MCBB PhD student Clarissa Santoso, of the Fuxman Bass lab, and colleagues recently published a paper in Nucleic Acids Research. Their article, “Comprehensive mapping of the human cytokine gene regulatory network”, presents a large-scale resource of protein-DNA interactions between transcription factors and cytokine gene promoters. In particular, Clarissa and her team identified an enrichment of nuclear receptors […]
Michael Zulch of the Larkin Lab was recently accepted into the 2020 Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology (SB2) Predoctoral Training Program cohort. The goals of the SB2 Program are to provide a unique, field-defining, and interdisciplinary training environment in synthetic biology. Participating graduate programs include: Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, and Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry. Michael […]
The awardees and honorable mentions for the 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition have been posted! MCBB is exited to announce that Marisol Dothard of the Finnerty and Segrè labs was awarded a three-year graduate research fellowship, and Abigail Descoteaux of the Bradham Lab received an honorable mention. Marisol’s research interests lie primarily […]
Margaret O’Connor of the Man Lab is this year’s recipient of the Biology Department’s Charles Terner Award. Margaret is investigating the X-linked protein NEXMIF, which is associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She uses a transgenic mouse model to study the role NEXMIF plays in brain development, specifically neuronal growth and dendritic spine development. There are […]
MCBB’s Sandy Serizier of the McCall Lab won “Best Poster” at the First Annual Underrepresented Graduate Student Organization Academic Research Symposium on September 26th. Sandy is enthusiastic about basic research and is interested in cell communication during development. She is also very passionate about community outreach. Congratulations, Sandy!
MCBB Ph.D. student Andressa Mota of the Ho Lab recently received a BU Women’s Guild Scholarship Award. Andressa studies the role of a transcription factor, FOXR1, and how a mutation on this protein leads to disease pathogenesis.
MCBB Ph.D. student, John Patrick Cleary, of the Cheng lab was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Fellow of the Year Award for Biology (2018/2019). Patrick has served for the past two years as a teaching fellow in Biology, including for BI 108 (Biology 2) and BI 203 (Cell Biology), both cornerstone requirements in our curriculum. More […]
MCBB Ph.D. candidate, Sarah Yunes, of the Hansen lab was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Fellow of the Year for Biology, academic year 2017/2018. Sarah has served for eight semesters as a teaching fellow in Biology, including for BI 107 and 108 (Biology 1 and 2), two of the largest and broadest introductory courses on campus, and […]
Michaela Smith of the Frydman Lab recently published an article for The Conversation featuring her research with Wolbachia mosquitos and Zika.
MCBB PhD student, Albert Mondragon, of the McCall Lab recently received the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics for the Spring 2017 for his research characterizing the molecular machinery controlling acidification during cell death and clearance in fruit flies. These awards are given to outstanding graduate student and postdocs to support travel to […]