was created in 1984 through the merger of the
faculties of the Departments of Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics
and Theoretical Biology, and Microbiology. MGCB operates within
the Division of Biological Sciences. Its faculty investigate molecular
aspects of biological phenomena that operate on a cellular scale.
The Department covers vital extensions of cell biology and genetics
into related fields of biology, notably immunology, plant biology,
development and microbiology. The Department currently represents
research on a wide range of biological problems and systems - its
internationally recognized strengths include:
1. invertebrate and vertebrate development
2. plant molecular biology
3. cellular structure and function
4. yeast genetics.
For graduate training, MGCB participates
in the Molecular
Biosciences Graduate Training Program Cluster together
with the Departments of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology and Human
Genetics, and the Committees on Genetics
and Developmental
Biology. MGCB also plays key roles in the undergraduate
biology curricula at the University.
The honors accorded to members of
the faculty of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
attest to the quality of their scholarship and research. Among the
faculty are seven members of the National Academy of Sciences, one
Fellow of the Royal Society, two members of the National Institute
of Medicine, and nine Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences. Many of the faculty have been selected for advisory or
editorial positions by national and international scientific organizations,
including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science
Foundation, The American Cancer Society, and The Leukemia Research
Foundation.
Rick
Fehon was appointed as MGCB Chair effective July 1st,
2007.
New Faculty
Handbook (pdf; 832 KB)
Haselkorn
Lecture 2008 (QuickTime Movie; 112 MB)
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SEMINARS
August - September 2008
August 13 • 12:00 PM
Committee on Cancer Biology Journal Club
August 14 • 12:00 PM
Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds "Severe Psychomotor Defect
Caused by Defect in Cell Membrane Transport of Thyroid Hormone"
Samuel Refetoff, MD, Frederick H. Rawson Professor of Medicine and
Pediatrics, U of C Medical Center
August 21 • 12:00 PM
Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds "Challenges to Pediatric
Palliative Care" K. Sarah Hoehn, MD, MBe, Assistant Professor,
Pediatric Critical Care, U of C Medical Center
September 10 • 12:00
PM Committee on Cancer Biology Journal Club
September 11 • 12:00
PM Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds - "Brain Development:
Normal and Abnormal" Carol Macmillan, MD, Associate Professor,
Section of Pediatric Neurology, U of C Medical Center
• 12:00 PM Neurobiology Seminar: Naoum Issa. ''The Role of
the Early Visual System in Processing Complex Images''
September 14 • 8:00
AM Neuroscience Retreat
• 9:00 AM Neuroscience Retreat
September 15 • 8:00
AM Neuroscience Retreat
• 9:00 AM Neuroscience Retreat
September 19 • 7:30
AM Innovations in the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Pancreatic
Cancer, A Symposium for Physicians
September 30 • 4:00
PM MGCB Seminar: Fred Chang, ''Shaping cells with microtubules''
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