Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program
@mcbseattle.bsky.social
The Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) program is an interdisciplinary graduate program jointly offered by the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. https://mcb-seattle.edu/
See you next week for Kathryn Powers’s dissertation defense!
Title: EBF1 Regulates Sensory Development in the Mammalian Cochlea
Lab: Bermingham-McDonogh Lab, UW
When: Friday, November 21, 1:30 p.m. PST
Where: UW Health Sciences Building, T639 & Virtual (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: EBF1 Regulates Sensory Development in the Mammalian Cochlea
Lab: Bermingham-McDonogh Lab, UW
When: Friday, November 21, 1:30 p.m. PST
Where: UW Health Sciences Building, T639 & Virtual (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
See you next week for Kathryn Powers’s dissertation defense!
Title: EBF1 Regulates Sensory Development in the Mammalian Cochlea
Lab: Bermingham-McDonogh Lab, UW
When: Friday, November 21, 1:30 p.m. PST
Where: UW Health Sciences Building, T639 & Virtual (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: EBF1 Regulates Sensory Development in the Mammalian Cochlea
Lab: Bermingham-McDonogh Lab, UW
When: Friday, November 21, 1:30 p.m. PST
Where: UW Health Sciences Building, T639 & Virtual (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Happening TODAY - Darren Mallett’s dissertation defense!
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happening TODAY - Darren Mallett’s dissertation defense!
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
Join us for Kathryn Powers’s dissertation defense!
Title: EBF1 Regulates Sensory Development in the Mammalian Cochlea
Lab: Bermingham-McDonogh Lab, UW
When: Friday, November 21, 1:30 p.m. PST
Where: UW Health Sciences Building, T639 & Virtual (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: EBF1 Regulates Sensory Development in the Mammalian Cochlea
Lab: Bermingham-McDonogh Lab, UW
When: Friday, November 21, 1:30 p.m. PST
Where: UW Health Sciences Building, T639 & Virtual (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Join us for Kathryn Powers’s dissertation defense!
Title: EBF1 Regulates Sensory Development in the Mammalian Cochlea
Lab: Bermingham-McDonogh Lab, UW
When: Friday, November 21, 1:30 p.m. PST
Where: UW Health Sciences Building, T639 & Virtual (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: EBF1 Regulates Sensory Development in the Mammalian Cochlea
Lab: Bermingham-McDonogh Lab, UW
When: Friday, November 21, 1:30 p.m. PST
Where: UW Health Sciences Building, T639 & Virtual (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
See you next week for Darren Mallett’s dissertation defense!
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
See you next week for Darren Mallett’s dissertation defense!
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
Happening TODAY - Nick Petty’s ( @npetty.bsky.social ) defense!
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happening TODAY - Nick Petty’s ( @npetty.bsky.social ) defense!
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
Join us for Darren Mallett’s dissertation defense!
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us for Darren Mallett’s dissertation defense!
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms that control unattached kinetochore clustering
Lab: Biggins Lab, FH
When: Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. PST
Where: Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building)
See you next week for Nick Petty’s ( @npetty.bsky.social ) defense!
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
See you next week for Nick Petty’s ( @npetty.bsky.social ) defense!
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
Join us for Nick Petty’s (@npetty.bsky.social ) dissertation defense!
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Join us for Nick Petty’s (@npetty.bsky.social ) dissertation defense!
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
Title: Replacement of microglia with hematopoietic stem cell-derived microglia-like cells in nonhuman primates & impact of CSF1R inhibitor treatment
Lab: Kiem Lab, FH
When: Wed, Nov 5, 3:30pm PST
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty member, Dr. Andras Heczey from the Seattle Children's Research Institute!
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty member, Dr. Andras Heczey from the Seattle Children's Research Institute!
A deliciously sweet time was had at the 1st annual MCB Bakeoff. Congratulations to all of our bakers and winners! 🍰🥧🍪 For a full album of photos and list of winners, visit our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/MCBSeattle!
October 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A deliciously sweet time was had at the 1st annual MCB Bakeoff. Congratulations to all of our bakers and winners! 🍰🥧🍪 For a full album of photos and list of winners, visit our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/MCBSeattle!
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty member, Dr. Joshua Vaughan from the UW Department of Chemistry!
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty member, Dr. Joshua Vaughan from the UW Department of Chemistry!
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty member, Dr. Saori Sakaue (@saorisakaue.bsky.social ) from the UW Department of Genome Sciences (@uwgenome.bsky.social )!
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty member, Dr. Saori Sakaue (@saorisakaue.bsky.social ) from the UW Department of Genome Sciences (@uwgenome.bsky.social )!
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An ISCRM research team of biologists, engineers, and physicians shows that fibroblasts, often thought of as helpers, may weaken the heart by causing a harmful cycle of stiffening and scarring, and pinpoint a potential fix.
September 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
An ISCRM research team of biologists, engineers, and physicians shows that fibroblasts, often thought of as helpers, may weaken the heart by causing a harmful cycle of stiffening and scarring, and pinpoint a potential fix.
Say hello and welcome to MCB cohort 2025-2026!
September 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Say hello and welcome to MCB cohort 2025-2026!
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty members, Dr. Julie Mathieu from the UW Department of Comparative Medicine, and Dr. William from the UW Department of Genome Sciences (@uwgenome.bsky.social )!
September 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty members, Dr. Julie Mathieu from the UW Department of Comparative Medicine, and Dr. William from the UW Department of Genome Sciences (@uwgenome.bsky.social )!
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty member, Dr. Lucas Hoffman from the Seattle Children's Research Institute!
August 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Join us in welcoming our newest faculty member, Dr. Lucas Hoffman from the Seattle Children's Research Institute!
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🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Bonner @ebonner.bsky.social on her successful PhD defense - the first PhD to graduate from our lab! Her journey has been nothing short of inspiring! Couldn’t be more proud and excited for all the big things ahead!@fredhutch.bsky.social @mcbseattle.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Bonner @ebonner.bsky.social on her successful PhD defense - the first PhD to graduate from our lab! Her journey has been nothing short of inspiring! Couldn’t be more proud and excited for all the big things ahead!@fredhutch.bsky.social @mcbseattle.bsky.social
Happening TODAY - Elizabeth Bonner's (@ebonner.bsky.social ) dissertation defense!
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
August 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happening TODAY - Elizabeth Bonner's (@ebonner.bsky.social ) dissertation defense!
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
See you next week for Elizabeth Bonner’s (@ebonner.bsky.social ) dissertation defense!
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
August 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
See you next week for Elizabeth Bonner’s (@ebonner.bsky.social ) dissertation defense!
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Happening TODAY - Victoria Rachleff’s defense!
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
August 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happening TODAY - Victoria Rachleff’s defense!
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
Happening TODAY - Gygeria Manuel’s dissertation defense!
Title: Decoding the Innate Immune Response to Group B Streptococcus Infections at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Lab: Adams Waldorf Lab, UW
When: Thursday, August 7, 10am PDT
Where: UW SLU Brotman Auditorium (Building D)
Title: Decoding the Innate Immune Response to Group B Streptococcus Infections at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Lab: Adams Waldorf Lab, UW
When: Thursday, August 7, 10am PDT
Where: UW SLU Brotman Auditorium (Building D)
August 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happening TODAY - Gygeria Manuel’s dissertation defense!
Title: Decoding the Innate Immune Response to Group B Streptococcus Infections at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Lab: Adams Waldorf Lab, UW
When: Thursday, August 7, 10am PDT
Where: UW SLU Brotman Auditorium (Building D)
Title: Decoding the Innate Immune Response to Group B Streptococcus Infections at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Lab: Adams Waldorf Lab, UW
When: Thursday, August 7, 10am PDT
Where: UW SLU Brotman Auditorium (Building D)
See you next week for Victoria Rachleff’s defense!
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
August 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
See you next week for Victoria Rachleff’s defense!
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
Join us for Elizabeth Bonner’s (@ebonner.bsky.social ) dissertation defense!
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
August 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join us for Elizabeth Bonner’s (@ebonner.bsky.social ) dissertation defense!
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
Title: Dissecting the role of CDK8 mis-splicing in SF3B1 mutant MDS
Lab: Stanley Lee Lab, FH
When: Wednesday, August 20, 11am PDT
Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email mcb@uw.edu for link)
See you next week for Gygeria Manuel’s dissertation defense!
Title: Decoding the Innate Immune Response to Group B Streptococcus Infections at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Lab: Adams Waldorf Lab, UW
When: Thursday, August 7, 10am PDT
Where: UW SLU Brotman Auditorium (Building D)
Title: Decoding the Innate Immune Response to Group B Streptococcus Infections at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Lab: Adams Waldorf Lab, UW
When: Thursday, August 7, 10am PDT
Where: UW SLU Brotman Auditorium (Building D)
July 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
See you next week for Gygeria Manuel’s dissertation defense!
Title: Decoding the Innate Immune Response to Group B Streptococcus Infections at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Lab: Adams Waldorf Lab, UW
When: Thursday, August 7, 10am PDT
Where: UW SLU Brotman Auditorium (Building D)
Title: Decoding the Innate Immune Response to Group B Streptococcus Infections at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Lab: Adams Waldorf Lab, UW
When: Thursday, August 7, 10am PDT
Where: UW SLU Brotman Auditorium (Building D)
Join us for Victoria Rachleff’s dissertation defense!
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
July 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Join us for Victoria Rachleff’s dissertation defense!
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)
Title: Disentangling the relationship between pathology and cellular vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
Lab: Keene Lab (UW) & Lein Lab (Allen Institute)
When: Wed., Aug 13, 3pm PDT
Where: Allen Institute & Zoom (email vmallett@uw.edu for link)