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  • Hoppa Lab Identifies 'Volume Control' in Brain

    December 4, 2020

    Whether you have a photographic memory, the memory of an elephant, or just a plain old bad memory, your brain relies on the complex functioning of electrical signals and neurotransmitters to bring the past to life. New Dartmouth research adds to the understanding of how memories are formed and how learning happens. A research team from the Hoppa Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences has identified a "molecular volume knob" that regulates electrical signals, controlling the width of electrical signals that flow across synapses in the brain.

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  • MCB Welcomes New Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program

    November 12, 2020

    The MCB graduate committee, department chairs and the NCCC director are pleased to announce the final approval of the Cancer Biology (CANB) PhD program led by Steve Leach. The CANB program will represent an equal partner alongside BIOL, BCB, M&I and MSB under the MCB graduate program umbrella and will be recruiting new students this winter through MCB. We look forward to the many ways that this expansion to our program will enrich our community.

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  • Zhongyou Li a Finalist in 2020 NACFC Competition

    October 26, 2020

    Congratulations to Zhongyou Li, graduate student in the Stanton Lab, for being selected as one of the five finalists in the 2020 NACFC Junior Investigator Best Abstract in Basic Science competition. Zhongyou's abstract was selected from over 110 submissions. His chalk talk was selected as the runner up.

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  • Tech Transfer Helps Professor Launch Start-Up

    October 13, 2020

    Gevorg Grigoryan, an associate professor of computer science, says support from Dartmouth's technology transfer office played an important role in the launch of his start-up, Generate Biomedicines, which just received a $50 million investment from a leading biotech venture capital firm.

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