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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 16h

Just a reminder about our faculty search at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. Applications due Oct. 15. @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social

Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · Aug 27

My department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438
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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow! Join Guarini for community breakfasts at both Rubin 6 and Anonymous. Tomorrow is also Biomedical Research Day at DHMC - mark your calendars accordingly 📅🙂

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Amanda Amodeo @aaamodeo.bsky.social · 9d

Just a few days left to apply! If you do cool molecular/cell biology things and want to start a lab in a supportive department in New England please check out our ad.

Amanda Amodeo @aaamodeo.bsky.social · Aug 14

My Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined).

Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions.

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 8d

👀 Check out this work from MCB alum Madeline Chrupcala and @moseleylab.bsky.social in @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social!

American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 9d

From MBoC: James B. Moseley (Dartmouth) shows PP2A-B56 preserves Mid1 to keep the division plane centered in fission yeast. B56 loss → rings slide & divisions become asymmetric; restoring Mid1 rescues. Paper: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #ASCB #CellBiology

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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 21d

Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Energetic principles that drive cytokinetic ring assembly.” Michael Murrell, PhD

Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 14d

Are you past grad school but would still love to join MCB?? 🧑‍🎓🧑‍🔬
You still can - 2 depts in MCB are hiring!

Department of Biological Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171625

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171438

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 14d

👀 Applications are open to join us in MCB at Dartmouth! 🧑‍🔬🧬🧫

Learn more:
graduate.dartmouth.edu/admissions/p...

Molecular and Cellular Biology

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 14d

🤩 Check out this great interview with MCB alum Lilian Kabeche. She did her graduate work in @comptonmitosis.bsky.social lab @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social and is now an Asst. Prof. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University:
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Cell scientist to watch – Lilian Kabeche

ABSTRACT. Lilian Kabeche is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University (USA). She completed her doctoral work with Duane Compton at Dartmouth College (New Hamps...

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 14d

"Duane's lab provided a wonderful environment for someone like me, who was new to the field. I was supported by the other grad students and encouraged to ask questions and follow what interested me. And that's when I fell in love with cells."

See who said this and learn more in 🧵:

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 Belated congratulations to Dr. Abigail Goen who successfully defended her thesis on Monday! 🥳

MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Thesis Seminar Alert! Abby Goen will be presenting her research in the Miller Lab today at 11am in Auditorium H!

MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Thesis Seminar Alert! Abby Goen will be presenting her research in the Miller Lab today at 11am in Auditorium H!

MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 19d

Today! Come for an exciting talk from alum Drew Bridges - Stay for the reception with MCB alumni!

MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 26d

As the beautiful New England fall sets in, 25 new MCB students wrap up Orientation, with intros to each of MCB's depts/center and Guarini as well as MCB's annual retreat in the White Mountains. Rotations and classes start next week 🧑‍🔬🤓

😯 Sound enticing? Applications open soon! ✍️

MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations to MCB faculty member (and alum!) Pam Rosato @pcrosato1.bsky.social who received a 2025 AAI ASPIRE Award! 🥳

The American Association of Immunologists @aai.org · Sep 3

Recognize outstanding achievements in #immunology! AAI is seeking nominations for our 2026 Career Awards. Know a great mentor or a brilliant researcher? Nominate them by September 10! Learn more and submit a nomination: www.aai.org/Awards/Career.

#AAICareerAwards

Pamela Rosato, Ph.D., on receiving a 2025 ASPIRE Award

YouTube video by The American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 29d

Next Friday, the 3rd Annual Gary Heussler Alumni Lecture will be presented by Drew Bridges and we hope you will join us! The lecture will be followed by a networking event to connect current students and alumni.
Alum, if you did not get an email from us, please DM your email (we won't spam you)!

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · Sep 4

She is talking about the Knights of the York Cross of Honour. For nearly 60 years, they have been fueling foundational research at the Dartmouth Cancer Center. Learn more about the partnership that has grown over the years and the visit to Turk's lab that the group looks forward to each year.

MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · Sep 4

“Their gifts plant the seeds that allow us to do the innovative high-risk work that will really move the field of immunotherapy forward,” says MCB faculty Mary Jo Turk. Her work focuses on leveraging T cells to keep cancer from coming back: bit.ly/3JQql2Z

Guardians of Discovery: Honoring a Treasured Partnership in Cancer Research Funding

For nearly 60 years, support from the Knights of the York Cross of Honour has fueled foundational research at Dartmouth Cancer Center.

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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · Aug 27

CONGRATULATIONS to Brennan McEwan on a successful thesis defense! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · Aug 22

Learn more about Mike Hoppa's @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Keck Foundation Grant to develop groundbreaking neural imaging technology! 🧠

“We think this tool and method are going to break open voltage imaging to the wider scientific community,” says Hoppa.

fas.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/08...

New Imaging Technique Could Reveal Hidden Electrical Signals in the Brain | Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Biological sciences professor Michael Hoppa received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop groundbreaking neural imaging technology.

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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · Aug 21

October 15, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm
Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time:
The Legacy of C. Everett Koop
Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH

geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/

The C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth

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Amanda Amodeo @aaamodeo.bsky.social · Aug 14

My Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined).

Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions.

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · Aug 12

👀 Check out this Perspective from recent MCB Alum Brian North and the Shoemaker Lab!

Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Jul 31

The rapidly expanding role of LC3-interacting regions in #autophagy. New Perspective from Brian North, @doroteaartscience.bsky.social, Christopher Shoemaker and colleagues (Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College): rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · Aug 4

Congrats to MCB faculty & Dartmouth Cancer Center Director Steve Leach who will take over as interim dean of the Geisel School of Medicine Sept. 15! And thanks to MCB faculty Duane Compton who will be stepping down after an extended term as dean of Geisel! 🥳
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Steve Leach Named Interim Dean of the Geisel School of Medicine Starting Sept. 15

Dartmouth Provost Santiago Schnell announced the appointment of Steve Leach, MD, Director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center and the Preston T. and Virginia R. Kelsey Distinguished Chair in Cancer, as …

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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · Jul 30

For Alumni, we're also looking to collect information for future outreach. If you didn't get an email this morning, please comment/DM for more info! 👀

MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · Jul 30

Attention MCB Students and Alumni! I'm excited to announce the 3rd Annual Gary Heussler Alumni Lecture will be presented on Sept. 19th by Drew Bridges! The lecture will be followed by a networking event to connect current students and alumni.

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