Local News Tiny Magnetic Discs Offer Remote Brain Stimulation Without Transgenes McGovern Institute | October 18, 2024 Novel magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive way of stimulating parts of the…karnottOctober 18, 2024 Read More
Local News Establishing Boundaries of the Genetic Kind Whitehead Institute | October 18, 2024 In the 1980s, scientists knew little about the X and Y chromosomes. What they did…karnottOctober 18, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week CDK5–Cyclin B1 Regulates Mitotic Fidelity Zheng, X., et al. | October 17, 2024 CDK1 has been known to be the sole cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) partner of cyclin B1…karnottOctober 17, 2024 Read More
Awards Nicholas Bellono Unravels the Mysteries of Diverse Sensory Systems: Wins 2024 Young Investigator Award from the Society for Neuroscience Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | October 17, 2024 We are thrilled to announce that MCB’s Nicholas Bellono, has been honored with the 2024…karnottOctober 17, 2024 Read More
Local News The Way Sensory Prediction Changes Under Anesthesia Tells Us How Conscious Cognition Works The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT | October 16, 2024 Our brains constantly work to make predictions about what’s going on around us, for instance…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Local News Early Life Stress Shapes Attention Deficits in Male (But Not Female) Mice Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | October 16, 2024 In a new study published in Science Translational Medicine (PDF), the Hensch Lab shares evidence…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Awards Whitehead Fellow Dr. Aditya Raguram Receives a National Institutes of Health Early Independence Award Whitehead Institute | October 16, 2024 Whitehead Fellow Aditya Raguram has received a 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award. The prestigious funding…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Local News One Scientist’s Unexpected Journey from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts General Hospital Bench Press | October 15, 2024 Dr. Garcia-Beltran was born and raised in Puerto Rico, a beautiful tropical island in the…karnottOctober 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Cancer Biologists Discover a New Mechanism for an Old Drug MIT News | October 15, 2024 Since the 1950s, a chemotherapy drug known as 5-fluorouracil has been used to treat many…karnottOctober 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Largest-Ever Genetic Study of Epilepsy Finds Possible Therapeutic Targets Broad Institute | October 14, 2024 The largest and most diverse study to date of epilepsy’s genetic factors has revealed new…karnottOctober 14, 2024 Read More