By Yahya Chaudhry

As a junior at Brighton High School in 2022, Roshaun Knight was unsure about his plans after graduation. An ambitious student, Knight had always wanted to go to college but had been putting off the application process, until he participated in the inaugural Harvard Chemistry High School Laboratory Skills (HSLS) summer internship program.

“Working with professors during the internship and working with other students confirmed to me that college is something I wanted to do,” Knight said...

We are proud to present our fourth edition of CCB Magazine! 

Click here to access the online edition.

Send us your comments and questions to the editor at yahya_chaudhry@fas.harvard.edu.

In this fourth...

By Paul Massari, Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Lisa Awaitey is not a morning person. She was even less of one when she was in high school growing up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. But she—and the sleep-deprived mother who drove her to school—somehow made it to class every morning at 630 a.m. The reason? Ms. Hofer.

“We were coming up on the AP chemistry exam and my teacher Ms. Hofer had us all at school early so that we could prepare,” Awaitey remembers. “...

By Hannah Martinez and Paul Massari, via GSAS News

As the danger of global warming rises, the cost of energy from sources other than fossil fuels drops. As a result, the world is turning increasingly to the sun and wind to keep homes warm, lights on, and vehicles moving. But solar panels and wind turbines can only generate power when the sun shines and a breeze is blowing. What happens at night or when the weather is calm?

“Right now,...

By Leah Burrows, via SEAS News

For years, scientists have been attempting to engineer tiny, artificial cilia for miniature robotic systems that can perform complex motions, including bending, twisting, and reversing. Building these smaller-than-a-human-hair microstructures typically requires multi-step fabrication processes and varying stimuli to create the complex...

By Yahya Chaudhry, via Harvard Gazette

A team of Harvard and Sloan Kettering scientists has developed compounds that can target and degrade proteins associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and nearly doubled the life expectancy of mice with...

The Harvard Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology has wrapped up its second annual High School Lab Skills summer intern program, providing an immersive learning experience for a group of local high school students to experience the world of cutting-edge research. The department celebrated the success of the program with a breakfast event on August 17 that highlighted and honored commitment of all its participants.

For six weeks, a cohort of talented and motivated Brighton-llston High...

On Tuesday, May 23, CCB hosted its annual spring BBQ on North Lawn to celebrate the department's community and honor the research and work of its students, staff, and faculty over the past year.

See below for pictures, which will continue to be added and updated:

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By Paul Massari, via GSAS News.

Earth is getting hotter. Much hotter. A 2022 Washington Post analysis of data from the nonprofit First Street Foundation projected that 63 percent of the US population will experience an average of at least three consecutive days of 100-degree heat every year—up from 46 percent today. In parts of the South and...

Leah DeFrancesco has taken on a new position within CCB as a Research Scholar Coordinator. Leah will be coordinating research appointments and acting as the primary administrative support system for postdoctoral fellows. Leah is very excited to be a resource for CCB Research Scholars, and she is looking forward to contributing to the advancement of an academic environment where scholars thrive and flourish.

Below, Leah has provided answers to questions about her background and aims for her new position. Leah can be reached via...

This spring CCB launched a new award, the CCB Community Award, to recognize the immense efforts that are regularly being undertaken to develop a more vibrant community among the department's students, faculty and staffers and other community members. This award will be given on a quarterly basis to two individuals in our community who go above and beyond to improve our department and make CCB a great place to work and learn. 

Our first winner--Ally Freedy, Chemical Biology Ph.D. '22-- has been described as an empathetic and great leader. Ally has also...

CCB celebrated graduates from the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 with graduation toasts during Commencement Week. The toasts were held in the Inner Courtyard of the Mallinckrodt building. See below for pictures. Note, this post will be updated with additional photos as they are collected.

Class of 2022 Toast 

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CCB members participated in the 2022 Bionic 5k race on Sunday, April 24. The Bionic 5k celebrates the power of technology to enable ALL people to run together, and was held this year in Harvard Square.  CCB was very happy to cover registration fees for those in our community who were  interested in joining and participating with our very own CCB team.  Funding was provided by the FAS Community Renewal Fund with special thanks to Dean Claudine Gay. Learn more about the race here and via local...

Mengtan (Mandy) Liu, a graduate student in Professor Jarad Mason's research group. has been awarded a 2022 Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship for her research, "Design of Meltable and Glass-Forming Metal–Organic Frameworks via Crystal Engineering." To encourage promising graduate students to pursue crystallographically oriented research, the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) established the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Fund to support the education and research program of promising graduate students in crystallography-related...

A team of researchers has developed a new drug delivery system using engineered virus-like particles (eVLPS)

... Read more about Innovative drug delivery system offers hope for treating genetic diseases