Announcement
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TOMORROW: SEE Seminar Kickoff with Dr. Hawa Racine Thiam
Please join the MCP Community Collective in welcoming Dr. Hawa Racine Thiam to start off our 2027 SEE Seminar Series. Thiam visits from the Bioengineering and Microbiology and Immunology Departments at Stanford with her talk, "“On Crossing and Breaking Barriers – Learning from Neutrophils Biophysics”
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Dr. Cornelius Gati begins our 2026-27 MCP Seminar Series
Cornelius Gati returns to Stanford on September 22nd for the MCP Seminar Series. A structural biologist who was an indep. group leader at SLAC and Stanford Medicine before joining USC in 2021 as an Assistant Professor, Gati uses single-particle cryo-electron microscopy to resolve the architecture of G protein-coupled receptors central to neurobiology and immunology. His talk "Mapping the conformational landscape of GPCRs: from structure to pharmacology" begins at 10:30am in Munzer Auditorium.
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MCP Faculty Candidate Announcement
MCP is excited to announce that we have narrowed down our extensive faculty candidate search to just 5 individuals. These 5 researchers will be visiting the department over the next two weeks and have been invited to speak to the department about their research.
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Welcome Stephen Hinshaw, PhD to MCP
Please welcome Stephen Hinshaw, PhD as our newest faculty member in the department! Dr. Hinshaw will launch an independent research program focused on structural and functional studies of the eukaryotic kinetochore on the 3rd floor of Beckman. He will also provide critical scientific and strategic direction for the Cryo-electron Microscopy Center (cEMc).
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MCP Department celebrates another successful Summer Picnic!
Last week's departmental picnic was a joyful celebration of community, featuring the vibrant flavors of Backyard Caribbean Grill and fun classic lawn games!
