Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry Program

Boston University's

Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry Program

Welcomes You!

The interdepartmental graduate program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry (MCBB) offers both Ph.D. and M.A. degrees. Future molecular biomedical scientists will increasingly engage in interdisciplinary research. The MCBB Program is designed to fill this need:

The MCBB Program involves 48 faculty members from the Departments of
Biology, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, and Health Sciences .

The MCBB Program Curriculum is designed to provide a solid foundation in these interrelated disciplines through coursework and research.

The MCBB Program prepares students for research and teaching positions in academia, industry, or government.

New at MCBB

Faculty and Students:

See what's new for THIS MONTH!!

Welcome incoming graduate students*:

Swati Banerjee
Evan Judd
Christina Hao
Hang Gyeong Chin

*New student orientation will be on Friday, August 28th

*New student welcome party sponsored by BGSA and WIB will be on Friday, September 4th.

BIOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION (BGSA) NEWS

Seminars for this month

Recent Awards and Accolades

Faculty:

President Robert A. Brown has appointed Professor James J. Collins as one of two inaugural William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professors at Boston University.

Dr. Tom Gilmore received the 2009 Metcalf Cup and Prize for teaching excellence.

Dr. Cynthia Bradham's research was featured on the April 2009 cover of the Developmental Biology. The paper tests the role of Chordin in axial and neural specification during sea urchin developmen

Dr. Karen Allen research reported in Nature solves 43-year old mystery of how key enzyme works in cell environment

Dr. Joyce Wong Wins Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award

STUDENTS:

Student publications!

Student awards

Daniel Bak was awarded the GRS Presidential Fellowship for Fall 2008

Jan Blom was awarded the NSF GK-12 Fellowship for 2008/2009

Melanie Herscovitch was awarded the NSERC Canadian Fellowship for 2008/2009

Laura Owens received the Presidential Fellowship for Spring 2009 and the Clare Boothe Luce Award for 2009

Matt Walker was awarded the NSF GK-12 Fellowship for 2008/2009/

Congratulations to Josh Doloff, recipient of the Provost's Award at Science and Engineering Day for his work in David Waxman's lab

Congratulations to Elizabeth Tanner for receiving an honorable mention on her poster at the annual Drosophila conference for her work in Kim McCall's lab