{"id":5,"date":"2011-01-03T13:47:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T18:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:36:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to MCBB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Welcome to the interdepartmental graduate program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology &amp; Biochemistry (MCBB), which offers both <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/programs\/phd\" title=\"PhD in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology &amp; Biochemistry\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\" rel=\"noopener\">PhD<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/programs\/ma\" title=\"MA in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology &amp; Biochemistry\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\" rel=\"noopener\">MS<\/a> <\/span>degrees. MCBB students explore the molecular biosciences with an interdisciplinary approach by pursuing coursework, seminars, and<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/mcbb\/research\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\" rel=\"noopener\">world-class research<\/a> <\/span>with <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/people\/faculty\/\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\" rel=\"noopener\">faculty members<\/a><\/span> in <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biology<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\"> Chemistry<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bme\/\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biomedical Engineering<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cds-faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computing and Data Sciences<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/departments-and-divisions\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Health Sciences<\/a><\/span>, and <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/buphy.bu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Physics<\/a><\/span>. The MCBB Program prepares students for research and\/or teaching positions in academia, industry, and government. I encourage you to explore the details of our <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/programs\/\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\">graduate programs<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/people\/students\/\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\">current students<\/a><\/span>, and <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/news\/\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\">recent news<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/mcbb\/files\/2022\/04\/Z.Wunderlich-circle-636x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/files\/2022\/04\/Z.Wunderlich-circle.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/files\/2022\/04\/Z.Wunderlich-circle-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/files\/2022\/04\/Z.Wunderlich-circle-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><strong>Zeba Wunderlich<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector, Program in MCBB and Associate Professor of Biology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the interdepartmental graduate program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology &amp; Biochemistry (MCBB), which offers both PhD and MS degrees. MCBB students explore the molecular biosciences with an interdisciplinary approach by pursuing coursework, seminars, and\u00a0world-class research with faculty members in Biology, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering,\u00a0Computing and Data Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Health Sciences, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1552,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":45,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4793,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/4793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}