Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Recent News
Researchers uncover protein responsible for cold sensation
Nature Neuroscience report from a collaboration of the labs of MCDB's Bo Duan and LSI's Shawn Xu fills "a gap in temperature-sensing puzzle"
New from Shan Lab: When plants are attacked
Phosphatidic acid is the very first molecule to activate the immune system. The Shan Lab discovered that a tiny enzyme, a lipid kinase called DGK5, is responsible for this burst. Their findings are reported in Cell.
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Contact Information
Undergraduates and Prospective Majors:
Contact the Program in Biology
734-763-7984
lsa-biology-advising@umich.edu
Graduate students:
Contact Mary Carr, Graduate Coordinator
mcdb.grad.programs@umich.edu
Events
Featured
Apr
08
Connell Lecture | From microbe to mind: the saga of a new gene in remembrance and reproduction
Cassandra Extavour, Harvard University
4:00 PM
Amphitheatre, 4th Floor
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Upcoming
Mar
29
MCDB Seminar> Micronutrient deficiencies, microbiome and antibiotic resistance gene alterations in mice
Paula Littlejohn, University of British Columbia
12:00 PM
1060
Biological Sciences Building
Apr
05
MCDB Seminar> Regulation of patterning and cell fate during regeneration in
Drosophila
Rachel Smith-Bolton, University of Illinois
12:00 PM
1060
Biological Sciences Building
Apr
05
MCDB Seminar> Regulation of patterning and cell fate during regeneration in
Drosophila
Rachel Smith-Bolton, University of Illinois
12:00 PM
1060
Biological Sciences Building