Local News Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Tomo Kumon Whitehead Institute | May 30, 2023 Tomo Kumon is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Yukiko Yamashita’s lab studying the function…pthomsonMay 30, 2023 Read More
Local News Exploring the Links Between Diet and Cancer MIT News | May 29, 2023 Every three to five days, all of the cells lining the human intestine are replaced.…pthomsonMay 29, 2023 Read More
Local News CRISPR Studies Identify Many Promising Therapeutic Targets for Multiple Myeloma Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | May 26, 2023 New research from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has identified 116 genes as key molecular vulnerabilities for…pthomsonMay 26, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Craig Ceol Receives NIH Grant to Study Melanocyte Regeneration UMass Chan Medical School | May 26, 2023 Craig Ceol, PhD, assistant professor of molecular medicine, has received an award from the National Institute…pthomsonMay 26, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards MD/PhD Student Using NIH Award to Study Onset of Huntington’s Disease UMass Chan Medical School | May 26, 2023 Jillian Belgrad, an MD/PhD student at UMass Chan Medical School, has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National…pthomsonMay 26, 2023 Read More
Local News How Breast Cancer Arises MIT News | May 26, 2023 In what may turn out to be a long-missing piece in the puzzle of breast…pthomsonMay 26, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Protective Renalase-Deficiency in Beta Cells Shapes Immune Metabolism and Function in Autoimmune Diabetes Bode, K., et al. | May 25, 2023 Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by the immune-mediated loss of pancreatic beta cells that…pthomsonMay 25, 2023 Read More
Local News From Molecular to Whole-Brain Scale in a Simple Animal, Study Reveals Serotonin’s Effects MIT News | May 25, 2023 Because serotonin is one of the primary chemicals the brain uses to influence mood and…pthomsonMay 25, 2023 Read More
Local News 3 Questions: A New Model of Nervous System Form, Function, and Evolution MIT News | May 25, 2023 How does animal behavior emerge from networks of connected neurons? How are these incredible nervous…pthomsonMay 25, 2023 Read More
Local News Mind to Molecules: Does Brain’s Electrical Encoding of Information ‘Tune’ Sub-Cellular Structure? The Picower Institute | May 25, 2023 Brain waves carry information. A new “Cytoelectric Coupling” hypothesis posits that fluctuating electric fields optimize…pthomsonMay 25, 2023 Read More