Local News New Approach Enables a Closer Look at Brain Cell Organelle Whitehead Institute | August 20, 2024 Microglia are the immune system’s front-line enforcers in the brain. They are cells that patrol…karnottAugust 20, 2024 Read More
Local News An Implantable Sensor Could Reverse Opioid Overdoses MIT News | August 19, 2024 n 2023, more than 100,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. The most effective way to…karnottAugust 19, 2024 Read More
Local News New Open-Source Tool Helps to Detangle the Brain MIT News | August 19, 2024 In late 2023, the first drug with potential to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease…karnottAugust 19, 2024 Read More
Local News Clarissa May Babila on Using “Packages” from Cells to Diagnose Brain Diseases Wyss Institute | August 16, 2024 When Clarissa May Babila was in elementary school, there was one movie she wanted to…karnottAugust 16, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Enhancing siRNA Efficacy In Vivo with Extended Nucleic Acid Backbones Yamada, K., et al. | August 16, 2024 Therapeutic small interfering RNA (siRNA) requires sugar and backbone modifications to inhibit nuclease degradation. However,…karnottAugust 16, 2024 Read More
Awards Ragon Postdoc Awarded Prestigious NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award Ragon Institute | August 15, 2024 The Ragon Institute is proud to recognize Upasana Das Adhikari, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in…karnottAugust 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Alex Shalek Appointed Director of IMES at MIT Ragon Institute | August 15, 2024 We are thrilled to announce that Ragon faculty member Alex Shalek, PhD, has been appointed…karnottAugust 15, 2024 Read More
Local News HST MEMP Grad Carmen Martin Alonso Looks Ahead to a Bright Future as a Medical Researcher Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology | August 14, 2024 When Carmen Martin Alonso was growing up in the small town of Cordoba in the…karnottAugust 14, 2024 Read More
Awards Dr. Gene-Wei Li Named 2024 HHMI Investigator MIT Biology | August 14, 2024 To better understand how cells precisely control the levels of their proteins, Associate Professor Gene-Wei…karnottAugust 14, 2024 Read More
Local News MIT School of Science Launches Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy MIT News | August 13, 2024 The MIT School of Science is launching a center to advance knowledge and computational capabilities…karnottAugust 13, 2024 Read More