I count myself lucky to have colleagues who really care about teaching and challenge us to think deeply about what how to teach. Congrats Jeff!

Seven Harvard Juniors Elected to Phi Beta Kappa #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @pbksociety.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @harvard.edu

Dr. Indra Gonzalez Ojeda gave a great thesis defense this morning, including some wisdom for starting PhD students, or frankly, anyone.

MCB Students Honored with Harvard College Student Leadership Awards #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @harvard.edu

New preprint alert :) this has been a really fun and exciting project. We're learning about some of the mechanisms for transporters to tune their activity and specifity. And I also learned a bunch about large mutational library screens in the process!

Katsuhiko Minami Awarded Two Postdoctoral Fellowships to Support Biophysics Research of Meiotic Chromosomes #chromosomes #meiosis 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @hfspo.bsky.social @microbiometcell.bsky.social

Neil H. Shubin to Give 2026 Prather Lectures, April 15, 16, and 17 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd #evolution www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardoeb.bsky.social @nasonline.org @harvardmuseums.bsky.social @museumofscience.bsky.social @debivort.bsky.social

Study Reveals Octopus Mating Arm Doubles as a Chemical Sensor 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd #sciencecommunication #research www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social @oistedu.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social

ROCKET Launches Structural Biology Past AlphaFold 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd #RNA #Protein www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @hekstralab.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @flatironinstitute.org @umeauniversitet.bsky.social@tcddublin.bsky.social @stjuderesearch.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

THIS SATURDAY: Science Spotlights at the Harvard Museum of Natural History to Feature MCB’s Rebecka Sepela www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @harvardmuseums.bsky.social @boschildmuseum.bsky.social @museumofscience.bsky.social @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social

Why Evolution Keeps Returning to the Same Solution for Smell 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @neurovenki.bsky.social @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social @pnas.org @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @jzv.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social

Evolutionary Clues Reveal How a Key Hearing Protein Adapted for Function 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @treyjscott.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardoeb.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social

Konrad Bloch Lecture to Feature Ruth Lehmann on Engineering RNA-Specific Translation www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social @harvardoeb.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @remlehmann.bsky.social @harvardcellbio.bsky.social

Kazuki Nagashima Awarded Aramont Fellowship for Innovative T Cell Research 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @microbiometcell.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvard.edu @hsph.harvard.edu

Study Reveals Neural Circuit Behind the Brain’s Dopamine–Serotonin “Gas–Brake” System for Reward 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dcardozopinto.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @harvard.edu

As MCB’s Bok Fellow, Mackenzie Harrigan Supports the Next Generation of Teachers and Scientists 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @microscopemack.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvard.edu

Congratulations Max!

Common Plant Proteins Found to Calm the Immune System 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @microbiometcell.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @science.org @harvard.edu

Call for Nominations: 2026 MCB Mentorship Award #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social @nbellono.bsky.social @hekstralab.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @harvard.edu

Congratulations Wendy!!!

The Secret to Schooling: How Internal States Shape Social Interactions during Schooling 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social

Brain and Heart in Parallel: Zebrafish Study Reframes the Biology of Fear 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @engertlab.bsky.social @kherrera.bsky.social @mishaahrens.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

Doty Lecture to Feature Chromosome Pioneer Kazuhiro Maeshima #STEM 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd #Chromatin www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvard.edu @kazu-maeshima.bsky.social

Murthy Lab to Host Open House Showcasing the Science of Smell on March 6 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @luxorboero.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social

Ryan Nett Awarded 2025–27 George W. Merck Fellowship 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @microbiometcell.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @jeeyunc.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social

Mira Jiang Awarded Schwarzman Fellowship to Study Global Affairs and Health Systems in China 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @harvard.edu @bostonchildrens.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social

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?