Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
The staff of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology are actively engaged in innovative research, discovery and training in many areas of modern biology, including cellular biology, biochemistry, neurobiology, genetics, and bioinformatics.
Affiliation: Faculty of Arts & SciencesWeb site: http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/
Recent articles about Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Newly discovered class of mouse retinal cells detect upward motion (March 31, 2008)President Faust testifies for increase in NIH funding (March 11, 2008)
Massive decoding effort reveals fruit fly DNA (November 7, 2007)
Researchers create colorful "Brainbow" images of the nervous system (October 31, 2007)
Basic understanding of biological clock advances (October 17, 2007)
Nine Harvard faculty members win NIH’s Pioneer, Innovator Awards (Harvard University Gazette, September 20, 2007)
Sensory organ differentiates male/female behavior in some mammals (Harvard University Gazette, August 5, 2007)
Accelerating science with innovative computing (Harvard University Gazette, March 23, 2007)
MacArthur Foundation honors Harvard faculty members, Radcliffe fellow (Harvard University Gazette, September 21, 2006)
RNA sequence restrains fatal encephalitis (Focus, March 10, 2006)
Protein underlies brain's response to activity (Focus, February 24, 2006)
Long-term memory controlled by molecular pathway at synapses (Harvard University Gazette, January 12, 2006)
Synthetic molecule blocks exit from cell organelle (Focus, December 16, 2005)
Sexual attraction a matter of scent (Harvard University Gazette, November 17, 2005)
Investigating phenomenon of sleep (Harvard University Gazette, November 10, 2005)
Adult cells transformed into stem cells (Harvard University Gazette, August 25, 2005)
Stem cell research debate continues (Harvard University Gazette, April 21, 2005)
DNA splicing enzyme observed in action (Focus, December 17, 2004)
Stem cell science (Harvard Magazine, July 1, 2004)
3-D images reveal key step in viral entry into cells (Harvard University Gazette, January 22, 2004)
Affiliated researchers cited in HarvardScience
- Ashraf, Shovon
- Berg, Howard C.
- Bonni, Azad
- Branton, Daniel
- Cowan, Chad
- D'Souza, Victoria M.
- Dowling, John E.
- Dulac, Catherine
- Eggan, Kevin
- Ellenberger, Thomas
- Engert, Florian
- Erikson, Raymond L.
- Fagan, Tom
- Francis, Nicole
- Gaudet, Rachelle
- Gelbart, William M.
- Gilbert, Walter
- Guidotti, Guido
- Harrison, Stephen
- Hastings, J. Woodland
- Hensch, Takao
- Holy, Timothy
- Hunter, Craig P.
- Jeruzalmi, David
- Kirchhausen, Tomas