Research Areas
MCB students complete three 6–7 week lab rotations across fall and winter term, salary-covered with no TA duties, joining a dissertation lab before their second semester begins. Explore the research areas below:
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Research in this group focuses on the molecular mechanisms driving biological processes from individual molecular folding to signaling pathways within cells.
Cellular and Developmental Biology
Research in this group focuses on the molecular processes underlying cellular function and embryonic development, including how disease disrupts these processes.
Biomedicine
Researchers in this cluster use a variety of research tools and models, including in vitro cellular systems, primary cultures of tissues and stem cells, transplantation, genetically modified animals, and human specimens.
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Fritz-Laylin lab was among 26 labs to be awarded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator Program. Her lab develops genetic tools to study the cytoskeletal biology of historically neglected lineages, focusing on organisms that occupy pivotal evolutionary positions, exhibit remarkable cytoskeletal biology, and are important for human health and global ecology.
