Department of Molecular & Cell Biology

Division of Cell and Developmental Biology - Impaired trafficking of Notch in neoplastic ESCRT mutant Drosophila cells

Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology - Structure of the human Ndc80 kinetochore complex around microtubules

Division of Neurobiology - Reconstructions of two retinal neurons and their connections that are important for detecting motion

Division of Immunology and Pathogenesis - Salmonella typhimurium growing within a macrophage

Recent News

James Fristrom has Died

It is with regret that we announce that Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Genomics and Development James Fristrom passed away on October 29, 2013.

Thorner to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from GSA

Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Jeremy Thorner will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Genetics Society of America (GSA) at their 2014 Yeast Genetics Meeting.

Rine Elected as 2015 President of GSA

Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development Jasper Rine has been elected as the 2014 Vice-President and 2015 President of the Genetics Society of America (GSA).

Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Randy Schekman has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the transport of vesicles within cells. The prize was awarded jointly with James E. Rothman and Thomas C. Südhof.

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Welcome

The Department of Molecular & Cell Biology (MCB) is home to Undergraduate and Graduate academic programs as well as Faculty Research performed by faculty organized in five divisions:

Student Profile

Margaux Bennett
Class of 2008
Cell and Developmental Biology

I chose MCB here at Berkeley because of the people that I get to do science with and learn science from, starting with the graduate students in my own class and up to the visiting scholars.