Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Recent News
Different means to the same end: How a worm protects its chromosomes
In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JK Nandakumar and his team identify the specific domains in the proteins used by C. elegans-- a different solution than that used by mammals to protect their telomeres.
Researchers uncover protein responsible for cold sensation
Nature Neuroscience report from a collaboration of the labs of MCDB's Bo Duan and LSI's Shawn Xu fills "a gap in temperature-sensing puzzle"
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Contact Information
Undergraduates and Prospective Majors:
Contact the Program in Biology
734-763-7984
lsa-biology-advising@umich.edu
Graduate students:
Contact Mary Carr, Graduate Coordinator
mcdb.grad.programs@umich.edu
Events
May
07
"How the gut got its spots: a fluid-like mesenchyme shapes the intestine"
Tyler Huycke, Postdoctoral Fellow, USCF
12:00 PM
1300
Chemistry Dow Lab
May
24
MCDB Seminar> Coordinated Toxin – Host GTPase Interactions Modulate Cellular Trafficking
Alfa Herrera, Northwestern University
12:00 PM
1060
Biological Sciences Building
Jul
12
MCDB Seminar> Mercado, Title to be Announced
Nicolle Rosa Mercado, Johns Hopkins University
12:00 PM
1060
Biological Sciences Building