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MCDB Assistant Professor Zoe Donaldson has received one of 11 National Science Foundation EDGE ("Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools") grant to support research toward "Understanding the Rules of Life." Through her pioneering studies on

Best known as a pathogen that causes food poisoning or steals nutrients away from its host, the E. coli bacterium actually plays a critical role in promoting health by producing a compound that helps cells take up iron, new CU Boulder research shows

Flip open an intro-to-biology textbook and you’ll likely find a cartoon image of the basic cell structure, with its kidney-bean shaped, round and oblong organs – called organelles - spread out with unique roles and little contact with each other.

Known for his ground breaking discoveries, Professor Norm Pace returned to receive an honorary degree and delivered a special seminar.

This year's Gordon Stone Graduate Student Scholarships went to Dalton Buysse and Daniel Ramirez Hernandez.

MCDB graduate student Zach Wilson and ATLAS graduate student Lila Finch win second prize in Data Visualization Contest. Finch and Wilson combined the science of yeast and Japanese lanterns to build a beautiful representation of knowledge in

Tom Perkins has won a 2017 Governor’s Award for High-Impact Research. Perkins is being recognized for work described as New twists in the molecules of life. In a decade long project, Perkins developed powerful new tools to measure and study

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Norman Pace of CU Boulder’s Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) has been awarded the 2017 Massry Prize for his microbiome research. Pace will share the award and the $200,000 honorarium with Rob Knight of the University of California San Diego and Jeffrey Gordon of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

More than half of cancer patients undergo radiotherapy, in which high doses of radiation are aimed at diseased tissue to kill cancer cells. But due to a phenomenon known as radiation-induced bystander effect (RIBE), in which irradiated cells leak

The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 84 new members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing research achievements. Election to the National Academy of Sciences is one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific honors.  Among the newly elected members, four are MCDB alumni.