UC Davis Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

06/01/2020

The third Covid-19 symposium in this series hosted by distinguished professor in MCB Dr. Walter Leal will be held this Wednesday, June 3rd at 5:00 pm PDT. Register at the link provided here. We recommend registering even if you cannot follow the live webinar, we can send you a recorded version this way.

Please note that all times for this event are GMT-7, i.e., Pacific Time for the US and Canada. Addendum to the program: Dr. Kate Broderick, Senior Vice President, R&D, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, has accepted our invitation to participate as a panelist. Inovio DNA plasmid vaccine with electroporation is...

05/13/2020

MCB's own Dr. Leal is hosting a symposium tomorrow, May 14th, 1:30 - 4:30 pm PDT focusing on Covid-19/SARS-CoV-2

ZOOM Overflow Can Watch it Here: COVID-19 Symposium

04/07/2020

We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy in these unprecedented times.

The College of Biological Sciences has launched a Virtual Lab Course on COVID-19. More information linked here.

The University of California, Davis, College of Biological Sciences is providing undergraduates with a unique opportunity to study the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in real time. The newly minted CBS COVID-19 capstone course combines several existing laboratory courses that would have been held in spri...

03/15/2019

MCB faculty and staff planked and sang happy birthday to Ruth Bader Ginsburg in solidarity with the Plank Like RBG event on the SCOTUS steps.

04/13/2018

Please join us in congratulating MCB's own Judy Callis on being awarded the UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement!

For Judy Callis, teaching is about helping students make connections, between the biochemistry they learn in her lectures, what they have learned in other classes and their own life experiences. “I get excited about teaching because I like to excite people about the subject matter — I love it wh...

05/04/2017

Please join us in congratulating our department chair, Dr. Jodi Nunnari, on her election to the National Academy of Sciences! This is considered one of the highest honors in science. Thank you for all of your hard work, Dr. Nunnari!

RELATED CONTENT Professor Nunnari recently received the Feodor Lynen Medal from the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Read our coverage. UC Davis National and International Awards

03/14/2017

Hi Everyone,

Celebrate Pi Day with VWR!

Briggs 148 Conference Room
10AM-12 Noon
Coffee, Donuts & Raffle

*Special Choco-Pies to celebrate Pi Day

01/25/2017

Please join us for this week's seminar in our MCB seminar series! Dr. Bruce Draper, professor in MCB, is presenting a talk titled, "egulation of zebrafish g***d formation and s*x (Parental discretion advised)." The seminar will be held in room 1022 in the Life Sciences building at 11:00 am TODAY at noon. Refreshments are provided. We hope to see you there!

01/10/2017

This is the official page for the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department at University of California, Davis.

12/20/2016

The MCB Department would like to congratulate Samantha Lewis from the Nunnari lab! She was recently awarded a $60,000 grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, called the Postdoctoral Enrichment Award. Check out the description from their website:

"The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is committed to fostering the development of the next generation of biomedical scientists and is strongly committed to supporting degree-granting institutions to achieve this goal. The career development of young scientists has been a major funding theme at BWF. The continuing lag in advancement of underrepresented minority scientists is a significant problem for the scientific community. The Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) provides a total of $60,000 over three years to support the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to stellar careers in biomedical or medical research."

Follow this link to see the list of 2016 winners: http://www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/diversity-science/underrepresented-minority-postdoctoral-enrichment/grant-reciepents

11/23/2016

***FACULTY POSITION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, OR BIOPHYSICS, THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT***

The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB, http://mcb.uconn.edu) at the University of Connecticut is seeking applicants for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level with an anticipated start date in August 2017. This position is in the Structural Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics subgroup (http://sb3.uconn.edu) within the MCB Department (http://mcb.uconn.edu). A priority will be placed on candidates whose research focuses on molecular-level interactions of complex, multi-component biological systems using state-of-the-art experimental approaches, including but not limited to: cryo-electron microscopy, single molecule techniques, mass spectrometry, or NMR. The successful applicant will establish a research program complementing existing areas of research strengths in physical virology, biomembranes/membrane proteins or protein-nucleic acid interactions and develop innovative courses at the graduate and upper-division undergraduate level. For complete details on this position, qualifications, and application instructions please visit the University’s Husky Hire online application system at www.jobs.uconn.edu. (Job Opening ID # 2017168). For full consideration, applications must be received by December 15, 2016. Questions about the position can be addressed to Dr. Nathan Alder ([email protected]). The University of Connecticut is an EEO/AA Employer.