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Image: Lymph node sample from Carroll Lab, imaged by Harry Leung of PCMM Microscopy Core.

A 250 micron projection into a mouse popliteal lymph node where immune cells (red and yellow) congregate; imaged with multiphoton microscopy. Collagen fibers (white and purple) forming the lymph node capsule were visualized with second harmonic generation.

The Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital is an interdisciplinary research program affiliated with Harvard Medical School.  PCMM’s faculty brings together some of the world’s most distinguished investigators in the fields of immunology, genetics, structural biology, cell biology, cancer biology, microbiology, and neuroscience to address basic scientific questions with the ultimate goal of treatment and cure of disease. The program’s 15 laboratories and associated facilities reside within the vibrant biomedical research community of the Longwood Medical Area in Boston.

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UPCOMING SEMINAR

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

PCMM researchers win prestigious fellowships

Four PCMM researchers have recently been honored with high-profile fellowships: Viet Le (Springer Lab) has been awarded an NIH RO3 grant, Quentin Smith (Ha and Farnung Labs) won an EMBO Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, and Xiaotian Bi (Ha Lab) and Ninghe Sun (Zhang Lab) both won the Protecting the Talent Pipeline in Neurodegeneration Program Fellowships.

PCMM NEWS

PCMM researchers win prestigious fellowships

Four PCMM researchers have recently been honored with high-profile fellowships: Zhouping Hong (Wu Lab) and Po-Ta Chen (Ha Lab) both won Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowships, Sherry Zhang (Hur Lab) won an NIH Exploratory / Developmental Research Project Grant R21, and Ayijiang Yisimayi (Lieberman Lab) was awarded a Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship.

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September 28-30, 2026
Sea Crest Beach Hotel

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PCMM Scientific Retreat 2026

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