Local News Study Reveals How an Anesthesia Drug Induces UnconsciousnessMIT News | July 25, 2024There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Jacob Stillman Receives Kirschstein Award for Multiple Sclerosis ResearchUMass Chan Medical School | July 25, 2024PhD candidate Jacob Stillman has been awarded a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
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Local News Study Across Multiple Brain Regions Discerns Alzheimer’s Vulnerability and Resilience FactorsThe Picower Institute | July 25, 2024An MIT study published today in Nature provides new evidence for how specific cells and…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
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Publications of the Week Propofol Anesthesia Destabilizes Neural Dynamics Across CortexEisen, A., et al. | July 23, 2024Every day, hundreds of thousands of people undergo general anesthesia. One hypothesis is that anesthesia…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
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Local News Study Reveals How an Anesthesia Drug Induces UnconsciousnessMIT News | July 25, 2024There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
Local News Unusual Labmates: Meet Tardigrades, the Crafters of Nature’s Ultimate Survival KitWhitehead Institute | July 25, 2024Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin is studying tardigrades to decode the mechanisms enabling their survival…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
Local News Study Across Multiple Brain Regions Discerns Alzheimer’s Vulnerability and Resilience FactorsThe Picower Institute | July 25, 2024An MIT study published today in Nature provides new evidence for how specific cells and…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
Local News Systematic Analyses Find That Related Transport Proteins Choreograph Their Conformational Dance from a Small Set of Common MovesHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 24, 2024Organisms must take up nutrients and extrude toxins and waste to survive, grow, and reproduce.…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Type 2 Diabetes Now One of the Top Five Most Studied Diseases Globally, Finds New Phesi Analysis | July 12, 2024Phesi, a leading clinical development analytics company has published the results of its mid-year analysis…Oliver TraherneJuly 12, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Novo Nordisk Bio Innovation Hub Innovation Call with LabCentralNovo Nordisk | July 4, 2024The application window for our innovation call with LabCentral is now open. Anchored with the…karnottJuly 4, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles NIH Modifies Application and Review Process for Fellowship Grants to Broaden Scientific Trainee PoolNational Institutes of Health | May 31, 2024The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is revising the application and peer review process for…karnottMay 31, 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
Awards PhD Candidate Jacob Stillman Receives Kirschstein Award for Multiple Sclerosis ResearchUMass Chan Medical School | July 25, 2024PhD candidate Jacob Stillman has been awarded a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
Awards Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin Named a 2024 McKnight ScholarWhitehead Institute | July 24, 2024The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin as one…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Awards 2024 WIELD Trailblazers: Women Shaping Diabetes and Metabolism Research and CareWIELD | July 23, 2024The WIELD Advisory Board and “Elevate working group” of WIELD are proud to announce the…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Awards MCO Graduate Student Mackenzie Smith Awarded NSF FellowshipHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 23, 2024MCO graduate student Mackenzie Smith of Ya-Chieh Hsu’s lab in SCRB has received a grant…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Neuroscientist Receives $4.1 Million Transformative Research Award to Study Down SyndromeUMass Chan Medical School | July 22, 2024Summer Thyme, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology, is the recipient of a…karnottJuly 22, 2024 Read More
Awards Congratulations to the 2024 Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Award WinnersBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | July 19, 2024The Russek Student Achievement Awards celebrate the ongoing accomplishments of GMS students at Boston University…karnottJuly 19, 2024 Read More
Awards Jeeyun Chung Earns Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship and Charles H. Hood Foundation GrantHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 18, 2024MCB faculty Jeeyun Chung has both received a Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience and a…karnottJuly 18, 2024 Read More
Awards Kazuki Nagashima Wins Noster-Science Microbiome PrizeHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 17, 2024Kazuki Nagashima, who will join MCB as new faculty on August 1st, has won the…karnottJuly 17, 2024 Read More
Awards Fellowship Supports Student’s Work to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and EquityThe Picower Institute | July 16, 2024The seventh leading cause of death in the United States, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a…karnottJuly 16, 2024 Read More
Awards HHMI Names 50 Gilliam Fellows in Milestone YearHoward Hughes Medical Institute | July 16, 2024The Howard Hughes Medical Institute congratulates 50 graduate students in science and their advisers who…karnottJuly 16, 2024 Read More
Local News Study Reveals How an Anesthesia Drug Induces UnconsciousnessMIT News | July 25, 2024There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Jacob Stillman Receives Kirschstein Award for Multiple Sclerosis ResearchUMass Chan Medical School | July 25, 2024PhD candidate Jacob Stillman has been awarded a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
Local News Unusual Labmates: Meet Tardigrades, the Crafters of Nature’s Ultimate Survival KitWhitehead Institute | July 25, 2024Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin is studying tardigrades to decode the mechanisms enabling their survival…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More