MCB Ambassadors Student Tutors Accelerated Masters Program PhD Program Scholarship and Award Recipients Awardees Student profiles Image From napping to hibernating: uncovering what affects cellular sleep Tuesday Most of the cells in our bodies are in a “sleeping” state known as quiescence. PhD student Rodrigo de la Vega is trying to find out how different drugs influence the dormancy and waking up of these cells. Read more Image Decoding the Mechanome: How AI is helping us understand the language of force in our cells Oct. 6, 2026 Imagine diagnosing disease not just from genes or proteins, but from a cell’s mechanical fingerprint—its stiffness, tension, and microscopic architecture. That’s the future PhD student Robert Shaw is working toward. Read more Image Building a Life in Brussels, One Experiment (and One Train Ticket) at a Time Sept. 3, 2026 Kaia Mount reflects on her experience in the BRAVO! summer program that took her to Brussels - and turned out to be a growth opportunity in and outside the lab. Read more
Image From napping to hibernating: uncovering what affects cellular sleep Tuesday Most of the cells in our bodies are in a “sleeping” state known as quiescence. PhD student Rodrigo de la Vega is trying to find out how different drugs influence the dormancy and waking up of these cells. Read more
Image Decoding the Mechanome: How AI is helping us understand the language of force in our cells Oct. 6, 2026 Imagine diagnosing disease not just from genes or proteins, but from a cell’s mechanical fingerprint—its stiffness, tension, and microscopic architecture. That’s the future PhD student Robert Shaw is working toward. Read more
Image Building a Life in Brussels, One Experiment (and One Train Ticket) at a Time Sept. 3, 2026 Kaia Mount reflects on her experience in the BRAVO! summer program that took her to Brussels - and turned out to be a growth opportunity in and outside the lab. Read more
