CBMG Spotlight · 19. May 2023
The Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics (CBMG) celebrated its annual Undergraduate and Graduate awards on May 12, 2023. Congratulations to all the CBMG recipients! To learn more about the students and their achievements, click here. Last year's award winners can be located here
CBMG Spotlight · 17. April 2023
Congratulations to Zhongchi Liu and Errica Philpott-Barber for winning the CMNS Board of Visitors Distinguished Faculty Award and the Dean's Outstanding Employee Award!
CBMG Spotlight · 04. April 2023
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Theodor O. Diener, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics and Emeritus Distinguished University of Maryland Professor, at the age of 102.
CBMG DEI Newsletter · 03. April 2023
Dr. Lanny Ling joined the CBMG department as an Assistant Professor in 2018 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019. Read about his academic journey from China to Maryland (by way of Ohio and Texas) below!
CBMG DEI Newsletter · 03. April 2023
Dr. Najib El-Sayed is a Professor in the CBMG department with a joint appointment in the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. He also directs the Integrated Life Sciences honors program and the BBI-Advanced Genomic Technologies Core at UMD. Read about his experiences studying in war-torn Lebanon before coming to the United States to pursue a scientific career!
CBMG DEI Newsletter · 03. April 2023
Dr. Swarna Mohan has been a lecturer at UMD since 2019, and she joined the CBMG department in 2022. Read about her previous teaching journey and her introduction to the department here!
CBMG DEI Newsletter · 03. April 2023
Lindsey Markowitz is a BISI BEES graduate student with a joint appointment in the labs of Dr. Jay Evans and Dr. David Hawthorne. Read her account of the history and culture of the places that fostered her love of science: South Philadelphia and the New Jersey Pine Barrens!
Faculty Spotlight · 16. March 2023
Anne Simon is on a mission to stop a silent killer—a relentless pathogen that wreaks havoc from the U.S. to Europe and beyond.