Molecular and Cellular Physiology

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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  • TOMORROW: SEE Seminar Kickoff with Dr. Hawa Racine Thiam

    Oct 5, 2026
    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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  • Science, Sunsets, and a Chalk Tank: Inside the 2026 MCP Retreat

    Sep 22, 2026
    Stanford's Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology gathered at Chaminade Resort in Santa Cruz on September 8 and 9 for its annual Scientific Conference. Eleven graduate students and postdocs presented work spanning mitochondrial calcium uptake to ultrasound neuromodulation, alongside eleven posters, a "Chalk Tank" pitch session, and a featured talk from Miriam Goodman. Between sessions, the department traded benches for firepits, s'mores, and the pool.
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  • Dr. Cornelius Gati begins our 2026-27 MCP Seminar Series

    Sep 15, 2026
    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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