Awards Gene-Wei Li and Michael Birnbaum Named Pew Innovation Fund Investigators MIT News | November 16, 2023 MIT professors Gene-Wei Li and Michael Birnbaum are among the 12 researchers named 2023 Innovation…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 Read More
Local News TIMI Study Finds New Class of Anti-clotting Drug Reduced Bleeding Events Compared with Standard of Care in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Brigham and Women’s Hospital | November 16, 2023 The researchers found that abelacimab, a Factor XI inhibitor, at a dose of 150 mg…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 Read More
Local News Maintaining Fertility Requires Uneven Division of DNA Whitehead Institute | November 16, 2023 Germline stem cells are the pool of stem cells capable of becoming eggs or sperm.…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week DGKα/ζ Inhibitors Combine with PD-1 Checkpoint Therapy to Promote T Cell–Mediated Antitumor Immunity Wichroski, M., et al. | November 16, 2023 Read the Publication This week, Science in Boston profiles Dr. Michael Wichroski (pictured). Dr. Wichroski…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Liquid Biopsy Epigenomic Profiling for Cancer Subtyping Baca, S., et al. | November 14, 2023 Although circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays are increasingly used to inform clinical decisions in cancer…sciencecityNovember 14, 2023 Read More
Local News Research Spotlight: Creating Microfluidic Transistors That Control the Movement of Fluids to Autonomously Execute Miniature Lab Operations Massachusetts General Hospital | November 14, 2023 Kaustav Gopinathan, an MD-PhD student in the Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery at…sciencecityNovember 14, 2023 Read More
Local News Individual Neurons Mix Multiple RNA Edits of Key Synapse Protein, Study Finds MIT News | November 13, 2023 Neurons are talkers. They each communicate with fellow neurons, muscles, or other cells by releasing…sciencecityNovember 13, 2023 Read More
Awards Award Honors Elly Nedivi’s Research on Cortical Plasticity The Picower Institute | November 13, 2023 The Krieg Cortical Kudos Discoverer Award recognizes Nedivi’s ongoing work to understand molecular and cellular…sciencecityNovember 13, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Global Identification of SWI/SNF Targets Reveals Compensation by EP400 Martin, B., et al. | November 13, 2023 Mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes move and evict nucleosomes at gene promoters and enhancers to…sciencecityNovember 13, 2023 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Named to the 2023 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | November 10, 2023 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, president and CEO, are No. 5 on…sciencecityNovember 10, 2023 Read More