Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Recent News
Expanding Horizons: MCDB's summer intern program removes barriers to undergrad research
Past interns reflect on how their research experiences through this paid internship program opened them to new understandings of the science community and career options
Südhof to present 2022 Connell Lecture
Novel Laureate biochemist Thomas Südhof "On the molecular logic of synapse organization"
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 75 PhD students, and a growing master's program with about a dozen students.
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental 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!
2019 Photo Contest Winners Selected
See the images on the Photo Contest Page.
2019 Science Winner Roop Jaffri, MacAlister Lab.
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We strive to support our students and faculty on the front lines of learning and research and to steward our planet, our community, our campus. To do this, MCDB needs your support.
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Contact Information
Undergrads and Prospective undergrads:
Contact the Program in Biology:
734-763-7984
lsa-biology-advising@umich.edu
Graduate students:
Contact Mary Carr, Grad Coordinator carrmm@umich.edu
MCDB Main Phone: 734-763-7142
Please leave a message.
More info at: Coping with Covid-19
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Events
May
27
MCDB Defense> Shared Regulators of Axon Degeneration and Synaptic Structure
TJ Waller
10:00 AM
1010
Biological Sciences Building
Jun
03
MCDB Seminar> Evaluating Lipid Dysregulation, Infection, and Social Determinants of Health on Brain Metabolism.
Cory White, Johns Hopkins University
12:00 PM
1060
Biological Sciences Building
Jun
17
MCDB Seminar> Control of the Anti-viral Response Through Spatial Re-localization of an RNA Phosphatase
Dominique Stephens, Univ. of Texas, Austin
12:00 PM
1060
Biological Sciences Building