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The Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program at Dartmouth is an umbrella PhD program. We are a vibrant and welcoming scientific community located in the lovely Upper Valley of New Hampshire. Learn more: https://graduate.dartmouth.edu/mcb/
🤩 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
"Dartmouth offers a wealth of resources, mentors and learning opportunities... the community is incredibly supportive."

👀 Check out this profile of MCB alum (Madden Lab) and current postdoc (Madden and Cramer Labs) Muhammad Abubakar Khan!
guarinigrad.dartmouth.edu/blog/2025/11...
Postdoc Spotlight: ​​Muhammad Abubakar Khan
​​Muhammad Abubakar Khan is a postdoc in biochemistry and microbiology in the Madden and Cramer Labs. He was recently elected to the Dartmouth Postdoctoral Association (DPA) executive board as co-p…
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November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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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”
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Our goal with the Career Trek program is to make the career landscape feel more accessible. Students and postdocs get to see how Guarini alumni have built meaningful careers in settings they might not have imagined for themselves." - Asst. Dean Amy Keeler

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Guarini Career Trek Opens Industry Doors for PhD Students and Postdocs
Guarini PhD students and postdocs explored industry careers during the Boston Career Trek, visiting Flagship Pioneering, Nanopath, and the Boston Consulting Group to learn how research skills translat...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Congratulations to Bassam el Hafi, who successfully defended his PhD thesis yesterday! He did a terrific job! Bassam connected microbial interactions to the complexity of human communication. Thanks also to Sarah Clark of the Anschutz School of Medicine who served at Bassam's outside examiner.
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Bassam El Hafi from the @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social Lab on successfully defending his thesis today! 🥳
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Check out this event with MCB alum, Nabila Riaz (Guerinot Lab)!

- Engage with professionals across academia, government, & industry
- Learn from experts shaping science diplomacy

Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🚨Thesis Seminar Alert: Evan Winter from the McKenna Lab will be presenting his thesis work tomorrow at 1pm in Spanos Auditorium (Cummings 100)!
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🚨 Thesis Seminar Alert: Adam Simard from the Madden Lab @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social will be presenting his research on Monday at 2pm in Kellogg 200!
October 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Dartmouth does a great job of expanding your perspective”

Check out this profile of MD-PhD student Andre Armero, who currently is working on his PhD research in the lab of MCB faculty member Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner:
healthsciences.dartmouth.edu/news-events/...
Student Spotlight: Andre Armero, MD-PhD ’31
What sparked Andre Armero’s path to medicine wasn’t just science; it was humanity. Now an MD-PhD student at Dartmouth, he is blending patient care with research to ask deeper questions and improve out...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Ziyan Wang from the Dunlap/Loros Lab on successfully defending her thesis! 🥳
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🎉Congratulations to Dr. Shannon Ferry from the Huang Lab on successfully defending her thesis! 🥳
October 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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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
🚨 Thesis Seminar Alert - mark your calendars for next week!
- Shannon Ferry from the Huang Lab will be presenting on Monday Oct. 13 at 11am in Auditorium G at DHMC
- Ziyan Wang from the Dunlap Lab will be presenting Tuesday Oct. 14 at 10am in Chilcott
October 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Just a reminder about our faculty search at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. Applications due Oct. 15. @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social
My department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438
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October 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Tomorrow! Join Guarini for community breakfasts at both Rubin 6 and Anonymous. Tomorrow is also Biomedical Research Day at DHMC - mark your calendars accordingly 📅🙂
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Just a few days left to apply! If you do cool molecular/cell biology things and want to start a lab in a supportive department in New England please check out our ad.
My Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined).

Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions.

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September 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
👀 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
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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
September 17, 2025 at 3:52 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
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September 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
👀 Applications are open to join us in MCB at Dartmouth! 🧑‍🔬🧬🧫

Learn more:
graduate.dartmouth.edu/admissions/p...
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September 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Duane's lab provided a wonderful environment for someone like me, who was new to the field. I was supported by the other grad students and encouraged to ask questions and follow what interested me. And that's when I fell in love with cells."

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September 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🎉 Belated congratulations to Dr. Abigail Goen who successfully defended her thesis on Monday! 🥳
🚨 Thesis Seminar Alert! Abby Goen will be presenting her research in the Miller Lab today at 11am in Auditorium H!
September 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🚨 Thesis Seminar Alert! Abby Goen will be presenting her research in the Miller Lab today at 11am in Auditorium H!
September 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Today! Come for an exciting talk from alum Drew Bridges - Stay for the reception with MCB alumni!
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM