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Biological Sciences Building Opens MCDB is on the move to new building

Sixteen Research Themes MCDB research follows 16 themes, including Signal Transduction and Communications. This image from the Cadigan lab shows a mutation's effect on Drosophila antenna.

Science of Sleep and Memory Formation Aton Lab research on memory featured in LSA Today, new publication in Nature Communications

Videogamers May Have Tips for Scientists Gamers playing the popular online puzzle game Foldit beat scientists, college students and computer algorithms in a contest to see who could identify a particular protein's shape.

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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.

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Our researchers answer common questions related to their work on sleep, probiotics, protein folding, and more! Find links to a podcast on the neuroepigenetics!

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Winner of 2017 Photo Contest

Congratulations to Allison Box, Buttitta Lab.

Her photo garnered the most votes. A close second was an image from Shyama Nandakumar.

See the images on the Photo Contest Page.

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