Department of MCDB

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Congratulations to our MCDB Graduates! Elizabeth Mae Gordon Will Krause Ted Leung Garrett Sager Alicia Stein Han Wan Yiting Xu gsas.yale.edu/celebrating-cl…

MCDB_Yale's tweet card. Celebrating the Class of 2025

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · Jul 23

Congratulations to Craig Crews on his award from Yale's Colton Center for Autoimmunity ventures.yale.edu/news/yales-col…

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · Jul 18

CONTEST EXTENDED!!! Send us your designs by August 1, 2025 to enter!!

DDepartment of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · Jul 9

SEND US YOUR DESIGNS! The MCDB Logo Contest ends on July 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM. Send your designs to [email protected] See full guidelines and submission instructions at mcdb.yale.edu

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Yale Neuroscience@YaleNeuro · Jul 18

New work @CurrentBiology from the labs of @neurojeanne @YaleNeuro and Thierry Emonet @MCDB_Yale show that some fruit fly neurons 🪰🧠 can be multifunctional: the same neuron can tell fruit flies to walk towards the smell of rotting fruit and speed up. medicine.yale.edu/news-article/t…

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · Jul 9

SEND US YOUR DESIGNS! The MCDB Logo Contest ends on July 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM. Send your designs to [email protected] See full guidelines and submission instructions at mcdb.yale.edu

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · Jul 9

Congratulations to Ken Nelson and Paul Forscher on their retirements! Their collective impact on MCDB cannot be emphasized enough.

MCDB_Yale's tweet image. Congratulations to Ken Nelson and Paul Forscher on their retirements! Their collective impact on MCDB cannot be emphasized enough.

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · Jul 9

Welcome Freya Wencker, MCDB’s newest lecturer! Freya has been hired as an Lecturer and will begin teaching in Fall 2025 and will oversee the FACS core facility. She will teach Laboratory in Nucleic Acids I and II as well as co-teach the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory.

MCDB_Yale's tweet image. Welcome Freya Wencker, MCDB’s newest lecturer!

Freya has been hired as an Lecturer and will begin teaching in Fall 2025 and will oversee the FACS core facility.

She will teach Laboratory in Nucleic Acids I and II as well as co-teach the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory.

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · Jul 8

Congratulations to Ronit Kaufman on her promotion to Sr. Lecturer! Ronit joined the MCDB faculty in 2018 and has been an integral part of the success of MCDB 1050 - Biology, the World, and US.

MCDB_Yale's tweet image. Congratulations to Ronit Kaufman on her promotion to Sr. Lecturer!

Ronit joined the MCDB faculty in 2018 and has been an integral part of the success of MCDB 1050 - Biology, the World, and US.

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · Jul 8

Congratulations to @DavidBreslowLab on his recent promotion to Associate Professor on Term! David joined the MCDB faculty in 2017 and has since made incredible discoveries in the study of the primary cilia in cell homeostasis and human disease.

MCDB_Yale's tweet image. Congratulations to @DavidBreslowLab on his recent promotion to Associate Professor on Term!

David joined the MCDB faculty in 2017 and has since made incredible discoveries in the study of the primary cilia in cell homeostasis and human disease.

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Yale Neuroscience@YaleNeuro · Jun 10

Congrats to @Yale senior Parisa Vaziri on winning the 2025 @KavliAtYale Undergraduate Thesis Prize 🏆! 🎉 Working with @MCDB_Yale's Damon Clark, her thesis uncovered a novel auditory illusion👂 & the algorithms underlying it. Next, she'll pursue a PhD in Neuroscience at Harvard.

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Yale University@Yale · Jun 25

Genome engineers are expanding the reach and precision of human gene editing. The advance will not only help assess the roots of complex genetic diseases, such as cancer, but will also guide the development of new designer drugs: bit.ly/4n0itLH @YaleWestCampus #Yale

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · May 28

Join us in congratulating Tom Pollard on receiving the 2025 Connecticut Medal of Science! Tom and his wife Patty stopped by campus while in town for the award ceremony. 📸 : Joe Wolenski

MCDB_Yale's tweet image. Join us in congratulating Tom Pollard on receiving the 2025 Connecticut Medal of Science!

Tom and his wife Patty stopped by campus while in town for the award ceremony.

📸 : Joe Wolenski

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · May 27

Jiyeon Leem (Mogessie Lab) has been awarded a Fellowship from the Lalor Foundation for pursuing her research project ‘Uncovering the origins of egg aneuploidy associated with female reproductive aging’. Congratulations, Jiyeon!

MCDB_Yale's tweet image. Jiyeon Leem (Mogessie Lab) has been awarded a Fellowship from the Lalor Foundation for pursuing her research project ‘Uncovering the origins of egg aneuploidy associated with female reproductive aging’. Congratulations, Jiyeon!

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Yale University@Yale · May 22

Help defend Yale’s teaching, research, and scholarship. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that proposes to raise the tax on the investment income of Yale and a number of other universities from 1.4% to 21%. Each year, this increased endowment tax would…

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Yale University@Yale · May 25

Moments that mattered: A look back at some of our favorite snapshots from Yale’s 324th Commencement — an unforgettable day in New Haven! See more videos, photos, and stories here: bit.ly/3ZtE84D #Yale2025 🎓

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · May 19

MCDB graduate Angelin Mathew spoke with YaleNews about her time at Yale and her next steps as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. news.yale.edu/2025/05/13/yal…

MCDB_Yale's tweet card. At Yale, Angelin Mathew found a way to bridge her interests in the body and spirit, an intellectual journey she’ll continue as a Rhodes scholar studying theology and medical anthropology.

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · May 16

Congratulations to MCDB Ph.D. students Lam Vo and Emily Siff on their selection as 2025 Annie Le Fellows! This fellowship, created in memory of Annie Le, is awarded to doctoral candidates in the BBS who excel in research and improving the world around them.

MCDB_Yale's tweet image. Congratulations to MCDB Ph.D. students Lam Vo and Emily Siff on their selection as 2025 Annie Le Fellows!

This fellowship, created in memory of Annie Le, is awarded to doctoral candidates in the BBS who excel in research and improving the world around them.

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · May 15

Members of the Jacob Lab Wenxin Yuan and Yi-chun Huang are the first and second author on a new study that reveals a new mechanism with relevance to a pediatric brain cancer. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40229276/

MCDB_Yale's tweet image. Members of the Jacob Lab Wenxin Yuan and Yi-chun Huang are the first and second author on a new study that reveals a new mechanism with relevance to a pediatric brain cancer.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40229276/

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · May 14

Congratulations to the 2024-25 Spangler Award Recipients! Ted Leung, Gendron Lab Elizabeth Gordon, Hatzios Lab Garret Sager, Clark Lab

MCDB_Yale's tweet image. Congratulations to the 2024-25 Spangler Award Recipients!

Ted Leung, Gendron Lab
Elizabeth Gordon, Hatzios Lab
Garret Sager, Clark Lab

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Department of MCDB@MCDB_Yale · May 8

MCDB's France Moore has been named a Prize Teaching Fellow for the 2024-25 academic school year. She is one of nine Ph.D. students selected. Congratulations, Frances! gsas.yale.edu/about/news-ann…

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