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.
Haselkorn
Lecture 2009 - Prof. Joseph Gall, Carnegie Institute (QuickTime Movie; 152 MB)
Haselkorn
Lecture 2008 - Prof. Gottfried Schatz, University of Basel (QuickTime Movie; 112 MB)
Rick
Fehon was appointed as MGCB Chair effective July 1st,
2007.
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MGCB SEMINARS
APRIL - MAY 2009
Thursday, April 23
Fourth Annual Haselkorn Lecture Dr. Joseph Gall
4:00–5:00 PM
Biological Sciences Learning Center
Room 109
Tuesday, April 28
MGCB Seminar:
Kerry Bloom,
'Springs and Struts in the Mitotic Spindle'
4:00–5:00 PM
Cummings Life Science Center
Room 101
Thursday, May 21
MGCB Seminar: David Bentley, UCHSC
'Coordination of mRNA biogenesis at the site of transcription'
4:00–5:00 PM
Cummings Life Science Center
Room 101
Tuesday, May 26
MGCB Seminar:
Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, Harvard
'Notch signaling and the control of metazoan cell fates'
4:00–5:00 PM
Cummings Life Science Center
Room 101
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