harvard, bringing together leading neuroscientists from Japan and Ha...
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· Aug 12
Ryan Nett Named Pew Scholar for Innovative Research on Plant-Derived Molecules - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB faculty member Ryan Nett has been named a 2025 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, one of 22 early-career scientists selected nationwide for their promising and innovative […]
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· Aug 11
Neural Circuit and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Social Hierarchy Identified - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
The formation of social hierarchies is a fundamental aspect of group living, reducing conflict and guiding behavior across species—from animals to humans. Yet, the precise neural and molecular […]
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· Aug 7
How Mice Make Foraging Decisions: Uchida Lab Reveals Neural Mechanism Underlying “Stay or Go” Choices - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
In a new study in Neuron (PDF), researchers from Naoshige Uchida’s MCB lab provide an unprecedented look at how the brain makes foraging decisions—choices between sticking with a […]
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· Jul 31
Camille Testard Named Branco Weiss Fellow for Trailblazing Research on Social Resilience to Ecological Disasters - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard Junior Fellow Camille Testard has been awarded the highly competitive Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science, a prestigious five-year award that supports exceptional early-career researc...
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· Jul 29
Early Exposure to Anesthesia May Shift Brain Development - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB researchers show GABA-based sedation in newborns speeds up brain development, confirming decades of animal research in a human cohort. A new longitudinal study led by MCB’s Takao […]
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· Jul 23
How Wild Mice Outsmart Predators: Evolution Tweaks the Brain, Not the Senses - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
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 […]
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· Jul 15
You Are What Your Great-Grandparents Ate - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
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 […]
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· Jul 1
Andrew Murray Elected to EMBO Membership - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB Professor Andrew Murray has been elected as an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), a distinction that honors more than 2,100 leading scientists from […]
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· Jul 1
Carolyn Elya Receives Prestigious Klingenstein Fellowship in Neuroscience - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
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 aw...
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· Jun 30
Kazuki Nagashima Wins Charles H. Hood Foundation Award to Investigate Early-Life Dietary Triggers of Immune Tolerance - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
The Charles H. Hood Foundation has awarded MCB Assistant Professor Kazuki Nagashima a Child Health Research Award, supporting his investigation into a fundamental—but poorly understood—process that ma...
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· Jun 30
Daniel Cardozo Pinto: Decoding the Neural Circuitry of Reward Learning - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
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 […]
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