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MCB Junior Fellow Wins Two Prestigious Evolutionary Science Awards— First Dual Honor in 25 Years

Rebecka Sepela Receives NIH K99 Award to Investigate How Microbes Shape Animal Sensing

Rebecka Sepela Wins Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award in Neuroscience to Study How Microbes Shape Octopus Social Life

John Maynard Smith Prize Winner 2026 is Wendy Valencia Montoya

Dobzhansky Prize Winner: Dr. Wendy Valencia-Montoya

Evolutionary Clues Reveal How a Key Hearing Protein Adapted for Function

Fred Hutch announces 12 recipients of the annual Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award

Two MCB-Affiliated Postdoctoral Fellows Awarded Harvard Brain Initiative Fellowships

Dr. Rebecka Sepela’s research is uncovering the role of microbes in creating a chemical language that connects all organisms

When Your Brain Is in Your Arm

In biology of cells, octopus has another trick up its sleeve

A unique cellular trick may explain octopus intelligence

Daily briefing: Mutation lets octopuses make proteins with precision

Octopus cells pack ‘real surprise’ for biologists

A Chance Discovery Reveals an Unexpected Twist in One of Biology’s Oldest Molecular Machines

A molecular quirk unique to octopuses makes them better at building proteins

Daily briefing: Mutation lets octopuses make proteins with precision

Let’s Talk About (Octopus) Sex