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Usmaan Siddiqi, MCDB junior, has been named a Goldwater Scholar! This award is given to 454 of the nation's top scholars to pursue research careers in the fields of natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Congratulations, Usmaan! buff.ly/litvFQB

Congratulations to Siggy Nachtergaele for receiving the Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation Award! buff.ly/0BKDFcK

A full list of the 2025 Class can be found on the AAAS website. aaas.org/page/2025-fell…

An incredible honor for an incredible person. Congratulations to senior lecturer emeritus Ken Nelson on his election to the 2025 class of AAAS Fellows!

Congratulations to Jaehong Kim and a special shout out to MCDB senior lecturer Joe Wolenski for his service on the search advisory committee!

Friendly reminder! The Business Office is closed today in observance of the Good Friday holiday.

Congratulations to our Bake-Off winners! 🥇Benoit Mermaz - Tiramisu Cookies 🥈Lam Vo - Carrot Cake 🥉Taylor Peterson - Banana Pudding Thank you to our participants! Want to plan more events like this? Join the MCDB Community Committee! Next meeting: Tomorrow | 4PM | YSB C143

Nawaphat Malaiwong (O'Donnell Lab) is our next presenter at BioBlitz! Tomorrow, 9 AM | YSB 352 Want to be the next speaker? There is ONE OPEN SPOT for April 7. Sign up at the link below! buff.ly/eVUtaBw

From a Wisconsin dairy farm to Sterling Professor & HHMI Investigator at Yale 🧬 MB&B Chair Ron Breaker's discovery of riboswitches is now connecting to human health, with new findings on guanidine-sensing RNAs and spinocerebellar ataxia. 🔗mbb.yale.edu/news/featured-…

Next up in our Seminar Series: Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D. from John Hopkins School of Medicine! Dr. Seydoux’s research focuses on the development of the germline. 🦠 Wednesday, March 25 | 3:30 PM | BASS 305

Want to learn about on-going research from future leaders of biological research? The MCDB Graduate Research in Progress forum is a fantastic place to start! The final RIP of the semester is on March 27, 2026 in OC Marsh Lecture Hall. Students will be presenting from 1PM-5PM.

Sidney Altman, professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, made one of the most groundbreaking discoveries in molecular science - RNA can function as an enzyme. @YaleMed explores the impact of Altman's research on today's advancements buff.ly/PgdFf8K

Read more about Anabel's work, featured by Yale News buff.ly/qFh6Un3

A fantastic way to support your peers is by showing up! Anabel Schweitzer (Isaacs Lab) defends their thesis, "Engineering Human Genomes Through Multiplexed Precision Base Editing And Temporally Controlled Crispr Systems" today in HOPE 103 at 1PM 🔬 🧬

Shoutout to Yiting Xu, Abigail Benvie, and Nicole Castano for their amazing research featured in Cell Reports! 🦠✨ This research shows that glutamine metabolism is a key feature of resolving wound macrophages in vivo. 🔬💥 buff.ly/iPJjaAg

UPCOMING SEMINAR! ✨️ Karen Oegma (UC San Diego) starts off the spring half of the MCDB Seminar Series! Join us on March 4th in BASS 305 at 3:30 PM for this exciting talk!

MCDB Seminar Series Returns! Check out this semester's upcoming speakers. Wednesdays | 3:30pm | Bass 305 ✨️ 👨‍🔬 👩‍🔬 🔬

✨️ This Friday come hear about the current research in MCDB from our Graduate Students! February 6 | 1 - 4:30pm | OC Marsh 🔬 🧬

✨ There are still slots open to present! ✨ BioBlitz is a fantastic way to practice presenting your research in a safe, encouraging environment. 🌱 🧪 🔬 🦠 🔗 Sign up link in bio

CANCELED!☕ ❄️ Due to the winter storm, today's Coffee Hour has been canceled❄️ Stay warm and safe!