Local News Naoshige Uchida to Lead MCB as New Department Chair Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 7, 2026 After nearly two decades at Harvard, neuroscientist Naoshige Uchida is preparing to take on a…karnottJuly 7, 2026 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Investigators Report Promising Results from Phase 2 Study of Targeted Therapy for Rare Bile Duct Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | July 6, 2026 Results of the ongoing eNRGy trial, a single-arm, multicenter, global phase 2 clinical trial evaluating…karnottJuly 6, 2026 Read More
Local News UMass Chan Research Shows Exciting Step Forward in Innate Immune Stimulation and Vaccine Platform Development UMass Chan Medical School | July 6, 2026 Research by Katherine A. Fitzgerald, PhD, the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair III, professor…karnottJuly 6, 2026 Read More
Awards 2026 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Awarded for Gene-Editing Therapies Harvard Medical School | July 3, 2026 The 2026 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for their work…karnottJuly 3, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Inertial Sensing of Water Content in Tumor Spheroids Katsikis, G., et al. | April 29, 2026 Cellular water content governs the concentration of all biomolecules inside a cell, thereby influencing the…karnottApril 29, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Synthetic Control of Implanted Engineered Liver Tissue Growth Stoddard, A., et al. | April 27, 2026 Despite the promise of engineered tissue implants for the treatment of organ failure, scaling of…karnottApril 27, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Songbird Connectome Reveals Tunneling of Migratory Neurons in the Adult Striatum Shvedov, N., et al. | April 23, 2026 Immature neurons in the adult brain migrate into existing circuits, contributing to plasticity, learning, and…karnottApril 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Deletion of Core 1 β3GalT-Specific Molecular Chaperone (Cosmc) in Murine Intestinal Epithelia Leads to Major Alterations in Glycocalyx and Tumorigenesis Ju, T., et al. | April 21, 2026 Intestinal mucins have extended O-glycans comprised primarily of the common Core 1 O-glycan (Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr/Tyr) and…karnottApril 21, 2026 Read More
Local News Fluorescent Nanosensor Enables Rapid, First-Of-Its-Kind Detection of Key Gut Health Biomarker MIT News | June 19, 2026 An international team of researchers has developed a novel fluorescent nanosensor powered by carbon nanotubes…karnottJune 19, 2026 Read More
Local News Expanding Uses for Bioengineered Bacterial Spores Tufts Now | June 18, 2026 A remarkable quality of bioengineering is the fact that scientists can take biological processes honed…karnottJune 18, 2026 Read More
Local News 3D-Printed Devices Could Streamline the Production of Drug-Delivery Microparticles MIT News | June 17, 2026 MIT researchers have demonstrated a low-cost design of specialized electronic nozzles, called triaxial electrospray emitters,…karnottJune 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Malaria Is Gaining Ground—But Researchers Are Developing Promising New Solutions Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | June 16, 2026 Malaria is both an ancient and modern scourge. It’s one of humanity’s oldest diseases, dating…karnottJune 16, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles ‘Speed and Scale.’ One Year into the Job, NSF’s Director Prepares for Massive Budget Growth Science Magazine | June 25, 2021 Sethuraman Panchanathan has a lot to celebrate this week as he marks his first anniversary…pthomsonJune 25, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles What’s in the Huge Pandemic Relief Bill for Science? Science | March 19, 2021 A massive $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill now on its way to President Joe Biden’s…pthomsonMarch 19, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Just When We Need It Most, Science Is in Danger Boston Globe | October 14, 2020 As American voters each cast a ballot in next month’s election, it’s hard to fathom…eabramovichOctober 14, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles 3 Questions: Nancy Hopkins on Improving Gender Equality in Academia MIT News | October 2, 2020 Over the course of her exceptional career, Amgen Professor of Biology Emerita Nancy Hopkins has…eabramovichOctober 2, 2020 Read More
Awards 2026 Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Awards Announced Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | March 2, 2026 Please congratulate the recipients of the 2026 Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Awards. Portrait Michael Blower…karnottMarch 2, 2026 Read More
Awards 2026 Sexual Medicine Research Fund Awards Announced Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | February 27, 2026 Please congratulate the recipients of the 2026 Sexual Medicine Research Fund Awards. Vidhya Kumaresan, PhD,…karnottFebruary 27, 2026 Read More
Awards MIT Community Members Elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2026 MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering | February 27, 2026 Seven MIT researchers are among the 130 new members and 28 international members recently elected…karnottFebruary 27, 2026 Read More
Awards Fred Hutch Announces 12 Recipients of the Annual Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award Fred Hutch | February 27, 2026 Fred Hutch Cancer Center announced 12 recipients of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award,…karnottFebruary 27, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Ryan Nett Awarded 2025–27 George W. Merck Fellowship Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | February 26, 2026 Ryan Nett, MCB assistant professor, has been named a recipient of the 2025–27 George W.…karnottFebruary 26, 2026 Read More
Awards Two Boston University Bioengineers Win Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships The Brink | February 23, 2026 The mathematics done by Boston University’s Brian DePasquale promises tangible help for injury patients. An…karnottFebruary 23, 2026 Read More
Awards Sloan Fellowship Will Help Fan Advance Technology to Study How Brain Circuits Change Amid Learning The Picower Institute | February 19, 2026 Linlin Fan uses innovative optical tools to precisely investigate how connections change among neurons during…karnottFebruary 19, 2026 Read More
Awards Meg Younger and Jeffrey Marlow Selected as 2026 Frontiers of Science Fellows Boston University Biology | February 17, 2026 Dr. Meg Younger and Dr. Jeffrey Marlow were selected by the National Academy of Sciences…karnottFebruary 17, 2026 Read More
Awards Three Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Scientific Leaders Elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy Class of 2026 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | February 10, 2026 Dr. Alice Shaw, Dr. Kimberly Stegmaier and Dr. Matthew Vander Heiden have been elected as…karnottFebruary 10, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Feng Zhang Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame Broad Institute | February 9, 2026 Broad Institute core member Feng Zhang, along with 15 other innovators, will be inducted into…karnottFebruary 9, 2026 Read More
Awards Fellowship Award Highlights Melanie Barbini’s Mastery in Research, Clinical Studies UMass Chan Medical School | July 10, 2026 Melanie Barbini, an MD/PhD student at UMass Chan Medical School, is navigating the intersection of…karnottJuly 10, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Pharmacological Targeting of IRF4 as a Therapeutic Strategy for Multiple Myeloma Agius, M., et al. | July 9, 2026 Interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) is an oncogenic transcription factor (TF) in several hematological malignancies.…karnottJuly 9, 2026 Read More
Awards Awards & Recognitions: June 2026 Harvard Medical School | July 9, 2026 Matthew Leventhal, HMS research fellow in pathology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been awarded a…karnottJuly 9, 2026 Read More