MCB's 21 primary faculty represent a diverse array of research that builds fundamental insight and translates into treating diseases such as cancer, neurodegeneration, and aging. Our faculty investigate a wide range of basic questions concerning cells and genes and their impact on evolution, aging, and disease. We are also researching novel approaches in science education and studying the very origins of life. Click on the research areas below to learn more about our work.
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Why does cancer survive when normal cells cannot?
How do students learn about complex biological mechanisms?
Studying unstable chromosomes and the impact of fork error in telomeres
Modulating the gene network that controls the ON/OFF switch of cell growth
Studying eye placement to understand how cells establish up, down, left, right
On the hunt for genes and small molecules at work in ailing/aging neurons
Microbial stress response and adaptation to nutrient and energy scarcity on Earth and beyond
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