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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Awards and Honors

The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology and its departments of BiochemistryCell & Developmental BiologyMicrobiology, 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. 

Gene Robinson, Martha Gillette awarded Center for Advanced Study Professorships

Gene Robinson, director of the Neuroscience Program and affiliate professor of cell and developmental biology, and Martha Gillette, alumni professor of cell and developmental biology, have been awarded Center for Advanced Study Professorships.

Newmark Named Howard Hughes Medical Investigator

Although it has been almost one year since he learned he’d become a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, Phillip Newmark, associate professor of cell and developmental biology (CDB), is still pleased with his good fortune.
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