Local News Study Across Multiple Brain Regions Discerns Alzheimer’s Vulnerability and Resilience Factors The Picower Institute | July 25, 2024 An MIT study published today in Nature provides new evidence for how specific cells and…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
Awards Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin Named a 2024 McKnight Scholar Whitehead Institute | July 24, 2024 The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin as one…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Adaptation to Photoperiod via Dynamic Neurotransmitter Segregation Maddaloni, G., et al. | July 24, 2024 Changes in the amount of daylight (photoperiod) alter physiology and behaviour1,2. Adaptive responses to seasonal…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Local News Systematic Analyses Find That Related Transport Proteins Choreograph Their Conformational Dance from a Small Set of Common Moves Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 24, 2024 Organisms must take up nutrients and extrude toxins and waste to survive, grow, and reproduce.…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Propofol Anesthesia Destabilizes Neural Dynamics Across Cortex Eisen, A., et al. | July 23, 2024 Every day, hundreds of thousands of people undergo general anesthesia. One hypothesis is that anesthesia…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Awards 2024 WIELD Trailblazers: Women Shaping Diabetes and Metabolism Research and Care WIELD | July 23, 2024 The 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 Fellowship Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 23, 2024 MCO 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 Syndrome UMass Chan Medical School | July 22, 2024 Summer Thyme, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology, is the recipient of a…karnottJuly 22, 2024 Read More
Local News Gene Silencing Tool Has a Need for Speed Whitehead Institute | July 22, 2024 RNA interference (RNAi) is a process that many organisms, including humans, use to decrease the…karnottJuly 22, 2024 Read More
Local News New AI Software Could Make Diagnosing Dementia Easier and Faster for Doctors The Brink | July 22, 2024 Although Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia—a catchall term for cognitive deficits that…karnottJuly 22, 2024 Read More