Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Recent News
UM targets muscular dystrophy in mice
upregulating TRPML1 boosted lysosome function and lessened muscle damage in mice with muscular dystrophy
New year, new titles, and a fond farewell
Update on some happenings over recent months
Explore MCDB
- Basic research on the function of living organisms with focus on the molecular and cellular levels of all branches of life — bacteria, plants, and animals. Learn what our faculty focus on and the model organisms we study.
- Graduate programs with about 60 PhD students, and about 12 masters students
- Cell and Molecular Biology undergraduate major with nearly 200 graduates each year.
Our researchers answer common questions related to their work on sleep, probiotics, protein folding, and more! Find links to a podcast on the neuroepigenetics!
2020 Contest coming this Spring!
Stay tuned. . .
2019 Photo Contest Winners Selected
See the images on the Photo Contest Page.
2019 Science Winner Roop Jaffri, MacAlister Lab.
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Events
Feb
22
Biologist-for-a-Day Outreach Event
Graduate and undergraduate science students are holding an outreach event at BSB
1:00 PM
West Atrium
Biological Sciences Building
Feb
28
MCDB: Synthetic Bacteria Deliver the Goods
Kumaran Ramamurthi, National Cancer Institute, NIH
12:00 PM
1060
Biological Sciences Building
Mar
10
MCDB Dissertation Defense: Stephen Ireland
Stephen Ireland
2:00 PM
East Conference Room
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
