Harvard College Seniors Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @pbksociety.bsky.social @harvard.edu @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @hekstralab.bsky.social @adamezracohen.bsky.social

Two MCB-Affiliated Postdoctoral Fellows Awarded Harvard Brain Initiative Fellowships 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @sanket-walujkar.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @nbellono.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @harvard.edu

Reposting because 1) its critical information on NIH funding; 2) Princess Vimentin is a cool name. Although I'm old enough to remember when the vimentin knockout mouse came out. IF function was a big question at the time and vim-/- crawling around and making baby mice was initially like...hmmm.

MCB Postdoc Surabhi Sreenivas Awarded ADA Fellowship for Type 2 Diabetes Research 🧠 🧪🧬 🔬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social @hekstralab.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social

Registration Now Open for the Inaugural MCB BioCamp for Middle Schoolers 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvard.edu @harvardmuseums.bsky.social @boschildmuseum.bsky.social @museumofscience.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

Bongmin (Min) Bae Awarded New American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @baebbm.bsky.social @americanheart.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social

Smarter Microscopes, Faster Maps: Lichtman Lab’s “SmartEM” Brings AI to Connectomics 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @yaronmr.bsky.social @harvard.edu @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @natmethods.nature.com @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @thermofishersci.bsky.social

MCB Graduate ’24 Edith (Tomi) Siyanbade Awarded Marshall Scholarship #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @pardissabeti.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org @harvardoeb.bsky.social

Congratulations to one of my scientific heroes! Worth a read, several pieces of news about my colleague Nancy Kleckner wrapped into one story!

New paper alert!!...🤩 Led by @blogeman.bsky.social, we identify how cell type-specific hormonal responses in the hypothalamus tunes parenting behavior in males and females 🐭🧠🍼. Highlights in thread 👇 1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Ancient Plants Used Infrared Radiation to Attract Their Pollinators #research 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardoeb.bsky.social @science.org

MCB Postdoc Xueyang Dong Awarded Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship 🧪 #Science #Biology #Immunology 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @microbiometcell.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social

MCB Scientists Help Reveal Structure of Cancer-Linked DNA Damage in Science Study 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd #research www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @hekstralab.bsky.social

Spotlight: Ashley Johnson Brings a Student-Centered Vision and a Scientist’s Heart to MCB 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @hekstralab.bsky.social

Naoshige Uchida Named Jeff C.Tarr Professor; Launches New Simons-Funded Autism Research Collaboration 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

Congratulations to all the young stars recognized, but a special shout out to my new colleague, the amazing @sueyeonchung.bsky.social!

MCB Community Task Force Launches Food Drive for the Cambridge Community Center #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @harvard.edu

Rebecka Sepela Receives L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

A New Colorful Method for Nanoscale Imaging Harnesses Electron-induced Light #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @sohaibar.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social

MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dulaclab.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @nature.com @harriskaplan.bsky.social

Joshua Sanes Receives Society for Neuroscience’s Highest Honor 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @harvard.edu @sfn.org

RNA BENASQUE July 05-17 2026

I didn’t expect to show up in a political cartoon this year, but I’m grateful. @chappatte.bsky.social ’s work has always stood out for its wit and courage, and his series “USA: Those Who Resist” captures this moment perfectly. How good is your French?

Registration to the next RNA BENASQUE meeting July 05-17 2026 is open. benasque.org/2026rna/ Yes, Benasque is my profile pic. This #RNA meeting puts together for 2 weeks researchers in computational methods for structural RNA. 9th edition already! #RNAsky

Catherine Dulac Named Xander University Professor 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dulaclab.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @hhmi.org @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social

🪰 folks! I spoke to the Transmitter about FlyBase. As noted at flybase.org, bridge $ ran out and many staff were laid off. Good news is stopgap contributions will keep core FlyBase operations active. But community support remains essential. Please donate @FlyBase and share! 1/2 tinyurl.com/FlyBase

BioFestival 2025: Zymo Lightning Talk and Poster Competition Winners Announced 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @zymoresearch.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social

Anastasiia Sukalskaia Awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @snsf.ch

Hannah McCalmon Awarded NIH F31 Fellowship to Study How the Brain Remembers Smells 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @neurovenki.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @microbiometcell.bsky.social @jeeyunc.bsky.social

From Pipettes to Paychecks: Exploring Biotech Careers 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @zymoresearch.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social

RNA3DB 2025-10-01 release github.com/marcellszi/r... #RNA #RNAsky The database of all RNA chains in PDB arranged in structurally disimilar components, including Rfam annotation. More chains (25,666), more independent components (144), more Rfam families represented (853).

RNA Structure beyond Canonical Base Pairs Guided by Evolution 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social

Bellono Lab Research Featured on Two September Cell Covers 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social @microbiometcell.bsky.social @jeeyunc.bsky.social

“I Stand with MCB” at the MCB Retreat 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @craigphunter.bsky.social @fleshball.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social

Zebrafish Study Reveals Hidden Dimensions of Attention🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @sterrett-sc.bsky.social @hannazwaka.bsky.social @zwitscherarmin.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social

Kathleen Quast on Finding Her Path to Neuroscience Education at Harvard 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social

A huge shoutout to all the dedicated grants management specialists at the NIH who are working around the clock to push grants out before the Sep 30 deadline. And also to the POs responding to frantic emails. Not an easy job under the best of circumstances and right now it's the pits. Thank you!

I am proud to count these two exceptional educators as my colleagues! Congratulations, Sien and Alain!

Rich Losick’s Farewell Publication Reexamines a Molecular Biology Milestone 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @craigphunter.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardmagazine.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social

Kazuki Nagashima Awarded $100K Gift from Noster to Advance Gut–Immune System Research 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @microbiometcell.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social

Thrilled to share this work, long time in the making! Carried through creatively by @siddjakes.bsky.social after initial design & piloting by @trackingskills.bsky.social, with help from @trackingactions.bsky.social. Modeling in collaboration with Massimo Vergassola & Nicola Rigolli.

This is a very cool ancestral reconstruction study by @krishnareddy.bsky.social et al. that I recommend reading! @rachellegaudet.bsky.social and I thought it was so interesting that we wrote a News & Views about it, check it out: rdcu.be/eCfyl

We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB. Learn more and apply online: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098

CRISPR Gets Easier with sid-1’s Reversible RNAi Trick 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @craigphunter.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @microbiometcell.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @jeeyunc.bsky.social

Wendy Valencia Montoya – Bridging Natural History and Molecular Biology 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardoeb.bsky.social

University of Tokyo IRCN Symposium Comes to Harvard 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

Ryan Nett Named Pew Scholar for Innovative Research on Plant-Derived Molecules 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social @harvardmagazine.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social

The NMNH Department of Botany is looking for a Museum Specialist. Please spread the word!