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
Local News Which Strains of Tuberculosis Are the Most Infectious? Harvard Medical School | August 13, 2024 For some forms of tuberculosis, the chances that an exposed person will get infected depend…karnottAugust 13, 2024 Read More
Awards Mehrdad Jazayeri Selected as an HHMI Investigator McGovern Institute | August 13, 2024 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has named McGovern Institute neuroscientist Mehrdad Jazayeri as one…karnottAugust 13, 2024 Read More
Local News Advanced ‘Parkinson’s in a Dish’ Model Accelerates Brain Disease Research Brigham and Women’s Hospital | August 12, 2024 A new model developed by Brigham researchers rapidly converts stem cells to brain cells characteristic…karnottAugust 12, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Loss of Kmt2c or Kmt2d Drives Brain Metastasis via KDM6A-Dependent Upregulation of MMP3 Seehawer, M., et al. | August 12, 2024 KMT2C and KMT2D, encoding histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferases, are among the most commonly mutated…karnottAugust 12, 2024 Read More