Awards Stephen L. Buchwald Wins 2026 Willard Gibbs Award MIT Chemistry | April 13, 2026 Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry Stephen L. Buchwald has been named the winner of the…karnottApril 13, 2026 Read More
Local News Pulmonary Embolism Gets a Long Overdue Spotlight: New Guidelines, Clinical Insights and Research Directions Bench Press | April 13, 2026 Pulmonary embolism, or PE, is a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition that occurs when a…karnottApril 13, 2026 Read More
Local News How Bacteria Suppress Immune Defenses in Stubborn Wound Infections MIT News | April 10, 2026 Chronic wound infections are notoriously difficult to manage because some bacteria can actively interfere with…karnottApril 10, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Inflammation Rewires the Enteric Nervous System Through Neurogenic Monocyte Recruitment Kurapati, S., et al. | April 10, 2026 Proper organization of the enteric nervous system (ENS) is critical for normal gastrointestinal (GI) physiology.…karnottApril 10, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Dopamine and Serotonin Inversely Modulate D2 Medium Spiny Neurons to Regulate Cocaine Reward Cardozo Pinto, D., et al. | March 30, 2026 Classic theories propose opponent functions for striatal dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5HT), with DA…karnottMarch 30, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Mechanism Specifying Targeted microRNA Degradation Farnung, J., et al. | March 26, 2026 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) associate with Argonaute (AGO) proteins to form complexes that down-regulate target RNAs, including…karnottMarch 26, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Multidimensional Profiling of Heterogeneity in Supratentorial Ependymomas Jeong, D., et al. | March 24, 2026 Supratentorial ependymomas are aggressive childhood brain cancers that retain features of neurodevelopmental cell types1 and…karnottMarch 24, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Leveraging Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells for Non-Invasive Immune Monitoring via Microneedle Skin Patches Jalili, S., et al. | March 17, 2026 Detecting antigen-specific lymphocytes is crucial for immune monitoring in vaccination, infection, cancer and autoimmunity. However,…karnottMarch 17, 2026 Read More
Local News How Bacteria Suppress Immune Defenses in Stubborn Wound Infections MIT News | April 10, 2026 Chronic wound infections are notoriously difficult to manage because some bacteria can actively interfere with…karnottApril 10, 2026 Read More
Local News Study Reveals Octopus Mating Arm Doubles as a Chemical Sensor Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | April 9, 2026 A new study (PDF) from the MCB lab of Nicholas Bellono reveals an unexpected sensory…karnottApril 9, 2026 Read More
Local News Ragon Institute Welcomes Inaugural FEMSA Fellows Jennie Ruelas Castillo and Jonathan Padilla Gómez Ragon Institute | April 9, 2026 The Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT, and Harvard is pleased to announce Jennie…karnottApril 9, 2026 Read More
Local News Alloy Therapeutics Enters Into Agreement to Advance Novel Antibody Discovery Platform BusinessWire | April 8, 2026 Alloy Therapeutics, Inc. (“Alloy”), a biotechnology ecosystem company dedicated to democratizing access to cutting-edge drug…karnottApril 8, 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 American Cancer Society Awards 2026 Medal of Honor to Dr. Tyler Jacks The American Cancer Society | March 18, 2026 The American Cancer Society (ACS) has awarded the 2026 Medal of Honor to Dr. Tyler…karnottMarch 18, 2026 Read More
Awards Harvard Medical School Scientist Wins Top Neuroscience Prize Harvard Medical School | March 16, 2026 Harvard Medical School neurobiologist David Ginty has won The Brain Prize 2026 for his career-long…karnottMarch 16, 2026 Read More
Awards Whitehead Member Dr. Jonathan Weissman Joins Global Cancer Grand Challenges team Whitehead Institute | March 12, 2026 Whitehead Institute Member Jonathan Weissman has been named to a newly funded Cancer Grand Challenges…karnottMarch 12, 2026 Read More
Awards Cathy Wu Joins Global Cancer Grand Challenges Team Taking on the Dark Proteome Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | March 11, 2026 A global, interdisciplinary team of researchers including Dana-Farber’s Cathy Wu, MD have been selected to…karnottMarch 11, 2026 Read More
Awards Three Tufts Researchers Named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors Tufts Now | March 10, 2026 Three Tufts researchers have been named as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors,…karnottMarch 10, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Liqun Luo Named Winner of the 2026 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience McGovern Institute | March 9, 2026 Stanford University neuroscientist Liqun Luo was announced as the recipient of the 2026 Edward M.…karnottMarch 9, 2026 Read More
Awards W.M. Keck Foundation To Support Research on Healthy Aging at MIT MIT News | March 6, 2026 A prestigious grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to Alison E. Ringel, an MIT assistant…karnottMarch 6, 2026 Read More
Awards Boston University Biomedical Engineer Ji-Xin Cheng Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow The Brink | March 3, 2026 Light helps us find our way through the dark, keeps us warm, and allows plants…karnottMarch 3, 2026 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
Local News How Stem Cell Descendants Preserve Flexibility While Maintaining Distinct Identities Whitehead Institute | April 14, 2026 Stem cells are the body’s ultimate shape-shifters, sustaining tissues by balancing two competing demands: maintaining…karnottApril 14, 2026 Read More
Awards Stephen L. Buchwald Wins 2026 Willard Gibbs Award MIT Chemistry | April 13, 2026 Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry Stephen L. Buchwald has been named the winner of the…karnottApril 13, 2026 Read More
Local News Pulmonary Embolism Gets a Long Overdue Spotlight: New Guidelines, Clinical Insights and Research Directions Bench Press | April 13, 2026 Pulmonary embolism, or PE, is a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition that occurs when a…karnottApril 13, 2026 Read More