Yale MCDB
@mcdb-yale.bsky.social
Official account of the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University
REMINDER:
The MCDB Business Office will be closed November 27-28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
The MCDB Business Office will be closed November 27-28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
REMINDER:
The MCDB Business Office will be closed November 27-28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
The MCDB Business Office will be closed November 27-28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Binyam Mogessie (@binyammogessie.bsky.social) and Jiyeon Leem (@jiyeonleem.bsky.social) from Yale MCDB reveal a new way to mimic egg aging in the lab, uncovering why chromosome errors rise with maternal age. 🧬✨
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A new tool for understanding chromosome abnormalities in the eggs of older women
Yale researchers have created a new method for simulating “aging-like” chromosome errors in mouse eggs to better understand female reproductive lifespan.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Binyam Mogessie (@binyammogessie.bsky.social) and Jiyeon Leem (@jiyeonleem.bsky.social) from Yale MCDB reveal a new way to mimic egg aging in the lab, uncovering why chromosome errors rise with maternal age. 🧬✨
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MCDB Assistant Professor Harry McNamara is combining developmental biology, neurobiology, and biophysics to answer basic science questions about how cells communicate.
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The bioengineer investigating stem cell self-organization
New FAS faculty member Harry McNamara is combining developmental biology, neurobiology, and biophysics to answer basic science questions about how cells communicate.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
MCDB Assistant Professor Harry McNamara is combining developmental biology, neurobiology, and biophysics to answer basic science questions about how cells communicate.
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🌿 Calling All Plant Enthusiasts! 🌺
Join us at the Sussex Symposium this Friday for a day dedicated to plant biology! 🌳
🎙️ Don't miss the keynote by Dr. Ken Birnbaum!
🗓️ 9 AM - 5 PM 📍 Jones Auditorium, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Join us at the Sussex Symposium this Friday for a day dedicated to plant biology! 🌳
🎙️ Don't miss the keynote by Dr. Ken Birnbaum!
🗓️ 9 AM - 5 PM 📍 Jones Auditorium, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🌿 Calling All Plant Enthusiasts! 🌺
Join us at the Sussex Symposium this Friday for a day dedicated to plant biology! 🌳
🎙️ Don't miss the keynote by Dr. Ken Birnbaum!
🗓️ 9 AM - 5 PM 📍 Jones Auditorium, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Join us at the Sussex Symposium this Friday for a day dedicated to plant biology! 🌳
🎙️ Don't miss the keynote by Dr. Ken Birnbaum!
🗓️ 9 AM - 5 PM 📍 Jones Auditorium, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
We are still accepting applications!
Apply by November 1 for full consideration
Apply by November 1 for full consideration
Calling all biologists! 📢
Is your research at the cutting edge of synthetic biology, genomics or AI?
Apply to join our team of world-class scholars!🔬🦠
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2026
#hiring #genomics #biology
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Is your research at the cutting edge of synthetic biology, genomics or AI?
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2026
#hiring #genomics #biology
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are still accepting applications!
Apply by November 1 for full consideration
Apply by November 1 for full consideration
🍭 TRICK OR TREAT!🎃
The MCDB Trick or Treat Trail is BACK!
Dress to impress: the best costume gets a prize! 👻 🎁
🗓️ October 31 | Starts at Noon
📍 KT 307 ➡️ YSB Floors 1-4
The MCDB Trick or Treat Trail is BACK!
Dress to impress: the best costume gets a prize! 👻 🎁
🗓️ October 31 | Starts at Noon
📍 KT 307 ➡️ YSB Floors 1-4
October 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🍭 TRICK OR TREAT!🎃
The MCDB Trick or Treat Trail is BACK!
Dress to impress: the best costume gets a prize! 👻 🎁
🗓️ October 31 | Starts at Noon
📍 KT 307 ➡️ YSB Floors 1-4
The MCDB Trick or Treat Trail is BACK!
Dress to impress: the best costume gets a prize! 👻 🎁
🗓️ October 31 | Starts at Noon
📍 KT 307 ➡️ YSB Floors 1-4
🎉 Introducing the New and Improved MCDB Website! 🚀
🆕 What’s New?
Sleek, easy-to-navigate design ✨
Highlighted groundbreaking research 🔬 with linked news articles and faculty profiles 👩🔬👨🔬
Explore the new MCDB website now and discover all the exciting updates! 📲💻
#YaleMCDB #Biology
mcdb.yale.edu
🆕 What’s New?
Sleek, easy-to-navigate design ✨
Highlighted groundbreaking research 🔬 with linked news articles and faculty profiles 👩🔬👨🔬
Explore the new MCDB website now and discover all the exciting updates! 📲💻
#YaleMCDB #Biology
mcdb.yale.edu
October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🎉 Introducing the New and Improved MCDB Website! 🚀
🆕 What’s New?
Sleek, easy-to-navigate design ✨
Highlighted groundbreaking research 🔬 with linked news articles and faculty profiles 👩🔬👨🔬
Explore the new MCDB website now and discover all the exciting updates! 📲💻
#YaleMCDB #Biology
mcdb.yale.edu
🆕 What’s New?
Sleek, easy-to-navigate design ✨
Highlighted groundbreaking research 🔬 with linked news articles and faculty profiles 👩🔬👨🔬
Explore the new MCDB website now and discover all the exciting updates! 📲💻
#YaleMCDB #Biology
mcdb.yale.edu
MCDB SEMINAR KICK-OFF! 🔬👩🏻🔬
This year's seminar series begins with Sarah E O'Connor from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology!
Oct. 2 | 3:30 PM | Bass 305
"How Nature Synthesizes Molecules"
Hosted by Stavroula Hatzios
This year's seminar series begins with Sarah E O'Connor from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology!
Oct. 2 | 3:30 PM | Bass 305
"How Nature Synthesizes Molecules"
Hosted by Stavroula Hatzios
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
MCDB SEMINAR KICK-OFF! 🔬👩🏻🔬
This year's seminar series begins with Sarah E O'Connor from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology!
Oct. 2 | 3:30 PM | Bass 305
"How Nature Synthesizes Molecules"
Hosted by Stavroula Hatzios
This year's seminar series begins with Sarah E O'Connor from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology!
Oct. 2 | 3:30 PM | Bass 305
"How Nature Synthesizes Molecules"
Hosted by Stavroula Hatzios
Calling all biologists! 📢
Is your research at the cutting edge of synthetic biology, genomics or AI?
Apply to join our team of world-class scholars!🔬🦠
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2026
#hiring #genomics #biology
apply.interfolio.com/172428
Is your research at the cutting edge of synthetic biology, genomics or AI?
Apply to join our team of world-class scholars!🔬🦠
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2026
#hiring #genomics #biology
apply.interfolio.com/172428
Apply - Interfolio
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September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Calling all biologists! 📢
Is your research at the cutting edge of synthetic biology, genomics or AI?
Apply to join our team of world-class scholars!🔬🦠
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2026
#hiring #genomics #biology
apply.interfolio.com/172428
Is your research at the cutting edge of synthetic biology, genomics or AI?
Apply to join our team of world-class scholars!🔬🦠
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2026
#hiring #genomics #biology
apply.interfolio.com/172428
Reposted by Yale MCDB
Congrats to postdoc Zhe Zhou on her paper out today in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social showing that gut bacteria cross-feed a common dietary antioxidant to produce energy under anaerobic conditions. Thanks to collaborators Angela Jiang and Xiaofang Jiang at NIH.
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August 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Congrats to postdoc Zhe Zhou on her paper out today in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social showing that gut bacteria cross-feed a common dietary antioxidant to produce energy under anaerobic conditions. Thanks to collaborators Angela Jiang and Xiaofang Jiang at NIH.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Congratulations to @craigmcrews.bsky.social on his award from Yale's Colton Center for Autoimmunity
Yale’s Colton Center for Autoimmunity Announces 2025 Awardees Advancing Innovation in Autoimmune Disease Research | Yale Ventures
The Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Yale University is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 awards, recognizing outstanding, translationally focused research projects that aim to accelerate…
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July 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Congratulations to @craigmcrews.bsky.social on his award from Yale's Colton Center for Autoimmunity
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New work @currentbiology.bsky.social from the labs of James Jeanne @yaleneuro.bsky.social and Thierry Emonet @mcdb-yale.bsky.social show that some fruit fly neurons 🧠 can be multifunctional: the same neuron can tell fruit flies to walk towards the smell of rotting fruit and speed up.
Two For One: Researchers Find One Neuron Can Send Multiple Messages
In fruit fly brains, one neuron can trigger two different types of behavior in response to an attractive odor.
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July 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New work @currentbiology.bsky.social from the labs of James Jeanne @yaleneuro.bsky.social and Thierry Emonet @mcdb-yale.bsky.social show that some fruit fly neurons 🧠 can be multifunctional: the same neuron can tell fruit flies to walk towards the smell of rotting fruit and speed up.
Congratulations to Ken Nelson and Paul Forscher on their retirements! Their collective impact on MCDB cannot be emphasized enough.
July 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Congratulations to Ken Nelson and Paul Forscher on their retirements! Their collective impact on MCDB cannot be emphasized enough.
Welcome Freya Wencker, MCDB’s newest lecturer!
Freya has been hired as an Lecturer and will begin teaching in Fall 2025 and will oversee the FACS core facility.
She will teach Laboratory in Nucleic Acids I and II as well as co-teach the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory.
Freya has been hired as an Lecturer and will begin teaching in Fall 2025 and will oversee the FACS core facility.
She will teach Laboratory in Nucleic Acids I and II as well as co-teach the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory.
July 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Welcome Freya Wencker, MCDB’s newest lecturer!
Freya has been hired as an Lecturer and will begin teaching in Fall 2025 and will oversee the FACS core facility.
She will teach Laboratory in Nucleic Acids I and II as well as co-teach the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory.
Freya has been hired as an Lecturer and will begin teaching in Fall 2025 and will oversee the FACS core facility.
She will teach Laboratory in Nucleic Acids I and II as well as co-teach the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory.
Congratulations to Ronit Kaufman on her promotion to Sr. Lecturer!
Ronit joined the MCDB faculty in 2018 and has been an integral part of the success of MCDB 1050 - Biology, the World, and US.
Ronit joined the MCDB faculty in 2018 and has been an integral part of the success of MCDB 1050 - Biology, the World, and US.
July 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Congratulations to Ronit Kaufman on her promotion to Sr. Lecturer!
Ronit joined the MCDB faculty in 2018 and has been an integral part of the success of MCDB 1050 - Biology, the World, and US.
Ronit joined the MCDB faculty in 2018 and has been an integral part of the success of MCDB 1050 - Biology, the World, and US.
SEND US YOUR DESIGNS!
The MCDB Logo Contest ends on July 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM.
Send your designs to mcdb.communications@yale.edu
See full guidelines and submission instructions at mcdb.yale.edu
The MCDB Logo Contest ends on July 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM.
Send your designs to mcdb.communications@yale.edu
See full guidelines and submission instructions at mcdb.yale.edu
July 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
SEND US YOUR DESIGNS!
The MCDB Logo Contest ends on July 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM.
Send your designs to mcdb.communications@yale.edu
See full guidelines and submission instructions at mcdb.yale.edu
The MCDB Logo Contest ends on July 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM.
Send your designs to mcdb.communications@yale.edu
See full guidelines and submission instructions at mcdb.yale.edu
Congratulations to @davidbreslowlab.bsky.social on his recent promotion to Associate Professor on Term!
David joined the MCDB faculty in 2017 and has since made incredible discoveries in the study of the primary cilia in cell homeostasis and human disease.
David joined the MCDB faculty in 2017 and has since made incredible discoveries in the study of the primary cilia in cell homeostasis and human disease.
July 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Congratulations to @davidbreslowlab.bsky.social on his recent promotion to Associate Professor on Term!
David joined the MCDB faculty in 2017 and has since made incredible discoveries in the study of the primary cilia in cell homeostasis and human disease.
David joined the MCDB faculty in 2017 and has since made incredible discoveries in the study of the primary cilia in cell homeostasis and human disease.
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Congrats to Elizabeth on winning the Spangler Prize for her PhD thesis! 🥳
Congratulations to the 2024-25 Spangler Award Recipients!
Ted Leung, Gendron Lab
Elizabeth Gordon, Hatzios Lab
Garret Sager, Clark Lab
Ted Leung, Gendron Lab
Elizabeth Gordon, Hatzios Lab
Garret Sager, Clark Lab
May 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Congrats to Elizabeth on winning the Spangler Prize for her PhD thesis! 🥳
Reposted by Yale MCDB
In preprints: rethinking the foundations of the ovarian reserve
Andrea Rix and Binyam Mogessie @binyammogessie.bsky.social @mcdb-yale.bsky.social discuss a recent #preprint from Wamaitha et al.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Andrea Rix and Binyam Mogessie @binyammogessie.bsky.social @mcdb-yale.bsky.social discuss a recent #preprint from Wamaitha et al.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
June 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In preprints: rethinking the foundations of the ovarian reserve
Andrea Rix and Binyam Mogessie @binyammogessie.bsky.social @mcdb-yale.bsky.social discuss a recent #preprint from Wamaitha et al.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Andrea Rix and Binyam Mogessie @binyammogessie.bsky.social @mcdb-yale.bsky.social discuss a recent #preprint from Wamaitha et al.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Join us in congratulating Tom Pollard on receiving the 2025 Connecticut Medal of Science!
Tom and his wife Patty stopped by campus while in town for the award ceremony.
📸 : Joe Wolenski
Tom and his wife Patty stopped by campus while in town for the award ceremony.
📸 : Joe Wolenski
May 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Join us in congratulating Tom Pollard on receiving the 2025 Connecticut Medal of Science!
Tom and his wife Patty stopped by campus while in town for the award ceremony.
📸 : Joe Wolenski
Tom and his wife Patty stopped by campus while in town for the award ceremony.
📸 : Joe Wolenski
Jiyeon Leem (Mogessie Lab) has been awarded a Fellowship from the Lalor Foundation for pursuing her research project ‘Uncovering the origins of egg aneuploidy associated with female reproductive aging’. Congratulations, Jiyeon!
May 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Jiyeon Leem (Mogessie Lab) has been awarded a Fellowship from the Lalor Foundation for pursuing her research project ‘Uncovering the origins of egg aneuploidy associated with female reproductive aging’. Congratulations, Jiyeon!
From the office of the President:
Help defend Yale's teaching, research, and scholarship
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Help defend Yale's teaching, research, and scholarship
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Help defend Yale’s teaching, research, and scholarship
president.yale.edu
May 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
From the office of the President:
Help defend Yale's teaching, research, and scholarship
president.yale.edu/posts/2025-0...
Help defend Yale's teaching, research, and scholarship
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Congratulations to our MCDB Graduates!
Elizabeth Mae Gordon
Will Krause
Ted Leung
Garrett Sager
Alicia Stein
Han Wan
Yiting Xu
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Elizabeth Mae Gordon
Will Krause
Ted Leung
Garrett Sager
Alicia Stein
Han Wan
Yiting Xu
gsas.yale.edu/celebrating-...
Celebrating the Class of 2025
May 19, 2025The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences celebrated its Class of 2025 graduates today with a Diploma Ceremony at Woolsey Hall, followed by a reception in Commons.
gsas.yale.edu
May 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Congratulations to our MCDB Graduates!
Elizabeth Mae Gordon
Will Krause
Ted Leung
Garrett Sager
Alicia Stein
Han Wan
Yiting Xu
gsas.yale.edu/celebrating-...
Elizabeth Mae Gordon
Will Krause
Ted Leung
Garrett Sager
Alicia Stein
Han Wan
Yiting Xu
gsas.yale.edu/celebrating-...
Congratulations to all our MCDB graduates!
May 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Congratulations to all our MCDB graduates!
MCDB graduate Angelin Mathew spoke with YaleNews about her time at Yale and her next steps as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.
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At Yale, Angelin Mathew found the place where medicine meets faith
At Yale, Angelin Mathew found a way to bridge her interests in the body and spirit, an intellectual journey she’ll continue as a Rhodes scholar studying theology and medical anthropology.
news.yale.edu
May 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
MCDB graduate Angelin Mathew spoke with YaleNews about her time at Yale and her next steps as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.
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