Local News UMass Chan Generates $2.2 Billion in Economic Activity in Massachusetts UMass Chan Medical School | November 10, 2023 UMass Chan Medical School generated more than $2 billion in economic activity in Massachusetts in…sciencecityNovember 10, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Fluorescence Lifetime of Injected Indocyanine Green As a Universal Marker of Solid Tumours in Patients Pal, R., et al. | November 10, 2023 The surgical resection of solid tumours can be enhanced by fluorescence-guided imaging. However, variable tumour…sciencecityNovember 10, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week A Bioelectrical Phase Transition Patterns the First Vertebrate Heartbeats Jia, B., et al. | November 9, 2023 A regular heartbeat is essential to vertebrate life. In the mature heart, this function is…sciencecityNovember 9, 2023 Read More
Awards MIT Scientists Receive NIH BRAIN Initiative Grants MIT News | November 9, 2023 In the human brain, 86 billion neurons form more than 100 trillion connections with other…sciencecityNovember 9, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week A Conserved Complex of Microneme Proteins Mediates Rhoptry Discharge in Toxoplasma Valleau, D., et al. | November 8, 2023 Apicomplexan parasites discharge specialized organelles called rhoptries upon host cell contact to mediate invasion. The…sciencecityNovember 8, 2023 Read More
Local News Harvard Medical School Professor Receives National Medal of Science | November 8, 2023 Dr. Gregory Petsko, Harvard Medical School professor of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has…sciencecityNovember 8, 2023 Read More
Awards Dr. Pradeep Natarajan to Receive the 2023 Joseph A. Vita Award American Heart Association | November 8, 2023 The American Heart Association will present its 2023 Joseph A. Vita Award to Pradeep Natarajan,…sciencecityNovember 8, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Transcriptional Suppression of Sphingolipid Catabolism Controls Pathogen Resistance in C. elegans Nasrallah, M., et al. | November 7, 2023 Sphingolipids are required for diverse biological functions and are degraded by specific catabolic enzymes. However,…sciencecityNovember 7, 2023 Read More
Local News The Power of Representation and Connectivity in STEM Education MIT News | November 7, 2023 On Oct. 13 and 14 at the Wong Auditorium at MIT, an event called Bridging…sciencecityNovember 7, 2023 Read More
Awards Dr. Deborah Lang Receives Grant to Examine How Some Genes Are Disrupted at the DNA, RNA Level, Cause Melanoma Boston University | November 7, 2023 Deborah Lang, PhD, associate professor of dermatology has been awarded a two-year, $300,000 Discovery Boost…sciencecityNovember 7, 2023 Read More