AwardsFeatured Awards Andrea Reboldi Awarded Burroughs Wellcome Fund GrantUMass Chan Medical School | July 11, 2023Andrea Reboldi, PhD, associate professor of pathology, is one of eight recipients of the Investigators…pthomsonJuly 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week A Multi-Ancestry Polygenic Risk Score Improves Risk Prediction for Coronary Artery DiseasePatel, A.P., et al. | July 11, 2023Identification of individuals at highest risk of coronary artery disease (CAD)—ideally before onset—remains an important…pthomsonJuly 11, 2023 Read More
Local News It Takes Three To Tango: Transcription Factors Bind DNA, Protein, and RNAWhitehead Institute | July 10, 2023Transcription factors could be the Swiss Army knives of gene regulation; they are versatile proteins…pthomsonJuly 10, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Mapping Lesion-Related Epilepsy to a Human Brain NetworkSchaper, F.L.W.V.J., et al. | July 7, 2023Importance It remains unclear why lesions in some locations cause epilepsy while others do not. Identifying…pthomsonJuly 7, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Development of an Autonomous and Bifunctional Quorum-Sensing Circuit for Metabolic Flux Control in Engineered Escherichia coliChristina V. Dinh and Kristala L. J. Prather | March 2, 2020Efficient microbial synthesis in challenging pathways relies on dynamic regulation of multiple metabolic fluxes to…sciencecityMarch 2, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Host-Associated Microbiomes Are Predicted by Immune System Complexity and ClimateWoodhams, D., C., et al. | February 28, 2020Host-associated microbiomes, the microorganisms occurring inside and on host surfaces, influence evolutionary, immunological, and ecological…sciencecityFebruary 28, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Assessing the Progression of Systemic Sclerosis by Monitoring the Tissue Optic Axis Using PS-OCTAdams, D., C., et al. | February 24, 2020The clinical assessment of fibrosis is critical to the diagnosis and management of patients with…sciencecityFebruary 24, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week A Distributional Code for Value in Dopamine-Based Reinforcement LearningDabney, W., et al. | February 21, 2020Since its introduction, the reward prediction error theory of dopamine has explained a wealth of…sciencecityFebruary 21, 2020 Read More
Local News Simple Laser Treatments May Help Prevent Nonmelanoma Skin CancerMassachusetts General Hospital | January 12, 2023New research indicates that simple laser treatments to the skin may help to prevent the…pthomsonJanuary 12, 2023 Read More
Local News Abnormal RNA Gums Up the Works in Brain CellsWhitehead Institute | January 12, 2023Our DNA contains four types of molecules, adenine, cytosine, thymine, and guanine—called nucleotides or bases—running…pthomsonJanuary 12, 2023 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Blood Panel to Predict Placenta AccretaBrigham and Women's Hospital | January 12, 2023Of the nearly 4 million births each year in the United States, roughly 50,000 are…pthomsonJanuary 12, 2023 Read More
Local News Enzyme “Atlas” Helps Researchers Decipher Cellular PathwaysMIT News | January 12, 2023One of the most important classes of human enzymes are protein kinases — signaling molecules…pthomsonJanuary 12, 2023 Read More
Local News AI-Driven Tool Makes It Easy to Personalize 3D-Printable ModelsMIT News | September 19, 2023As 3D printers have become cheaper and more widely accessible, a rapidly growing community of…pthomsonSeptember 19, 2023 Read More
Local News New Machine Learning Techniques Boost Predictions for Virtual Drug Screening with Less DataBroad Institute | September 18, 2023Scientists using machine learning tools to analyze biomedical data often turn to neural network algorithms,…pthomsonSeptember 18, 2023 Read More
Local News What You Need to Know About Cooking Oils and CancerDana-Farber Cancer Institute | September 18, 2023In the culinary world, cooking oils like olive, avocado, vegetable, and canola, are indispensable. But…pthomsonSeptember 18, 2023 Read More