Department of Molecular & Cell Biology

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

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

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

Teresa Lee
Class of 2007
Genetics, Genomics, and Development

Grad students here are given the freedom to pursue their interests, to explore rotations with as broad or narrow a focus as they want, and to establish collaborations that drive their projects forward. I found that, even in the bars after midnight, current students were just as eager to share their latest experimental results as they were to talk about their weekend skiing trip.