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
Local News Gene Silencing Tool Has a Need for SpeedWhitehead Institute | July 22, 2024RNA 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 DoctorsThe Brink | July 22, 2024Although Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia—a catchall term for cognitive deficits that…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
Local News How Machine Learning Is Propelling Structural BiologyHarvard Medical School | July 19, 2024For Lucas Farnung, there is no question more fascinating than how a single fertilized egg…karnottJuly 19, 2024 Read More
Local News Targeted Drug Treatment Leads Tumor Cells to Imitate Viral InfectionBroad Institute | July 19, 2024A number of cancers, including certain brain and liver tumors, as well as myeloid leukemias,…karnottJuly 19, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Specially Equipped Natural Killer Cells Show Effectiveness Against the Most Common Form of Ovarian CancerTarannum , M., et al. | July 18, 2024Natural killer, or NK, cells endowed with memory-like abilities and armed with a novel chimeric…karnottJuly 18, 2024 Read More
Local News Lupus Center at UMass Chan Investigating Car T Cell Therapy for Severe or Nonresponsive Lupus NephritisUMass Chan Medical School | July 18, 2024Once a month, Talaya Reid wakes up early to board a flight from Philadelphia to…karnottJuly 18, 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