Uncategorized Naomi Fettig Receives Canadian Institutes of Health Research Award for Multiple Sclerosis Research UMass Chan Medical School | July 17, 2026 Postdoctoral fellow Naomi Fettig, PhD, is the recipient of a Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA)…karnottJuly 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Unlocking AI’s Mysteries Using Insights from Brain Research MIT Alumni | July 16, 2026 As artificially intelligent systems grow increasingly capable, one of the more confounding aspects of their…karnottJuly 16, 2026 Read More
Awards MCO PhD Candidate Arshia Mostoufi Receives Prestigious Canadian Doctoral Fellowship Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 16, 2026 Arshia Mostoufi, an MCO PhD candidate in the lab of Ya-Chieh Hsu in Harvard’s Department…karnottJuly 16, 2026 Read More
Local News Three-Drug Treatment Shows Promise for Patients with Rare Blood Cancer Bpdcn Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | July 15, 2026 A three-drug treatment combination led to high remission rates in patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic…karnottJuly 15, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Recurrent ZC3H18 Mutations Stabilize Oncogenic Endogenous Retroviral RNA Tanu, T., et al. | July 2, 2026 Endogenous retroviral (ERV) RNA is highly expressed in cancer, suggesting a selective advantage. We identify…karnottJuly 2, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week NERINE Reveals Rare Variant Associations in Gene Networks Across Phenotypes and Implicates an SNCA-PRL-LRRK2 Subnetwork in Parkinson’s Disease Nazeen, S., et al. | June 30, 2026 Studying the genetic basis of human phenotypes involves two primary strategies. Model-system experiments generate interpretable…karnottJune 30, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Probing the Limits of Genetic Recoding Using Multi-Omics-Guided Evolution Nyerges, A., et al. | June 25, 2026 Engineering the genetic code—by reassigning multiple of the 64 natural codons—enables making organisms resistant to…karnottJune 25, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Efficient Prime Editing In Vivo and In Vitro Using Lipid Nanoparticles Jiang, A., et al. | June 19, 2026 Prime editing is a versatile clinical genome editing method that enables precise substitutions, small insertions…karnottJune 19, 2026 Read More
Local News Low-Cost Genome Sequencing Approach Is Powering Genetics Research on Mental Illness and Many Other Studies Broad Institute | July 15, 2026 For researchers on the hunt for the genetic roots of disease, the cost of deep…karnottJuly 15, 2026 Read More
Local News Broad-Led Consortium Receives ARPA-H Award to Advance Gene Editing for Rare Pediatric Epilepsy Broad Institute | July 14, 2026 A consortium of 12 organizations, led by the Broad Institute, has been selected to receive…karnottJuly 14, 2026 Read More
Local News The Brain’s Internal Ruler MIT News | July 13, 2026 If you are crossing an unfamiliar room in the dark, you may grope around a…karnottJuly 13, 2026 Read More
Local News Electric Fields Help Guide Neural Activity, Even From Moment to Moment The Picower Institute | July 13, 2026 It’s a fact of life that the electrical activity of neurons will vary during repetitions…karnottJuly 13, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Novo Nordisk Bio Innovation Hub Innovation Call with LabCentral Novo Nordisk | July 4, 2024 The application window for our innovation call with LabCentral is now open. Anchored with the…karnottJuly 4, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles NIH Modifies Application and Review Process for Fellowship Grants to Broaden Scientific Trainee Pool National Institutes of Health | May 31, 2024 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is revising the application and peer review process for…karnottMay 31, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles New Fellowship Program with Center for Brain Science Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | April 18, 2024 The NTT Research Foundation announced the new Harvard University Center for Brain Science-NTT Fellowship Program…karnottApril 18, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Ragon Institute Introduces Catherine Othieno Sempa Memorial Post Baccalaureate Scholars Program Ragon Institute | March 15, 2024 The Catherine Othieno Sempa* Memorial Post Baccalaureate Scholars Program engages talented college graduates from HBCUs…karnottMarch 15, 2024 Read More
Awards Two Dana-Farber Hematologists Receive Top Honors From the American Society of Hematology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 26, 2026 The American Society of Hematology is recognizing 11 distinguished hematologists with its most prestigious awards…karnottJune 26, 2026 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Awarded NSF Fellowship to Further Research That Could Revolutionize Organ Transplants UMass Chan Medical School | June 24, 2026 Jonathan Valeros, a PhD candidate in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass…karnottJune 24, 2026 Read More
Awards Wong Named 2026 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences Ragon Institute | June 23, 2026 Tweet this Share this on Facebook Email this Harikesh Wong, PhD, a core member at…karnottJune 23, 2026 Read More
Awards Drs. Laura L. Kiessling and Ronald T. Raines Named van ’t Hoff Lectureship Award Recipients MIT Chemistry | June 18, 2026 Laura L. Kiessling, the Novartis Professor of Chemistry, and Ronald T. Raines, the Roger and…karnottJune 18, 2026 Read More
Awards Neuroscience Graduate Vanessa Frelih Wins Glushko Prize for Research on Cognitive Flexibility and Aging Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | June 17, 2026 Recent Harvard graduate Vanessa Frelih has been awarded the Robert J Glushko Thesis Prize which…karnottJune 17, 2026 Read More
Awards MIT Affiliates Win 2026 Breakthrough, New Horizons Prizes MIT News | June 15, 2026 A number of MIT affiliates were recently honored for their research by the Breakthrough Prize…karnottJune 15, 2026 Read More
Awards Gaurav Gaiha Named the 2026 Giammaria and Sabrina Giuliani MGB Research Scholar Ragon Institute | June 12, 2026 Mass General Brigham has officially named Ragon faculty member Gaurav Gaiha, MD, DPhil, as the…karnottJune 12, 2026 Read More
Awards Ten From MIT Accept 2026 Fulbright Awards MIT News | June 9, 2026 Ten MIT affiliates — including undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni — have accepted Fulbright grants…karnottJune 9, 2026 Read More
Awards Ragon Scientific Director Dr. Facundo Batista Elected Fellow of the Royal Society Ragon Institute | June 4, 2026 Facundo Batista, Scientific and Associate Director of the Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT,…karnottJune 4, 2026 Read More
Awards Takato Honda Receives MIT Infinite Expansion Award Picower Institute | June 1, 2026 At an MIT School of Science ceremony May 21, Picower Fellow Takato Honda, Research Scientist…karnottJune 1, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Viral ORFeome Library for Systems-Level Genetic Dissection of Host-Pathogen Interactions Fujimura, E., et al. | July 17, 2026 Virological research has traditionally focused on individual viruses or viral families. Advances in DNA synthesis…karnottJuly 17, 2026 Read More
Uncategorized Naomi Fettig Receives Canadian Institutes of Health Research Award for Multiple Sclerosis Research UMass Chan Medical School | July 17, 2026 Postdoctoral fellow Naomi Fettig, PhD, is the recipient of a Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA)…karnottJuly 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Unlocking AI’s Mysteries Using Insights from Brain Research MIT Alumni | July 16, 2026 As artificially intelligent systems grow increasingly capable, one of the more confounding aspects of their…karnottJuly 16, 2026 Read More