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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BCB is recruiting a senior faculty member! We seek internationally recognized candidates at the Full Professor level with outstanding records of solving broad biological problems. Learn more and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/192850
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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Could this be you? 🧬🔬 Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community of scientists tackling big questions. Apply now to the MCB Graduate Program, part of Dartmouth's Guarini School of Graduate & Advanced Studies! 🔗 graduate.dartmouth.edu/admissions/programs/molecular-and-cellular-biology
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BCB Pub Spotlight! This recent study from the Malaney Lab and associates show how L100/L102 mutations in PCBP1, a tumor suppressor gene, destabilize the protein and dominantly suppress normal PCBP1 expression, revealing a novel mechanism of tumor suppressor inactivation in colorectal cancer.
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BCB is recruiting a senior faculty member! We seek internationally recognized candidates at the Full Professor level with outstanding records of solving broad biological problems. Learn more and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/192850
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our colleagues #DartBioMT are looking for a skilled project manager, administrator, and communicator to join their team and advance their critical research mission. Does this sound like you? Check out the post and apply! searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/86380
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Program Administrator
Reporting to the Program Director for the COBRE Institute for Biomolecular Targeting (bioMT), the Dartmouth Cystic Fibrosis Research Center (DartCF), and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Develo...
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Congratulations to Greg Schwarz, a postdoc in @jenelandino.bsky.social's lab! His study on cell membrane composition was just awarded Paper of the Year by @ascbiology.bsky.social and Molecular Biology of the Cell: www.ascb.org/society-news...
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ASCB and MBoC Announce 2026 Paper of the Year Award Winners - ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and its research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), are proud to recognize the outstanding scientific achievements of early career researchers ...
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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Excited to share this review that @needhibhalla.bsky.social and I wrote on meiotic checkpoints! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Tuning Meiotic Checkpoints: Evolutionary Costs and Mechanistic Trade-Offs
In this review, we discuss three meiotic checkpoints—the DNA damage response, the pachytene checkpoint, and the spindle checkpoint—and highlight their similarities and differences across diverse syste...
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Our colleagues at #BioMT & #DartCF are hiring! Consider joining these amazing teams in one of the roles below: Protein Biochemist (bioMT): apply.interfolio.com/161499 Program Administrator (bioMT/DartCF): searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/86380
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Special seminar TODAY at 11:00am by @alexandra-colin.bsky.social! Join us in Kellogg 200 to hear about her work.
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
BCB Pub Spotlight! This recent @jcb.org study from Lee et al uncovers how formin INF2 - a key actin polymerization factor - is tightly regulated by actin monomer-binding proteins and calcium/calmodulin, resolving a long-standing puzzle about its cellular control mechanism.
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Sally G Pasion @sgpombe.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Congratulations to @lacefieldlab.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social #DartmouthGeiselSchoolOfMedicine presenting the #Yeast26 Ira Herskowitz Award Lecture highlighting the link between #meiosis and #autophagy @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Congrats to Katy Beauchemin, a postdoc in the Supattapone Lab, who received the John W. Stronbehn Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research! The award is presented annually to a graduating doctoral student who embodies the traits of a leader in the broader scientific community. 🎉
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
BCB Pub Spotlight! This recent study from @lacefieldlab.bsky.social employs Mos -/- oocytes to uncover a novel consequence of disrupted MOS/MAPK signaling, underscoring the crucial role of MOS kinase in meiosis. @giselacairobaza.bsky.social @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social @schindlerlab.bsky.social
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Congratulations to Miriam Lee, a postdoc with the Higgs Lab, for her outstanding research achievements this year! Miriam was recently honored with a Geisel School of Medicine Research Excellence Award for her first-authored paper, published this year in the Journal of Cell Biology.
A photograph of Miriam Lee, Ph.D.
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
BCB is pleased to announce Devika Andhare and John Fuesler as the recipients of the 2025 E. Lucile Smith Award for Scientific Excellence in Biochemistry. John and Devika received this award in recognition of their exceptional research accomplishments in 2025. Congratulations!
Photograph of Lucile E. Smith Award recipients Devika Andhare and John Fuesler
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Galini Poimenidou, who successfully defended her thesis this Spring! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
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The Ragusa Laboratory @ragusalab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A huge congratulations to @devika-andhare.bsky.social for being selected as this years postdoctoral recipient of the E. Lucile Smith Award for Excellence in Biochemistry from @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social!
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Congratulations to BCB graduate students and Albert J. Ryan Fellows Jerry O’Dwyer, Pallavi Gadgil, and Carter Tracy, who shared their research at the Harold Amos Symposium of Ryan Fellows last week! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social @msbdartmouth.bsky.social @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Galini Poimenidou will be delivering her PhD Thesis Presentation TODAY at 10:00am. Join us at DHMC in Auditorium G to hear about her research! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Special seminar TODAY at 3:00pm by Houhui Xia, PhD! Join us in Chilcott Auditorium to hear about his work.
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Jennifer Landino @jenelandino.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📣 Paper alert! The Landino Lab's first peer-reveiwed research article is officially online! We are happy this work found a home in MBoC. Congratulations to Greg, and thank you to the many people who helped get us here! Check it out here: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Lisa Francomacaro on a successful thesis defense!!
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Lisa Francomacaro will be delivering her PhD Thesis Presentation TOMORROW at 10:00am. Join us in the Chilcott Auditorium to hear about Lisa’s research
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
BCB is hiring! Operations Coordinator Full-time | Mon–Fri, 8–5 | On-site with some flexibility If you’re organized, adaptable, willing to learn and bring a high level of professionalism to your work, we’d love to hear from you. Full job description here: searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/83885
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Operations Coordinator
The BCB Program Coordinator is responsible for independently managing the Biochemistry & Cell Biology Graduate Program, handling administrative functions of the BCB office, overseeing all department s...
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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Check out this TED talk from MCB Alum Chris Bahl (Madden Lab @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social). Chris is Founder and CEO of @aiproteins.com, which also just raised $41.5M Series A financing to advance de novo miniproteins as a new therapeutic modality 🤯 www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🤩 Kudos to MCB alum Jeanine Amacher (Madden Lab @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social) on being named a 2025 Henry Drefus Teacher-Scholar!
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Congratulations to Sukrut Kamerkar on the publication of his manuscript in Science Advances. Sukrut is a postdoc in Harry Higg's lab. @sukrut.bsky.social
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The tumor suppressor LACTB remodels mitochondria to promote cytochrome c release and apoptosis
LACTB remodels the inner mitochondrial membrane during apoptosis to facilitate the release of cytochrome c and other factors.
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Congratulations to BCB Professor Soni Lacefield on Receiving the Genetics Society of America Ira Herskowitz Award! This prestigious award recognizes “outstanding contributions in the field of yeast research in the last 20 years”
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Join us Monday 11/3 at Noon.
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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Lacefield Lab grad student @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social gave an excellent talk at Geisel’s Biomedical Research Day! Congratulations Pallavi! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The Lacefield Lab won second place in the great pumpkin derby! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Adam Simard will be delivering his PhD Thesis Presentation TODAY at 2:00pm. Join us in Kellogg 200 as he tells us about his research! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
👀 Check out this work from MCB alum Madeline Chrupcala and @moseleylab.bsky.social in @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social!
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Energetic principles that drive cytokinetic ring assembly.” Michael Murrell, PhD Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🤩 Check out this great interview with MCB alum Lilian Kabeche. She did her graduate work in @comptonmitosis.bsky.social lab @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social and is now an Asst. Prof. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Cell scientist to watch – Lilian Kabeche
ABSTRACT. Lilian Kabeche is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University (USA). She completed her doctoral work with Duane Compton at Dartmouth College (New Hamps...
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MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Are you past grad school but would still love to join MCB?? 🧑‍🎓🧑‍🔬 You still can - 2 depts in MCB are hiring! Department of Biological Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171625 Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/171438
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
October 15, 2025 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time: The Legacy of C. Everett Koop Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Cellular Mechanisms of Lipid Homeostasis: From Lipid Droplets to Ferroptosis”, James Olzmann, PhD Monday November 3, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm Chilcott Auditorium, Vail 120
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series: “Energetic principles that drive cytokinetic ring assembly.” Michael Murrell, PhD Monday September 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Chilcott Auditorium/Vail 120
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Join us for our Discovery Science Seminar Series - “Meiotic crossover patterning: from single molecule dynamics to the length of chromosomes” - Lexy von Diezmann, PhD Monday September 22, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, KELLOGG 200
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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Check out our new manuscript on biorxiv on the role of MOS in mammalian oocyte meiosis: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... With @schindlerlab.bsky.social @giselacairobaza.bsky.social @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social
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A persistent intracellular bridge and cell cycle misregulation enable polar body cell divisions and tumor formation in Mos-deficient eggs
Mammalian female meiosis is uniquely regulated to produce a developmentally competent egg capable of supporting embryogenesis. During meiosis I, homologous chromosomes segregate, with half extruded in...
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Jennifer Landino @jenelandino.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
📢 Pre-print alert 📢 We are excited to share the lab's first research article! We used our artificial cortex system to investigate how membrane composition regulates self-organized cortical dyanamics. Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Membrane composition-dependent patterning of Rho and F-actin in an artificial cell cortex
Cortical excitability, a phenomenon in which the cell cortex is dynamically patterned with waves of F-actin assembly, has been described in a variety of animal model systems, including embryos of mamm...
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Join the Geisel DICE Office, in partnership with the New Hope Baptist Church, for a community health and wellness fair, dedicated to discussions around nutrition, importance of health screenings, breast and prostate cancer awareness, and importance of community. More information at the link here:
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The Ragusa Laboratory @ragusalab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I'm very excited to share out latest work now published in Autophagy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This work was led by Dr. Devika Andhare and demonstrates the membrane binding and clustering capabilities of Atg11 using a new reconstitution system.
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Reconstitution of autophagic-like membrane tethering reveals that Atg11 can bind and cluster vesicles on cargo mimetics
Macroautophagy (hereafter, autophagy) is essential for the degradation of mitochondria from yeast to humans. Mitochondrial autophagy in yeast is initiated when the selective autophagy scaffolding p...
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
We are excited to announce that the Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine is recruiting for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. Visit apply.interfolio.com/171438 to apply.
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
CONGRATULATIONS to Brennan McEwan on a successful thesis defense! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Brennan McEwan will be delivering his PhD Thesis Presentation TOMORROW at 9:00am. Join us at DH in Auditorium H as he tells us about his research!
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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Jamie Moseley Named Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Geisel School of Medicine Dean Duane Compton, PhD, has announced that cell biologist Jamie Moseley, PhD, has been named the chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Moseley’s five-…
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Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
October 15, 2025 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time: The Legacy of C. Everett Koop Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/koop/
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