Awards Two HMS Faculty Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceHarvard Medical School | April 10, 2025Two researchers from Harvard Medical School have been elected fellows of the American Association for…karnottApril 10, 2025 Read More
Local News A Simple Animal’s Response to Sickness Highlights the Nervous System’s Surprising Degrees of FlexibilityThe Picower Institute | April 10, 2025Whether you are a person about town or a worm in a dish, life can…karnottApril 10, 2025 Read More
Awards UMass Boston Biology Professor Liam Revell Named AAAS Honorary FellowUMass Boston | April 9, 2025The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the foremost scientific institution in the…karnottApril 9, 2025 Read More
Local News Beyond Animals: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with Human-Relevant ModelsWyss Institute | April 9, 2025The average new drug requires over 15 years and $2 billion in funding to traverse…karnottApril 9, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Identification of a Molecular Resistor That Controls UCP1-Independent Ca2+ Cycling Thermogenesis in Adipose TissueAuger, C., et al. | April 8, 2025Adipose tissue thermogenesis contributes to energy balance via mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) and UCP1-independent…karnottApril 8, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Vish Viswanath of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceDana-Farber Cancer Institute | April 8, 2025K. “Vish” Viswanath, PhD, Professor of Health Communication at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Harvard…karnottApril 8, 2025 Read More
Local News PhD Candidate Winnie Mkandawire, Impacted by Grief and Driven by Hope, Studies Disease Outbreak ModelingUMass Chan Medical School | April 8, 2025Motivated by the loss of friends and family when she was a child, PhD candidate…karnottApril 8, 2025 Read More
Local News Looking Under the Hood at the Brain’s Language SystemMcGovern Institute | April 7, 2025As a young girl growing up in the former Soviet Union, Evelina Fedorenko PhD ’07…karnottApril 7, 2025 Read More
Awards CMIT Clinical Scholar Receives Prestigious AGA AwardThe Center for Microbiome Informatics & Therapeutics | April 7, 2025Jason (Yanjia) Zhang, MD, PhD—a CMIT Clinical Scholar and Attending Physician in Boston Children’s Hospital…karnottApril 7, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Functional Diversification of Dietary Plant Small Molecules by the Gut MicrobiomeKuziel, G., et al. | April 4, 2025Plants are composed of diverse secondary metabolites (PSMs), which are widely associated with human health.…karnottApril 4, 2025 Read More