A new study reveals functions and mechanisms that are essential to how molecules move across a membrane through vesicles in a cell.  

The year-end celebration highlighted the 22 students enrolled in Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program and the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development program who completed major milestones.  

The annual awards are sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and the Women’s Faculty Committee of the Diversity and Inclusion Office.  

The two UMass Chan faculty members are among 500 scientists, engineers and innovators elected this year.

Forty future health and science professionals spent the summer immersed in UMass Chan’s cutting-edge laboratories.

A $3.3 million grant will allow the Munson lab to study what happens in the specific point in time before vesicles are fused to the membrane in eukaryotic cells and discover how vesicle targeting and membrane fusion is achieved.

Mary Munson, PhD, will serve as president-elect on the ASCB executive committee starting next year and will assume the role of the society’s president in 2025.

Seven women were honored for career achievements in science and health care during the 23rd annual Women’s Faculty Awards at UMass Chan Medical School.

In her new role, Mary Munson, PhD, will serve as a leader in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in science at UMass Chan Medical School.

Mary Munson, PhD, is one of 22 scientists named a fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology for 2022.