Awards Dr. Mara Murray Horwitz Receives $150K March of Dimes Research GrantBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | April 26, 2024Mara Murray Horwitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and a primary care clinician at…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Local News Plastic Degradation Company, Breaking, Emerges from Stealth with Naturally-Derived Solution to Degrade Multiple Plastics with $10.5M in Seed FundingWyss Institute | April 26, 2024Breaking, a plastic degradation and synthetic biology company, gestated at Colossal Biosciences based on a…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Autonomous Circadian Rhythms in the Human Hepatocyte Regulate Hepatic Drug Metabolism and Inflammatory ResponsesScience Advances | April 25, 2024Critical aspects of physiology and cell function exhibit self-sustained ~24-hour variations termed circadian rhythms. In…karnottApril 25, 2024 Read More
Local News New Program Helps High School Students Explore Careers in CardiologyMassachusetts General Hospital | April 25, 2024Massachusetts General Hospital has launched a new mentorship and career exploration program to inspire diverse…karnottApril 25, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Autonomous Circadian Rhythms in the Human Hepatocyte Regulate Hepatic Drug Metabolism and Inflammatory ResponsesScience Advances | April 25, 2024Critical aspects of physiology and cell function exhibit self-sustained ~24-hour variations termed circadian rhythms. In…karnottApril 25, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week An Esophagus Cell Atlas Reveals Dynamic Rewiring During Active Eosinophilic Esophagitis and RemissionDing, J., et al. | April 24, 2024Coordinated cell interactions within the esophagus maintain homeostasis, and disruption can lead to eosinophilic esophagitis…karnottApril 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week BCAA-Nitrogen Flux in Brown Fat Controls Metabolic Health Independent of ThermogenesisVerkerke, A., et al. | April 23, 2024Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is best known for thermogenesis. Rodent studies demonstrated that enhanced BAT…karnottApril 23, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Targeted Therapies Prime Oncogene-Driven Lung Cancers for Macrophage-Mediated DestructionVaccaro, K., et al. | April 19, 2024Macrophage immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as anti-CD47 antibodies, show promise in clinical trials for solid…karnottApril 19, 2024 Read More
Spotlight A Discussion on Ketogenic Diet and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer with Dr. Abha AggarwalScience in Boston | February 19, 2020Dr. Abha Agarwal is a Research Fellow in Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in…sciencecityFebruary 19, 2020 Read More
Spotlight Personalized Cardiac Precision Medicine with Dr. Rameen Shakur!Science in Boston | November 22, 2019Dr. Rameen Shakur, MD PhD, is an academic cardiologist, biologist and personalized medicine researcher, the…sciencecityNovember 22, 2019 Read More
Local News Plastic Degradation Company, Breaking, Emerges from Stealth with Naturally-Derived Solution to Degrade Multiple Plastics with $10.5M in Seed FundingWyss Institute | April 26, 2024Breaking, a plastic degradation and synthetic biology company, gestated at Colossal Biosciences based on a…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Local News New Program Helps High School Students Explore Careers in CardiologyMassachusetts General Hospital | April 25, 2024Massachusetts General Hospital has launched a new mentorship and career exploration program to inspire diverse…karnottApril 25, 2024 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Chief Scientific Officer, Kevin Haigis, PhD, Elected As Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceDana-Farber Cancer Institute | April 24, 2024Kevin Haigis, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been named Fellow of the…karnottApril 24, 2024 Read More
Local News Scientists Uncover 95 Regions of the Genome Linked to PTSDBroad Institute | April 24, 2024In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), intrusive thoughts, changes in mood, and other symptoms after exposure…karnottApril 24, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles New Fellowship Program with Center for Brain ScienceHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | April 18, 2024The NTT Research Foundation announced the new Harvard University Center for Brain Science-NTT Fellowship Program…karnottApril 18, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Ragon Institute Introduces Catherine Othieno Sempa Memorial Post Baccalaureate Scholars ProgramRagon Institute | March 15, 2024The Catherine Othieno Sempa* Memorial Post Baccalaureate Scholars Program engages talented college graduates from HBCUs…karnottMarch 15, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles And the 2023 MGRI Image Awards Winners Are…Bench Press | January 30, 2024The wait is over! Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2023 MGRI Image…karnottJanuary 30, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Rebuilding Public Trust in ScienceThe Brink | October 20, 2023BU science communication scholars say it’s crucial for higher ed institutions to incentivize public outreach…sciencecityOctober 20, 2023 Read More
Awards Dr. Mara Murray Horwitz Receives $150K March of Dimes Research GrantBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | April 26, 2024Mara Murray Horwitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and a primary care clinician at…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Awards Mary Munson, Craig Peterson Named American Association for the Advancement of Science FellowsUMass Chan Medical School | April 22, 2024Mary Munson, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology, vice chair of diversity for the…karnottApril 22, 2024 Read More
Awards Alejandro Rondon Ortiz Receives Brenton R. Lutz AwardBoston University Biology | April 17, 2024Alejandro Rondon Ortiz, a Biology PhD student in the Wolozin Lab, received the 2024 Brenton…karnottApril 17, 2024 Read More
Awards Jaice Rottenberg Receives Charles Terner AwardBoston University | April 16, 2024Jaice Rottenberg, a fifth-year CM Ph.D. student in the Fuxman Bass Lab, received the 2024…karnottApril 16, 2024 Read More
Awards Dr. Avrum Spira to Co-lead Project to Intercept Lung CancerBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | April 15, 2024Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, with someone…karnottApril 15, 2024 Read More
Awards Tufts Medical Center Researcher Studying Pulmonary Hypertension in Kidney Patients Awarded Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship by American Kidney FundTufts Medicine | April 12, 2024The American Kidney Fund (AKF) announced the recipients of this year's Clinical Scientist in Nephrology…karnottApril 12, 2024 Read More
Awards Revolutionizing Cancer Immunotherapy for Melanoma and BeyondMassachusetts General Hospital | April 10, 2024A team of researchers and physician-investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital are among the inaugural winners…karnottApril 10, 2024 Read More
Awards Brandon DeKosky One of Five MIT Faculty Members Awarded by Cancer Grand ChallengesRagon Institute | April 5, 2024Ragon core member and MIT associate professor of chemical engineering Brandon DeKosky, PhD, was one…karnottApril 5, 2024 Read More
Awards Physics Professor Mohamed Amine Gharbi Receives NSF CAREER AwardUMass Boston | April 2, 2024Assistant Professor of Physics Mohamed Amine Gharbi has been honored with a Faculty Early Career…karnottApril 2, 2024 Read More
Awards Accelerating Cancer ResearchHarvard Medical School | March 29, 2024Eleven Harvard Medical School researchers have received awards from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.…karnottMarch 29, 2024 Read More
Awards Dr. Mara Murray Horwitz Receives $150K March of Dimes Research GrantBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | April 26, 2024Mara Murray Horwitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and a primary care clinician at…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Local News Plastic Degradation Company, Breaking, Emerges from Stealth with Naturally-Derived Solution to Degrade Multiple Plastics with $10.5M in Seed FundingWyss Institute | April 26, 2024Breaking, a plastic degradation and synthetic biology company, gestated at Colossal Biosciences based on a…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Autonomous Circadian Rhythms in the Human Hepatocyte Regulate Hepatic Drug Metabolism and Inflammatory ResponsesScience Advances | April 25, 2024Critical aspects of physiology and cell function exhibit self-sustained ~24-hour variations termed circadian rhythms. In…karnottApril 25, 2024 Read More