Local News Evolutionary Clues Reveal How a Key Hearing Protein Adapted for Function Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | March 31, 2026 A new study in Current Biology (PDF) sheds light on how a critical protein underlying…karnottMarch 31, 2026 Read More
Local News A New View Into Viruses in the Body Broad Institute | March 30, 2026 Some viruses make us sick and are cleared within days by the immune system, but…karnottMarch 30, 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
Local News How Inflammation May Prime the Gut for Cancer Broad Institute | March 27, 2026 Chronic inflammation can raise a person’s risk of cancer, and a new study reveals key…karnottMarch 27, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Intelectin-2 Is a Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Lectin Dugan, A., et al. | January 19, 2026 Mammals regulate the localization, composition, and activity of their native microbiota at colonization sites. Lectins…karnottJanuary 19, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Bioresorbable RFID Capsule for Assessing Medication Adherence Say, M., et al. | January 14, 2026 Medication non-adherence remains a critical healthcare challenge, contributing to approximately 125,000 preventable deaths each year…karnottJanuary 14, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Inherited Resilience to Clonal Hematopoiesis by Modifying Stem Cell RNA Regulation Agarwal, G., et al. | January 12, 2026 As people age, they often develop clonal hematopoiesis, or accumulation of blood cells with specific…karnottJanuary 12, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A SWI/SNFA-Specific Ig-Like Domain, SWIFT, Is a Transcription Factor Binding Platform Jain, S., et al. | January 9, 2026 Mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes modulate DNA accessibility and gene expression; however, their genomic targeting…karnottJanuary 9, 2026 Read More
Local News Women of the Wyss Are Making History Wyss Institute | March 19, 2026 Meet some of the incredible women at the Institute who are having a positive impact…karnottMarch 19, 2026 Read More
Local News How Changes on the Y Chromosome May Make Species Reproductively Incompatible Whitehead Institute | March 18, 2026 When closely related species mate, their offspring sometimes survive but cannot reproduce. This pattern often…karnottMarch 18, 2026 Read More
Local News The Secret Lives of Super Agers: What 100-Year-Olds Teach Us About Aging The ReProgram Podcast | March 17, 2026 In this insightful interview, Dr. Stacy Andersen, a behavioral neuroscientist and expert in aging research,…karnottMarch 17, 2026 Read More
Local News When Small Cell Lung Cancer Hides From Immune Cells, Blood Vessels May Hold the Key Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | March 16, 2026 Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have uncovered why small cell lung cancer (SCLC) can stay…karnottMarch 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 In Fruit Fly Eyes, UMass Boston Researcher Sees Potential Medical Discoveries UMass Boston | October 28, 2025 Jens Rister, an associate professor in UMass Boston’s biology department, has just been awarded more…karnottOctober 28, 2025 Read More
Awards Anastasiia Sukalskaia Awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | October 27, 2025 Postdoctoral fellow Anastasiia Sukalskaia has received a prestigious Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship,…karnottOctober 27, 2025 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Researcher Awarded NIH Grant To Advance Precision Medicine for Opioid Use Disorder and Mentor Emerging Scientists UMass Chan Medical School | October 27, 2025 A new National Institutes of Health award will help a UMass Chan Medical School physician-scientist…karnottOctober 27, 2025 Read More
Awards Charles Park Named 2025 STAT Wunderkind Wyss Institute | October 24, 2025 The Wyss Institute is proud to announce that Charles Park, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in…karnottOctober 24, 2025 Read More
Awards Jessica Spinelli, Emma Watson Named To Distinguished HHMI Scholars Program UMass Chan Medical School | October 24, 2025 Two UMass Chan Medical School researchers have been named to the renowned Howard Hughes Medical…karnottOctober 24, 2025 Read More
Awards BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine The Brink | October 23, 2025 Boston University biomedical engineer Christopher Chen has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.…karnottOctober 23, 2025 Read More
Awards NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science The Brink | October 22, 2025 Two Boston University researchers have received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…karnottOctober 22, 2025 Read More
Awards Hannah McCalmon Awarded NIH F31 Fellowship to Study How the Brain Remembers Smells Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | October 22, 2025 Fourth-year MCO PhD student Hannah McCalmon of the Venkatesh Murthy Lab in MCB has been…karnottOctober 22, 2025 Read More
Awards Garcia-Beltran Lab Awarded NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Award to Engineer NK-Cell Therapies for Solid Tumors Ragon Institute | October 21, 2025 The Garcia-Beltran Lab at the Ragon Institute, led by Wilfredo Garcia-Beltran, MD, PhD, has received…karnottOctober 21, 2025 Read More
Awards W.M. Keck Foundation To Support Ringel Lab Research on Healthy Aging at MIT Ragon Institute | October 17, 2025 A prestigious grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to Assistant Professor of Biology Alison Ringel…karnottOctober 17, 2025 Read More
Awards Dana-Farber Chair of Pathology, Dr. Kathleen Burns, Elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | April 3, 2026 Dr. Kathleen Burns, Chair of Pathology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been named a Fellow…karnottApril 3, 2026 Read More
Local News Implantable Islet Cells Could Control Diabetes Without Insulin Injections MIT News | April 2, 2026 Most diabetes patients must carefully monitor their blood sugar levels and inject insulin multiple times…karnottApril 2, 2026 Read More
Local News Study Reveals Why Some Cancer Therapies Don’t Work for All Patients MIT News | April 2, 2026 Drugs that block enzymes called tyrosine kinases are among the most effective targeted therapies for…karnottApril 2, 2026 Read More