Awards Dr. Andrew Murray Elected to EMBO Membership Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 9, 2025 MCB Professor Andrew Murray has been elected as an Associate Member of the European Molecular…karnottJuly 9, 2025 Read More
Local News Dr. Sanjid Shahriar on Using Computational Biology to Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier Wyss Institute | July 9, 2025 In 2018, Sanjid Shahriar started developing two new skills: powerlifting and computational biology. Each was…karnottJuly 9, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Intrinsically Weak Sex Chromosome Drive Through Sequential Asymmetric Meiosis Meng, X., et al. | July 8, 2025 Meiotic drivers are selfish genetic elements that bias their own transmission, violating Mendel’s Law of…karnottJuly 8, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Feng Zhang Elected to EMBO Membership McGovern Institute | July 8, 2025 The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), a professional non-profit organization dedicated to promoting international research…karnottJuly 8, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Candelabrum Cells Are Ubiquitous Cerebellar Cortex Interneurons with Specialized Circuit Properties Osorno, T., & Rudolph, S., et al. | May 17, 2022 To understand how the cerebellar cortex transforms mossy fiber (MF) inputs into Purkinje cell (PC)…pthomsonMay 17, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Tacrolimus-Binding Protein FKBP8 Directs Myosin Light Chain Kinase-Dependent Barrier Regulation and Is a Potential Therapeutic Target in Crohn’s Disease Zuo, L., et al. | May 15, 2022 Intestinal barrier loss is a Crohn’s disease (CD) risk factor. This may be related to…pthomsonMay 15, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Single-Nucleus Cross-Tissue Molecular Reference Maps Toward Understanding Disease Gene Function Eraslan, G., et al. | May 13, 2022 The function of disease genes active in different cell types is modulated to meet the…pthomsonMay 13, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Immune Recall Improves Antibody Durability and Breadth to SARS-CoV-2 Variants Chen, Y., et al. | May 11, 2022 Key features of immune memory are greater and faster antigen-specific antibody responses to repeat infection.…pthomsonMay 11, 2022 Read More
Local News Groundbreaking Discovery Uncovers Achilles’ Heel of Malaria Parasite Ragon Institute | November 28, 2024 A collaborative effort between researchers from Uganda, Tanzania, the US, Spain, and Denmark has resolved…karnottNovember 28, 2024 Read More
Local News Podcast: Studying the Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Type 2 Diabetes UMass Chan Medical School | November 26, 2024 In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, Jason Kim, PhD, professor of molecular medicine…karnottNovember 26, 2024 Read More
Local News Clinical Trial Shows Positive Results for Potential Treatment to Combat a Challenging Rare Disease Massachusetts General Hospital | November 26, 2024 A team led by Mass General Brigham researchers demonstrated that inebilizumab reduced the risk of…karnottNovember 26, 2024 Read More
Local News When a Cell Protector Collaborates with a Killer MIT News | November 25, 2024 From early development to old age, cell death is a part of life. Without enough…karnottNovember 25, 2024 Read More
Local News Study Finds Cell Memory Can Be More Like a Dimmer Dial Than an On/off Switch MIT News | September 16, 2025 When cells are healthy, we don’t expect them to suddenly change cell types. A skin…karnottSeptember 16, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week ABCA7 Variants Impact Phosphatidylcholine and Mitochondria in Neurons von Maydell, D., et al. | September 15, 2025 Loss-of-function variants in the lipid transporter ABCA7 substantially increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease1,2, yet…karnottSeptember 15, 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