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Gardner Peroxisomes
Keck Bridge Grant Supports Research into How Cells Build Essential Structures
Photo Credit Matt Perko. Photo Credit Matt Perko Researchers Mia Raimondi, left, Christopher Hayes and lead author Michael Costello have uncovered how pathogenic Bordetella bacteria adhere to mammalian airways despite their hosts' natural defenses
A new look at an old protein may yield therapy for contagious respiratory disease
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Mosquito taste receptor could lead to new insect repellents
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A ‘magic bullet’ for polycystic kidney disease in the making
illustration of neurons and chemical signaling, source: The Current
Hormone cycles shape the structure and function of key memory regions in the brain
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Scientists discover that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields
Meghan Morrissey Photo Credit Matt Perko
‘Brave and bold’ new strategies for cancer immunotherapy
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MCDB Spotlights

2021 MCDB Graduate Admissions

2027 MCDB Graduate Admissions

A cross-disciplinary foundation in biological science, while allowing students the flexibility to choose their own path of inquiry.
Annalise Bond

Grad Spotlight: Annalise Bond

Annalise is a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Barbara in the Morrissey Lab. She was awarded the Karl Storz Imaging fellowship in her second year, and her research was recently featured on the NIH Director’s Blog.
Meghan Morrissey

Faculty: Meghan Morrissey

Dissecting how macrophages count and measure to design new cancer therapies.
Allison Gabbert

Student: Allison Gabbert

Studies the role of septins in collective border cell migration in the Drosophila ovary.
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