Local News The Rules Neurons Follow to Make Sense of What We See MIT News | June 2, 2026 Even in the primary visual cortex, a brain region named for its specialized role in…karnottJune 2, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic Variation Reveals a Homeotic Long Noncoding RNA That Modulates Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells Lyu, P., et al. | June 1, 2026 The HOXA gene locus coordinates body patterning, hematopoiesis, and differentiation. While studying blood phenotype-associated variation…karnottJune 1, 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
Local News HSCI Announces New Co-Director Harvard Stem Cell Institute | May 29, 2026 Lee Rubin, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and leading scholar of neurodegenerative disease,…karnottMay 29, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Selective HLA Knockdown and PD-L1 Expression Prevent Allogeneic CAR-NK Cell Rejection and Enhance Safety and Anti-Tumor Responses in Xenograft Mice Liu, F., et al. | October 9, 2025 Allogeneic cellular immunotherapy exhibits promising efficacy for cancer treatment, but donor cell rejection remains a…karnottOctober 9, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Regulation of Inflammatory Responses by pH-Dependent Transcriptional Condensates Wu, Z., et al. | October 6, 2025 Inflammation is an essential defense response but operates at the cost of normal tissue functions.…karnottOctober 6, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Engineered Prime Editors With Minimal Genomic Errors Chauhan, V., et al. | October 1, 2025 Prime editors make programmed genome modifications by writing new sequences into extensions of nicked DNA…karnottOctober 1, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Rapid Epigenomic Classification of Acute Leukemia Steinicke, T., et al. | September 29, 2025 Acute leukemia requires precise molecular classification and urgent treatment. However, standard-of-care diagnostic tests are time-intensive…karnottSeptember 29, 2025 Read More
Local News Base Editing Repairs Mutation and Liver Function in Mouse Model of Zellweger Spectrum Disorder Broad Institute | April 17, 2026 In 2025, baby KJ Muldoon became the first person to receive a personalized gene editing…karnottApril 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Wyss Institute Technologies Enable Breakthrough in Astronaut Health Research Aboard NASA’s Artemis II Mission Wyss Institute | April 17, 2026 Launched on April 1, 2026, Artemis II is a historic, approximately 10-day lunar flyby mission…karnottApril 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Designing a Better Treatment for Solid Tumor Cancers That Works ‘Off-The-Shelf’ Northeastern Global News | April 16, 2026 Since 2017, a personalized immunotherapy called Chimeric Antigen Receptor, or CAR-T cell treatment, has worked…karnottApril 16, 2026 Read More
Local News With Navigating Nematodes, Scientists Map Out How Brains Implement Behaviors Picower Institute | April 15, 2026 Animal behavior reflects a complex interplay between an animal’s brain and its sensory surroundings. Only…karnottApril 15, 2026 Read More
Awards Five Tufts Faculty Named Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors Tufts Now | March 3, 2025 Five Tufts faculty have been named as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors,…karnottMarch 3, 2025 Read More
Awards “Creating Lasting International Collaboration” — An Interview with MIT Ibn Khaldun Fellow Deemah Dabbagh Ragon Institute | February 26, 2025 Deemah Dabbagh, PhD, a junior faculty member at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, has…karnottFebruary 26, 2025 Read More
Awards BU Biologist Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship The Brink | February 25, 2025 In support of her quest to understand the inner workings of brain cells, Boston University…karnottFebruary 25, 2025 Read More
Awards Human Immunome Project and Michelson Medical Research Foundation Award $150,000 Grants to Three Early-Career Scientists Advancing Immunology and Vaccines Human Immunome Project | February 24, 2025 The Human Immunome Project (HIP) and Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) have awarded Dr. Omar…karnottFebruary 24, 2025 Read More
Awards Could Allergy-Free Peanuts Be the Future? This Northeastern Researcher Wants To Find Out Northeastern Global News | February 20, 2025 One in 10 adults and one in 13 children have food allergies, enough for the…karnottFebruary 20, 2025 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Jesse Lehman Receives Kirschstein Award To Study Immunology UMass Chan Medical School | February 20, 2025 Jesse Lehman, a PhD candidate in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate…karnottFebruary 20, 2025 Read More
Awards Two Northeastern Professors Receive Prestigious Early-Career Awards for Pioneering Bioengineering Research Northeastern Global News | February 19, 2025 Ambika Bajpayee, an associate professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University, is a leading researcher in…karnottFebruary 19, 2025 Read More
Awards DeKosky Honored With AAI ASPIRE Award for Excellence in Immunology Research Ragon Institute | February 18, 2025 The Ragon Institute is proud to announce that faculty member and Early Independence Fellow Brandon…karnottFebruary 18, 2025 Read More
Awards Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers The Brink | February 10, 2025 It’s one of the highest honors the United States government can bestow on scientists and…karnottFebruary 10, 2025 Read More
Awards Eleven MIT Faculty Receive Presidential Early Career Awards MIT Chemistry | February 10, 2025 Faculty members and additional MIT alumni are among 400 scientists and engineers recognized for outstanding…karnottFebruary 10, 2025 Read More
Local News How Worried Should We Be About the Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak? The Brink | June 15, 2026 An Ebola outbreak in Central Africa that has already claimed more than 130 lives has…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
Local News Harvard Hero Dominic Mao Turns Big Ideas Into Opportunities for Students Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | June 12, 2026 When Harvard announced its 2026 Harvard Heroes, one familiar name stood out to members of…karnottJune 12, 2026 Read More