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🤩 Kudos to MCB alum Jeanine Amacher (Madden Lab @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social) on being named a 2025 Henry Drefus Teacher-Scholar!
Congratulations to Dr. Jeanine Amacher at Western Washington University for being named a 2025 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar! #DreyfusAwards
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🤩 Kudos to MCB alum Jeanine Amacher (Madden Lab @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social) on being named a 2025 Henry Drefus Teacher-Scholar!
Congratulations to Sukrut Kamerkar on the publication of his manuscript in Science Advances. Sukrut is a postdoc in Harry Higg's lab. @sukrut.bsky.social
The tumor suppressor LACTB remodels mitochondria to promote cytochrome c release and apoptosis
LACTB remodels the inner mitochondrial membrane during apoptosis to facilitate the release of cytochrome c and other factors.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Congratulations to Sukrut Kamerkar on the publication of his manuscript in Science Advances. Sukrut is a postdoc in Harry Higg's lab. @sukrut.bsky.social
Congratulations to BCB Professor Soni Lacefield on Receiving the Genetics Society of America Ira Herskowitz Award!
This prestigious award recognizes “outstanding contributions in the field of yeast research in the last 20 years”
This prestigious award recognizes “outstanding contributions in the field of yeast research in the last 20 years”
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Congratulations to BCB Professor Soni Lacefield on Receiving the Genetics Society of America Ira Herskowitz Award!
This prestigious award recognizes “outstanding contributions in the field of yeast research in the last 20 years”
This prestigious award recognizes “outstanding contributions in the field of yeast research in the last 20 years”
Join us Monday 11/3 at Noon.
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Join us Monday 11/3 at Noon.
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Lacefield Lab grad student @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social gave an excellent talk at Geisel’s Biomedical Research Day! Congratulations Pallavi! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Lacefield Lab grad student @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social gave an excellent talk at Geisel’s Biomedical Research Day! Congratulations Pallavi! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
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The Lacefield Lab won second place in the great pumpkin derby! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Lacefield Lab won second place in the great pumpkin derby! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
Adam Simard will be delivering his PhD Thesis Presentation TODAY at 2:00pm. Join us in Kellogg 200 as he tells us about his research! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Adam Simard will be delivering his PhD Thesis Presentation TODAY at 2:00pm. Join us in Kellogg 200 as he tells us about his research! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
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👀 Check out this work from MCB alum Madeline Chrupcala and @moseleylab.bsky.social in @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social!
From MBoC: James B. Moseley (Dartmouth) shows PP2A-B56 preserves Mid1 to keep the division plane centered in fission yeast. B56 loss → rings slide & divisions become asymmetric; restoring Mid1 rescues. Paper: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #ASCB #CellBiology
September 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
👀 Check out this work from MCB alum Madeline Chrupcala and @moseleylab.bsky.social in @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social!
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Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Energetic principles that drive cytokinetic ring assembly.” Michael Murrell, PhD
Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
September 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Energetic principles that drive cytokinetic ring assembly.” Michael Murrell, PhD
Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
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🤩 Check out this great interview with MCB alum Lilian Kabeche. She did her graduate work in @comptonmitosis.bsky.social lab @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social and is now an Asst. Prof. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Cell scientist to watch – Lilian Kabeche
ABSTRACT. Lilian Kabeche is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University (USA). She completed her doctoral work with Duane Compton at Dartmouth College (New Hamps...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🤩 Check out this great interview with MCB alum Lilian Kabeche. She did her graduate work in @comptonmitosis.bsky.social lab @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social and is now an Asst. Prof. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Are you past grad school but would still love to join MCB?? 🧑🎓🧑🔬
You still can - 2 depts in MCB are hiring!
Department of Biological Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171625
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171438
You still can - 2 depts in MCB are hiring!
Department of Biological Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171625
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171438
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September 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Are you past grad school but would still love to join MCB?? 🧑🎓🧑🔬
You still can - 2 depts in MCB are hiring!
Department of Biological Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171625
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171438
You still can - 2 depts in MCB are hiring!
Department of Biological Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171625
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171438
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October 15, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm
Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time:
The Legacy of C. Everett Koop
Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm
Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time:
The Legacy of C. Everett Koop
Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/
The C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu
August 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
October 15, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm
Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time:
The Legacy of C. Everett Koop
Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm
Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time:
The Legacy of C. Everett Koop
Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Cellular Mechanisms of Lipid Homeostasis: From Lipid Droplets to Ferroptosis”, James Olzmann, PhD
Monday November 3, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium, Vail 120
Monday November 3, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium, Vail 120
September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Cellular Mechanisms of Lipid Homeostasis: From Lipid Droplets to Ferroptosis”, James Olzmann, PhD
Monday November 3, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium, Vail 120
Monday November 3, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium, Vail 120
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Energetic principles that drive cytokinetic ring assembly.” Michael Murrell, PhD
Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
September 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Energetic principles that drive cytokinetic ring assembly.” Michael Murrell, PhD
Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series - “Meiotic crossover patterning: from single molecule dynamics to the length of chromosomes” - Lexy von Diezmann, PhD
Monday September 22, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, KELLOGG 200
Monday September 22, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, KELLOGG 200
September 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series - “Meiotic crossover patterning: from single molecule dynamics to the length of chromosomes” - Lexy von Diezmann, PhD
Monday September 22, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, KELLOGG 200
Monday September 22, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, KELLOGG 200
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Check out our new manuscript on biorxiv on the role of MOS in mammalian oocyte meiosis: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
With @schindlerlab.bsky.social @giselacairobaza.bsky.social @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social
With @schindlerlab.bsky.social @giselacairobaza.bsky.social @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social
A persistent intracellular bridge and cell cycle misregulation enable polar body cell divisions and tumor formation in Mos-deficient eggs
Mammalian female meiosis is uniquely regulated to produce a developmentally competent egg capable of supporting embryogenesis. During meiosis I, homologous chromosomes segregate, with half extruded in...
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August 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Check out our new manuscript on biorxiv on the role of MOS in mammalian oocyte meiosis: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
With @schindlerlab.bsky.social @giselacairobaza.bsky.social @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social
With @schindlerlab.bsky.social @giselacairobaza.bsky.social @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social
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📢 Pre-print alert 📢 We are excited to share the lab's first research article! We used our artificial cortex system to investigate how membrane composition regulates self-organized cortical dyanamics. Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Membrane composition-dependent patterning of Rho and F-actin in an artificial cell cortex
Cortical excitability, a phenomenon in which the cell cortex is dynamically patterned with waves of F-actin assembly, has been described in a variety of animal model systems, including embryos of mamm...
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August 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢 Pre-print alert 📢 We are excited to share the lab's first research article! We used our artificial cortex system to investigate how membrane composition regulates self-organized cortical dyanamics. Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Join the Geisel DICE Office, in partnership with the New Hope Baptist Church, for a community health and wellness fair, dedicated to discussions around nutrition, importance of health screenings, breast and prostate cancer awareness, and importance of community. More information at the link here:
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September 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Join the Geisel DICE Office, in partnership with the New Hope Baptist Church, for a community health and wellness fair, dedicated to discussions around nutrition, importance of health screenings, breast and prostate cancer awareness, and importance of community. More information at the link here:
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I'm very excited to share out latest work now published in Autophagy.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This work was led by Dr. Devika Andhare and demonstrates the membrane binding and clustering capabilities of Atg11 using a new reconstitution system.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This work was led by Dr. Devika Andhare and demonstrates the membrane binding and clustering capabilities of Atg11 using a new reconstitution system.
Reconstitution of autophagic-like membrane tethering reveals that Atg11 can bind and cluster vesicles on cargo mimetics
Macroautophagy (hereafter, autophagy) is essential for the degradation of mitochondria from yeast to humans. Mitochondrial autophagy in yeast is initiated when the selective autophagy scaffolding p...
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September 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I'm very excited to share out latest work now published in Autophagy.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This work was led by Dr. Devika Andhare and demonstrates the membrane binding and clustering capabilities of Atg11 using a new reconstitution system.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This work was led by Dr. Devika Andhare and demonstrates the membrane binding and clustering capabilities of Atg11 using a new reconstitution system.
We are excited to announce that the Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine is recruiting for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We are excited to announce that the Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine is recruiting for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level.
Visit apply.interfolio.com/171438 to apply.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Brennan McEwan on a successful thesis defense! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to Brennan McEwan on a successful thesis defense! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
Brennan McEwan will be delivering his PhD Thesis Presentation TOMORROW at 9:00am. Join us at DH in Auditorium H as he tells us about his research!
August 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Brennan McEwan will be delivering his PhD Thesis Presentation TOMORROW at 9:00am. Join us at DH in Auditorium H as he tells us about his research!
October 15, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm
Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time:
The Legacy of C. Everett Koop
Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm
Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time:
The Legacy of C. Everett Koop
Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/
The C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu
August 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
October 15, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm
Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time:
The Legacy of C. Everett Koop
Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm
Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time:
The Legacy of C. Everett Koop
Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/