Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)

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New system for studying cell division Miller et al have developed an artificial cell cortex to watch cell changes as it prepares to divide

UM Researchers solve structure of protein complex important in DNA repair "Sandwich" of 4 MEILB2 proteins with 2 BRCA2 proteins key to efficient rejoining of DNA breaks

Aton Lab: Sleep Vital to Associating Emotion with Memories New research in Nature Communications

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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.

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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 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.

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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!

2019 Photo Contest Winners Selected

See the images on the Photo Contest Page.

2019 Science Winner Roop Jaffri, MacAlister Lab.

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