Local News Broad Institute Partners with CDC and Theiagen Genomics to Enable Pathogen Genomic Surveillance across the United States Broad Institute | September 28, 2021 The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is partnering with the US Centers for Disease…pthomsonSeptember 28, 2021 Read More
Local News NIAID Awards Phase I Contract to Kephera Diagnostics for the Development of a New Test for Chagas Disease Kephera Diagnostics | September 28, 2021 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an agency of the National Institutes…pthomsonSeptember 28, 2021 Read More
Local News MassBioEd Launches Novel Life Sciences Apprenticeship Program Statewide MassBioEd | September 28, 2021 The Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (“MassBioEd”) has launched a new Life Sciences Apprenticeship program. The…pthomsonSeptember 28, 2021 Read More
Local News Large-Scale Genetic Repeat Variations Contribute to Height and Other Human Traits Broad Institute | September 27, 2021 Over the last decade, geneticists studying how variations in DNA sequence between individuals can influence…pthomsonSeptember 27, 2021 Read More
Local News Harvard’s Wyss Institute Receives Funding Award from BARDA Wyss Institute | September 27, 2021 he Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has been selected as one of three participants…pthomsonSeptember 27, 2021 Read More
Local News New Bionics Center Established at MIT with $24 Million Gift MIT News | September 24, 2021 A deepening understanding of the brain has created unprecedented opportunities to alleviate the challenges posed…pthomsonSeptember 24, 2021 Read More
Local News The Origin of of Two Neuron Types Reveals How Some Cellular Diversity Emerges in the Brain Broad Institute | September 23, 2021 Inside our brains lives a myriad of cell types that support complex human thought —…pthomsonSeptember 23, 2021 Read More
Local News Predicting Influenza Virus Evolution in a Human Lung Airway Chip Wyss Institute | September 22, 2021 Influenza virus was the cause of the flu pandemic of 1918 that killed over 20…pthomsonSeptember 22, 2021 Read More
Local News Samuel, Zhen, and Venkatachalam Labs Observe C. elegans Brain in Action Harvard Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | September 21, 2021 Small transparent animals like zebrafish and C. elegans have long been heralded for their accessibility to optical…pthomsonSeptember 21, 2021 Read More
Local News Joseph Mizgerd Named Jerome S. Brody Professor of Pulmonary Medicine BU School of Medicine | September 21, 2021 Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD, was named the inaugural Jerome S. Brody, MD, Professor of Pulmonary…pthomsonSeptember 21, 2021 Read More