Awards and Honors | School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology and its departments of Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular & Integrative Physiology recognize outstanding undergraduate, graduate, faculty, staff, and alumni with several awards and fellowships. In addition to school and departmental honors, MCB is always thrilled to highlight awards from other campus units, and national/international organizations. Some of the most recent news stories spotlighting our community are listed below.

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MCB Alumni Awarded Fulbright Fellowships

2013-07-15

Two recent MCB alumni have been offered fully funded opportunities through the U.S. student Fulbright program.

Supriya Prasanth receives NSF Career Award

2013-07-14

Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Supriya Prasanth has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

James Morrissey Selected as 2013 Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecturer in Thrombosis

2013-05-19

The American Heart Association’s Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) selected Department of Biochemistry Professor James H. Morrissey to give the 2013 Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions Annual...

William Metcalf Appointed As G. William Arends Professor

2013-05-08

Department of Microbiology Professor William Metcalf has been appointed to the G. William Arends Professorship in Life Sciences for his accomplishments in research, education, and service.

Phillip Newmark named University Scholar

2012-09-11

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Phillip Newmark is among seven university faculty named a University Scholar.

Labib Rouhana selected to the Summer Leadership Institute

2012-07-25

Labib Rouhana, a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Phil Newmark, has been awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.

James H. Morrissey Appointed Roy and Eva Hong Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

2012-06-19

Professor of Biochemistry James H. Morrissey has been appointed as the Roy and Eva Hong Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology.

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First ASCB Graduate Student/Postdoc-Initiated Minisymposium: Cell Biology of Regeneration

2012-06-17

Rachel Roberts-Galbraith, postdoc in Cell and Developmental Biology, is co-chair of "Cell Biology of Regeneration," the winning topic in the competition to organize the 2012 American Society for Cell Biology Graduate Student/Postdoc-Initiated Minisymposium.

Yejing Ge receives the Procter & Gamble Award

2012-05-13

Yejing Ge, a graduate student in Jie Chen Lab, is the recipient of the 2012 Procter & Gamble Graduate Student Research Award.

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Tyler Moran selected as the 2011 recipient of the Molecular Endocrinology Student Author Award

2012-05-10

Tyler Moran, Ph.D., who completed his thesis in the lab of Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Lori Raetzman, was selected as the 2011 recipient of the Molecular Endocrinology Student Author Award.