Molecular and Cellular Biology

Visualizing transcription factor functions (372x158)

Research Projects

Modern facilities are generously equipped with a full range of instrumentation required for research in cellular, molecular, developmental, and endocrine biology.

Willed Body

An important part of students’ medical education at Baylor College of Medicine comes through the anatomy lab, where they receive training during their first months as students.

Our Faculty

See a listing of the Department of Molecular and Cellular faculty.

Tissue Culture Lab

Learn more about the services and expertise available in the Tissue and Cell Culture Core Laboratory.

Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

One Baylor Plaza MS: BCM-130
Houston, TX 77030

Contact

Phone: (713) 798-6200
Fax: (713) 790-1275

Postdoc Opportunities

Visit Baylor’s HR site to see available positions

credit: National Cancer Institute

De-escalating breast cancer therapy; can some patients be spared chemotherapy?

Researcher develop molecular testing to distinguish patients who may need less from those who may need more therapy for HER2 positive breast cancer.

Dr. David Moore elected into National Academy of Sciences

Dr. David Moore, has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences, making him the 9th member of Baylor faculty to receive the honor.

This brain circuit allows the feeding and memory centers to talk to each other

It was not what the researchers were expecting to find when they set out to investigate how the protein complex NCOR1/2 regulates memory.

credit: Chang Lab/Scientific Reports, 2018 (CC)

A potential new purpose for an old drug

In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Eric C. Chang and his colleagues have been screening FDA-approved compounds for their ability to stop cancer growth of triple-negative breast cancer in an animal model of the disease.

New bone-in technique tests therapies for breast cancer metastasis

Dr. Xiang Zhang discusses a new technique developed in his laboratory to test the effectiveness of treatments for breast cancer metastases.