The Department of Molecular and Systems Biology (MSB) at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth was formed in 2016 to unite faculty with diverse scientific interests and technical expertise who are answering complex questions in biology and medicine through systems level, state-of-the-art experimental and computational approaches. With strengths in cancer biology, proteomics, neuroscience, developmental biology, genomics and genetics, department labs span the breadth of cutting-edge research – from mechanisms underlying gene regulation and signaling pathways in developing organisms and circadian systems, to optogenetic control and live imaging of neural circuits, to insights into disease processes and innovative therapies to combat them.
Department of Molecular and Systems Biology
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MSB Department News

SAVE THE DATE - MSB Research Symposium
Monday, May 4, 2026
Kellogg 200, 9:00 am
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joel H. Rothman, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
https://labs.mcdb.ucsb.edu/rothman
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Upcoming Events
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BCB Special Seminar - Sneha Rath, PhD
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Discovery Science Seminar Series - Takashi Akera
March 16, 2026 -
Discovery Science Seminar Series, Jenny Hsieh, PhD
March 23, 2026
Department Newsletter
Looking for another MSB graduate student to join our seminar committee and help select speakers for MSB Monday seminars. Also looking for a graduate student and a post-doc to serve on MSB’s Enriching our Environment committee. Great opportunities for leadership experience! E-mail molecular.and.systems.biology@dartmouth.edu
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Fellowships
The Stephen Marsh Tenney, MD Fellowship
The Fellowship was founded to honor Stephen Marsh Tenney, M.D. (1922-2000), a 1944 graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, who returned to the school in 1956 to lead its legendary renaissance as Dean and as the founding Chairman of the former Department of Physiology.
This fellowship is available to trainees in the Geisel School of Medicine community.
The Albert J. Ryan Fellowship was established to perpetuate the name of the Ryan family and the name of Albert J. Ryan, through the advancement of medical knowledge for the good of all humanity by encouraging basic research in any or all fields of medicine and related sciences.