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
Local News The Wyss Institute’s 2026-2027 Validation Projects Wyss Institute | July 10, 2026 Each year, the Wyss Institute’s Validation Project program identifies technologies that are ready to move…karnottJuly 10, 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
Publications of the Week A Highly Resolved Integrated Single-Cell Atlas of Human Breast Cancers Chen, A., et al. | February 11, 2026 In this study, we developed an integrated single-cell transcriptomic (scRNAseq) atlas of human breast cancer…karnottFebruary 11, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Perfusable 3D Models of Ureteric Bud and Collecting Duct Tubules Wolf, K., et al. | February 6, 2026 Recapitulating the complex architecture and function of human kidneys remains a major challenge in tissue…karnottFebruary 6, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Human and Bacterial Genetic Variation Shape Oral Microbiomes and Health Kamitaki, N., et al. | February 2, 2026 Human genetic variation influences all aspects of our biology, including the oral cavity1,2,3, through which…karnottFebruary 2, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Genetically Encoded Device for Transcriptome Storage in Mammalian Cells Chao, Y., et al. | January 28, 2026 Understanding how cells make decisions over time requires the ability to link past molecular states…karnottJanuary 28, 2026 Read More
Local News Dr. David Chou on Keeping People Safe From Radiation on Earth and Beyond Wyss Institute | June 10, 2026 David Chou’s work is literally out of this world! In addition to identifying radiation countermeasures…karnottJune 10, 2026 Read More
Local News Ultrasound-Based Pacemaker Noninvasively Steadies the Heart MIT News | June 10, 2026 MIT engineers have developed a noninvasive pacemaker that stimulates the heart using ultrasound. The design…karnottJune 10, 2026 Read More
Local News RAS(ON) Inhibitor Doubles Median Overall Survival in Results of Phase 3 Trial for Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 9, 2026 A shift in the way people think about and treat pancreatic cancer could be on…karnottJune 9, 2026 Read More
Local News Enzymes That Assemble Into Droplets Can Speed Up Cellular Reactions MIT News | June 8, 2026 Within the past decade, biologists have discovered that one strategy cells use to keep their…karnottJune 8, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Trump Plan Would Limit Research Used to Protect Public Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | November 19, 2019 A new proposal from the Trump Administration would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from…sciencecityNovember 19, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Why NIH Is Beefing Up Its Data Sharing Rules after 16 Years Science Magazine | November 14, 2019 The U.S. National Institutes of Health last week released a draft policy that will require all investigators…sciencecityNovember 14, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Questioning Facebook’s Foray into Preventive Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | November 6, 2019 A new health care feature from Facebook called “Preventive Health” is aimed at encouraging users…sciencecityNovember 6, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Chip-ing Away at Health and Medicine for 25 Years: A Look Back Boston Children's Hospital | November 4, 2019 In 1994, when CHIP was formed, the dotcom boom was just dawning. iPhones and social…sciencecityNovember 4, 2019 Read More
Awards Two BU-Created Inventions Are Named “World Changing Ideas” The Brink | October 3, 2025 Two inventions at the cutting-edge of technology and health, both created at Boston University, have…karnottOctober 3, 2025 Read More
Awards Roger Davis Awarded Bert and Natalie Vallee Award From American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UMass Chan Medical School | September 30, 2025 Roger J. Davis, PhD, FRS, the H. Arthur Smith Chair in Cancer Research and chair…karnottSeptember 30, 2025 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Jessica Peura Studies Pancreatic Cancer; Honors Mother Through Grant-Funded Research UMass Chan Medical School | September 25, 2025 PhD candidate Jessica Peura, of Richmond, Vermont, is studying pancreatic cancer in the lab of…karnottSeptember 25, 2025 Read More
Awards Sien Verschave and Alain Viel Honored With Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | September 22, 2025 Two dedicated educators from Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) have been recognized…karnottSeptember 22, 2025 Read More
Awards SITC Fellowships Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer | September 18, 2025 The SITC Fellowships program, established through the SITC Forward Fund, helps cultivate the next generation…karnottSeptember 18, 2025 Read More
Awards Whitehead Institute Graduate Student Jimmy Ly Receives the 2025 International Birnstiel Award Whitehead Institute | September 15, 2025 The Max Birnstiel Foundation and the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) have named Whitehead…karnottSeptember 15, 2025 Read More
Awards Moura Silva Lab Student Named to 2025 HHMI Gilliam Fellows Program Ragon Institute | September 10, 2025 The Ragon Institute congratulates Anika Hutton of the Moura-Silva Lab on her selection to the…karnottSeptember 10, 2025 Read More
Awards Sabrina Samad Shoily Receives AAUW Fellowship Boston University Biology | September 8, 2025 Biology PhD student Sabrina Samad Shoily of the Garcia-Marcos Lab recently received an International Fellowship…karnottSeptember 8, 2025 Read More
Awards Rudolf Jaenisch Receives the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize Whitehead Institute | September 5, 2025 Whitehead Institute Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch has been honored with the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell…karnottSeptember 5, 2025 Read More
Awards Kazuki Nagashima Awarded $100K Gift from Noster to Advance Gut–Immune System Research Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | September 4, 2025 MCB is pleased to announce that MCB Assistant Professor Kazuki Nagashima has received a $100,000…karnottSeptember 4, 2025 Read More
Local News Peering Into Materials Down to the Nanoscale in the COCOON Lab Tufts Now | July 21, 2026 A new Tufts University imaging facility is doing something that most microscopy centers in the…karnottJuly 21, 2026 Read More
Awards Dang Awarded MMSA Young Investigator Award Ragon Institute | July 20, 2026 Eric Dang, PhD, a Core Member at the Ragon Institute, has been named the 2026…karnottJuly 20, 2026 Read More
Local News MIT Engineers Find a Precise Way to Grow Artificial Blood Vessels MIT News | July 20, 2026 Tissue engineers are finding ways to grow living organs and tissues from cells, with the…karnottJuly 20, 2026 Read More