Rebecka Sepela Receives NIH K99 Award to Investigate How Microbes Shape Animal Sensing - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Rebecka Sepela, a postdoctoral researcher in Nicholas Bellono’s MCB lab, has received an NIH Pathway to Independence (K99/R00) Award to study how animals derive information from their external […]

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MCB Junior Fellow Wins Two Prestigious Evolutionary Science Awards— First Dual Honor in 25 Years - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Wendy Valencia-Montoya, a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows affiliated with the lab of MCB Professor Nick Bellono, has been awarded two of the most coveted […]

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Ryan Nett Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study Ancient Plants with Modern Medical Promise - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

How do plants that first appeared hundreds of millions of years ago produce molecules that may one day help treat human disease? That question is at the heart […]

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MCB Postdoctoral Researchers Matthew Capek and Ruoyu Chen Awarded Jane Coffin Childs Fellowships - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Two MCB postdoctoral researchers, Matthew Capek and Ruoyu (Roy) Chen, have been awarded prestigious fellowships from the Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research, one of the nation’s […]

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Harvard Hero Dominic Mao Turns Big Ideas Into Opportunities for Students - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

When Harvard announced its 2026 Harvard Heroes, one familiar name stood out to members of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Committee on Chemical and […]

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Harvard Students Recognized with Hoopes Prizes for Outstanding Thesis Work - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Eight graduating seniors in our MCB and Neuroscience concentrations have received the prestigious Thomas T. Hoopes Prize, Harvard College’s premier undergraduate prize recognizing outstanding scholarl...

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Venki Murthy Discusses the Kempner Institute’s AI Mission - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

MCB Professor Venkatesh Murthy is featured in a recent Harvard Crimson article examining the growth and impact of the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial […]

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Kathryn Nairn Awarded the John Dowling Prize for Neuroscience Senior Thesis - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

The Harvard Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) is thrilled to announce that senior neuroscience concentrator Kathryn (Katy) Nairn has been awarded the prestigious John Dowling Prize. [...

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Andrew Murray Receives Levenson Teaching Award - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Harvard College Professor Andrew Murray of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics, and Director of the Rowland Institute at Harvard, […]

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Rebecka Sepela Wins Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award in Neuroscience to Study How Microbes Shape Octopus Social Life - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Rebecka Sepela, a postdoctoral fellow in the MCB lab of Nick Bellono, has won a 2026 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Fellowship Award in Neuroscience from The Warren Alpert […]

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Seven Harvard Juniors Elected to Phi Beta Kappa - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

We are thrilled to announce that seven outstanding Harvard College juniors concentrating in Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB), Chemical and Physical Biology (CPB), and Neuroscience have been electe...

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MCB Students Honored with Harvard College Student Leadership Awards - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Several MCB-affiliated students have been recognized with prestigious Student Leadership Awards from the Dean of Students Office. Each spring, the Dean of Students Office celebrates individuals and st...

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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...

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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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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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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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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 […]

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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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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 […]

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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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