Small Model, Big Insight: RNA Structure Rules Emerge from Minimal Data - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology MCB Senior Research Fellow Elena Rivas and colleagues have demonstrated that the fundamental rules governing RNA structure can be learned using a remarkably simple computational model—challenging assu...

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Katsuhiko Minami Awarded Two Postdoctoral Fellowships to Support Biophysics Research of Meiotic Chromosomes - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Katsuhiki Minami, an MCB postdoctoral researcher in Nancy Kleckner’s lab, has been awarded two competitive fellowships to support his research at the intersection of chromosome biology and biophysics....

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Neil H. Shubin to Give 2026 Prather Lectures, April 15, 16, and 17 - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology The Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) will host the 2026 Prather Lectures from April 15–17, featuring renowned evolutionary biologist Neil H. Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Distinguis...

Neil H. Shubin to Give 2026 Prather Lectures, April 15, 16, and 17
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Study Reveals Octopus Mating Arm Doubles as a Chemical Sensor - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology A new study (PDF) from the MCB lab of Nicholas Bellono reveals an unexpected sensory mechanism underlying octopus reproduction—showing that a specialized arm used for mating is also […]

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THIS SATURDAY: Science Spotlights at the Harvard Museum of Natural History to Feature MCB’s Rebecka Sepela - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology The Harvard Museum of Natural History will host a special Science Spotlights in-person event on Saturday, April 4, from 2:00–3:30 pm, featuring emerging scientists across Harvard, including MCB’s […]

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ROCKET Launches Structural Biology Past AlphaFold - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Five years ago, a team at Google’s DeepMind won CASP14, the long-running protein structure prediction competition, with AlphaFold, a machine-learning system capable of predicting the three-dimensional...

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SAVE THE DATE - MCB Community Forum on April 17 - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites all members of the MCB community to attend the next MCB Community Forum on Friday, April 17, at 4:00 pm […]

SAVE THE DATE - MCB Community Forum on April 17
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Kazuki Nagashima Awarded Aramont Fellowship for Innovative T Cell Research - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology MCB assistant professor Kazuki Nagashima has been awarded an Aramont Fellowship for Emerging Science Research, recognizing exceptional early-career scientists pursuing bold and innovative research. Es...

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Konrad Bloch Lecture to Feature Ruth Lehmann on Engineering RNA-Specific Translation - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) is pleased to announce the upcoming Konrad Bloch Lecture, featuring Ruth Lehmann, Director of the Whitehead Institute and Professor in […]

Konrad Bloch Lecture to Feature Ruth Lehmann on Engineering RNA-Specific Translation
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Evolutionary Clues Reveal How a Key Hearing Protein Adapted for Function - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology A new study in Current Biology (PDF) sheds light on how a critical protein underlying hearing evolved to perform its specialized role in vertebrate sensory systems—offering a rare […]

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Why Evolution Keeps Returning to the Same Solution for Smell - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Why do animals as different as insects and mammals process smells in nearly the same way? A new theoretical study published in PNAS takes on this question by […]

Why Evolution Keeps Returning to the Same Solution for Smell
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Harvard’s Biochemical Sciences Tutorial Program Marks a Century of Scientific Education - and a Year of Celebratory Events - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology In 1926, Harvard introduced a distinctive approach to undergraduate science education: the Biochemical Sciences Concentration and Tutorial, overseen by the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences. Bui...

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Study Reveals Neural Circuit Behind the Brain’s Dopamine–Serotonin “Gas–Brake” System for Reward - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology A new study by Daniel Cardozo Pinto, now a Harvard Junior Fellow in MCB, has uncovered a neural circuit mechanism explaining how two key brain chemicals—dopamine and serotonin—work […]

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As MCB’s Bok Fellow, Mackenzie Harrigan Supports the Next Generation of Teachers and Scientists - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology 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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Maxim Prigozhin Awarded 2026 MIND Prize to Advance Nanoscale Brain Imaging in Neurodegeneration - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Maxim Prigozhin, Assistant Professor in MCB and Applied Physics, has been awarded the 2026 Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery (MIND) Prize for a bold proposal to transform how […]

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Common Plant Proteins Found to Calm the Immune System - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology A new study co-led by MCB’s Kazuki Nagashima and published in Science Immunology (PDF) identifies plant-derived molecules that help quiet the immune system, preventing inflammatory reactions to the […...

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Call for Nominations: 2026 MCB Mentorship Award - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology The MCB Community Task Force (CTF) is excited to announce that nominations for the 2026 MCB Mentorship Award are now open! This annual award recognizes individuals within the […]

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Two PNAS Papers from the Samuel Lab Illuminate the Bacterial Flagellar Motor - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Two new papers published in PNAS from the lab of Aravinthan Samuel shine fresh light on one of biology’s most iconic molecular machines: the bacterial flagellar motor. Although […]

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Wendy Valencia Montoya Receives Weintraub Graduate Student Award for Groundbreaking Thesis on the Evolution of Sensory Worlds - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Wendy Valencia Montoya has been named a recipient of the prestigious 2026 Harold M. Weintraub Award in recognition of her doctoral thesis, an ambitious and interdisciplinary body of […]

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Brain and Heart in Parallel: Zebrafish Study Reframes the Biology of Fear - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology In a new study published in Cell Reports, (PDF) researchers from the labs of MCB’s Florian Engert and Mark Fishman of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative […]

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The Secret to Schooling: How Internal States Shape Social Interactions during Schooling - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology A school of fish can look like a single, flowing organism—dozens of bodies turning and aligning in near-perfect synchrony. But that seamless choreography emerges from many individual animals […]

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Ryan Nett Awarded 2025–27 George W. Merck Fellowship - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Ryan Nett, MCB assistant professor, has been named a recipient of the 2025–27 George W. Merck Fellowship. Awarded annually to outstanding tenure-track faculty, the prestigious two-year fellowship prov...

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Murthy Lab to Host Open House Showcasing the Science of Smell on March 6 - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology On March 6, the lab of MCB’s Venkatesh Murthy will open its doors to the Harvard community for a special Lab Open House, offering visitors an inside look […]

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Doty Lecture to Feature Chromosome Pioneer Kazuhiro Maeshima - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology is pleased to announce this year’s Paul Doty Lecture, featuring renowned chromosome biologist Kazuhiro Maeshima of Japan’s National Institute of Geneti...

Doty Lecture to Feature Chromosome Pioneer Kazuhiro Maeshima #STEM 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd #Chromatin
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Mira Jiang Awarded Schwarzman Fellowship to Study Global Affairs and Health Systems in China - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Mira Jiang, a senior concentrator in computational neuroscience with a secondary in English literature, has been selected as a Schwarzman Fellow and will begin the prestigious, fully funded […]

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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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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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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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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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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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