Awards Jeeyun Chung Earns Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship and Charles H. Hood Foundation GrantHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 18, 2024MCB faculty Jeeyun Chung has both received a Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience and a…karnottJuly 18, 2024 Read More
Awards Kazuki Nagashima Wins Noster-Science Microbiome PrizeHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 17, 2024Kazuki Nagashima, who will join MCB as new faculty on August 1st, has won the…karnottJuly 17, 2024 Read More
Local News A Genome-Wide Screen in Live Hosts Reveals New Secrets of Parasite Infection | July 17, 2024Apicomplexan parasites are a common cause of disease, infecting hundreds of millions of people each…karnottJuly 17, 2024 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Cause of Serious Brain Bleeding Condition in Premature NewbornsMassachusetts General Hospital | July 16, 2024A new study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass…karnottJuly 16, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Targeting a BRAF/MAPK Pathway Rescues Podocyte Lipid Peroxidation in CoQ Deficiency Kidney DiseaseSidhom, E., et al. | February 1, 2021Mutations affecting mitochondrial coenzyme Q (CoQ) biosynthesis lead to kidney failure due to selective loss…emcguinnFebruary 1, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Cryo-EM Structure of the B Cell Co-Receptor CD19 Bound to the Tetraspanin CD81Susa, K., et al. | January 28, 2021Signaling through the CD19-CD81 co-receptor complex, in combination with the B cell receptor, is a…emcguinnJanuary 28, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Single-Cell Lineages Reveal the Rates, Routes, and Drivers of Metastasis in Cancer XenograftsQuinn, J., et al. | January 28, 2021Detailed phylogenies of tumor populations can recount the history and chronology of critical events during…emcguinnJanuary 28, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Beyond Conventional Immune-Checkpoint Inhibition — Novel Immunotherapies for Renal Cell CarcinomaBraun, D., et al. | January 25, 2021The management of advanced-stage renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has been transformed by the development of…emcguinnJanuary 25, 2021 Read More
Local News Pursuing Three Gene Therapies for Rare Inherited DiseaseHarvard Medical School | October 31, 2023When neurobiologist David Corey showed up at a rare disease conference in 2017, he had…sciencecityOctober 31, 2023 Read More
Local News The Wyss Institute and Northpond Ventures’ Relationship Is Moving Full Steam AheadThe Wyss Institute | October 27, 2023As 2019 got underway and the team at Northpond Ventures started closing deals, they noticed…sciencecityOctober 27, 2023 Read More
Local News Cellular Atlas Guides New Understanding of BrainThe Harvard Gazette | October 26, 2023By combining noninvasive imaging techniques, investigators have created a comprehensive cellular atlas of a region…sciencecityOctober 26, 2023 Read More
Local News A Multifunctional Tool for Cognitive NeuroscienceThe Picower Institute | October 26, 2023A team of researchers at MIT’s McGovern and Picower Institutes has advanced the clinical potential…sciencecityOctober 26, 2023 Read More
Local News Protein Engineering Is Coming of Age with New ToolsDana-Farber Cancer Institute | September 26, 2024In 2016, the key to naturally deconstructing plastic seemed to have been found. News had…karnottSeptember 26, 2024 Read More
Local News A Two-Dose Schedule Could Make HIV Vaccines More EffectiveMIT News | September 26, 2024One major reason why it has been difficult to develop an effective HIV vaccine is…karnottSeptember 26, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Carbohydrate-Lectin Interactions Reprogram Dendritic Cells to Promote Type 1 Anti-Tumor ImmunityLensch, V., et al. | September 25, 2024Cancer vaccine development is inhibited by a lack of strategies for directing dendritic cell (DC)…karnottSeptember 25, 2024 Read More