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Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Understanding Cell Signaling and Behavior
In the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology (MCP), we strive to reveal how proteins and cells work and how they interact. MCP scientists tackle open problems in cell and tissue biology, immunology, and neuroscience. Drawing on concepts, techniques and principles from multiple fields, such as biophysics, computational biology, genetics, and structural biology, we develop a next generation of scientists skilled in interdisciplinary research, mentoring, and communication. We believe that innovation thrives within dynamic and diverse research communities and, thus, welcome people whose experience, research, or community engagement has prepared them to enhance this commitment to diversity and excellence.
Today, MCP hosts more than 100 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars distributed across 13 faculty labs. Students join MCP labs from several biosciences home programs, including the one sponsored by MCP. Postdoctoral scholars join the department after earning PhDs in a variety of scientific disciplines and from universities across the nation and the world. Seven MCP faculty belong to the National Academy of Science, three hold Nobel Prizes (each one in a different area), four are immigrants, and the current chair holds a Landis Award for Outstanding Mentoring. Former MCP trainees apply their scientific training as leaders of independent research groups in academia and in industry, and as lawyers, entrepreneurs, company founders, technology investors, and policy makers.
Read more about our MCP Community and our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Research News & Notable Events
Lucy O'Brien named CZ Biohub Investigator
MCP Associate Professor Dr. Lucy O'Brien has been named a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. Read full article here.
Miriam Goodman Receives the 2021 Sharona Gordon Award
The Sharona Gordon award is given each year to honor an individual who has made a clear and sustained impact on improving equity and inclusivity in the fields of Physiology and Biophysics. Dr. Goodman has been chosen as the Society of General Physiologists Sharona Gordon Award winner in recognition of her promotions in the advancement of women and other underrepresented minorities in science, through communication and education. Â
Chris Garcia wins 2021 ICIS-Biolegend William E. Paul Award
Dr. Garcia has been chosen as the ICIS-BioLegend William E. Paul Award winner in recognition of his enormous contributions to understanding receptor-ligand interactions which is unparalleled in the area of cytokine and interferon research.
Rich Lewis Receives Cole Award
The Kenneth S. Cole Award is given to one or more investigators in the field of membrane biophysics, in recognition of their research achievements as well as their potential for future contributions. Â Â Â
It is awarded each year by the Channels, Receptors, and Transporters subgroup of the Biophysical Society. Â
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How Epstein-Barr virus triggers multiple sclerosis
A new study found that part of the Epstein-Barr virus mimics a protein made in the brain and spinal cord, leading the immune system to mistakenly attack the body’s nerve cells.
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Antibody synergy targets tough cancers
Two anti-cancer antibodies have a much stronger effect against pediatric nerve-cell and bone cancers in mice than either one alone, researchers have discovered.
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