Department News

Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.

August 30, 2022

Yvette FisherYvette Fisher, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, has received a 2022 Seed Grant from the Brain Research Foundation (BRF). The objective of the BRF Seed Grant Program is to support new and innovative projects, especially those of junior faculty, who are working in new research directions in the field of neuroscience.

August 26, 2022

MCB is pleased to welcome our newest graduate students to the department!

MCB Entering PhDs 2022

 

Learn fun facts about their favorite model organisms, childhood career aspirations, and more.

 

MCBenteringPhD Stats

August 23, 2022

inclusiveBio Symposium

By Gregory Arena
Integrative Biology PhD candidate, Dawson lab

 

August 22, 2022
David Weisblat
David Weisblat
July 07, 2022

Yvette FisherAssistant Professor of Neurobiology Yvette Fisher was recently named as a recipient of the 2022 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience. This award, from Klingenstein Philanthropies, supports early career investigators engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

June 29, 2022

Polina LishkoAssociate Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology, Polina Lishko, was honored as one of the 2022 Great Immigrants by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. This award celebrates the contributions of immigrants to American life whose actions have enriched and strengthened our society and our democracy.

June 24, 2022

Samantha LewisSamantha Lewis, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology, has received the 2022 Rennie Fund for the Study of Epilepsy from The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (HWNI).

June 22, 2022

Eunyong ParkAssistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Eunyong Park was named one of the 2022-2023 Hellman Fellows for his project entitled "How do plants make chloroplasts? ––mechanistic study of chloroplast protein import”.

June 21, 2022

Samantha LewisSamantha Lewis, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology, was honored by Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences with the Best Professor Award (national) at their Juneteenth recognition event.

June 17, 2022

Samantha LweisAssistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology Samantha Lewis was named one of the 2022-2023 Hellman Fellows for her proposal "Exploring mitochondrial DNA replication proteins in functional assemblies in vivo”.