Local News From Data to Drugs: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery Wyss Institute | January 21, 2025 Traditional drug discovery is slow, expensive, and prone to high clinical failure rates due to…karnottJanuary 21, 2025 Read More
Awards Neuroscience Graduate Adam Lowet Wins Bowdoin Prize for Essay on Risk and Learning Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | January 21, 2025 Adam Lowet, a recent PhD graduate from Harvard’s Program in Neuroscience, has been awarded the…karnottJanuary 21, 2025 Read More
Local News Biopharma Investment Leader Maren Winnick Joins Whitehead Institute Board of Directors Whitehead Institute | January 20, 2025 The Whitehead Institute Board of Directors has elected Maren Winnick, a leader in biopharma investment…karnottJanuary 20, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Exocyst Stimulates Multiple Steps of Exocytic SNARE Complex Assembly and Vesicle Fusion Lee, C., et al. | January 20, 2025 Exocyst is a large multisubunit tethering complex essential for targeting and fusion of secretory vesicles…karnottJanuary 20, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Dynamic BH3 Profiling Identifies Active BH3 Mimetic Combinations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Potter, D. S., et al. | July 30, 2021 Conventional chemotherapy is still of great utility in oncology and rationally constructing combinations with it…pthomsonJuly 30, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week cGAS-Like Receptors Sense RNA and Control 3′2′-cGAMP Signaling in Drosophila Slavik, K. M., et al. | July 27, 2021 Cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS) is a cytosolic DNA sensor that produces the second messenger 2′3′-cGAMP…pthomsonJuly 27, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Extracellular Domain Shedding of the ALK Receptor Mediates Neuroblastoma Cell Migration Huang, H., et al. | July 22, 2021 Although activating mutations of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) membrane receptor occur in ∼10% of…pthomsonJuly 22, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Haplotype-Resolved Germline and Somatic Alterations in Renal Medullary Carcinomas Tan, K.-T., et al. | July 21, 2021 Renal medullary carcinomas (RMCs) are rare kidney cancers that occur in adolescents and young adults…pthomsonJuly 21, 2021 Read More
Local News UMass Chan Postdoctoral Fellows Association Creates Community for International Postdocs UMass Chan Medical School | May 27, 2024 Across UMass Chan Medical School, affinity groups for people with shared identities and interests are…karnottMay 27, 2024 Read More
Local News Taking RNAi from Interesting Science to Impactful New Treatments MIT News | May 24, 2024 There are many hurdles to clear before a research discovery becomes a life-changing treatment for…karnottMay 24, 2024 Read More
Local News “Reducing Barriers Through Open Data” Featuring Dr. Alex Shalek Lab Coats & Life Podcast | May 23, 2024 In this episode, Drs. Nicole Quinn and Jason Goldsmith chat with Dr. Alex Shalek, the…karnottMay 23, 2024 Read More
Local News Study Models How Ketamine’s Molecular Action Leads to Its Effects on the Brain The Picower Institute | May 23, 2024 A World Health Organization Essential Medicine, ketamine is widely used at varying doses for sedation,…karnottMay 23, 2024 Read More
Local News MIT Scientists Engineer Starfish Cells to Shape-Shift in Response to Light MIT News | March 28, 2025 Life takes shape with the motion of a single cell. In response to signals from…karnottMarch 28, 2025 Read More
Local News Research Spotlight: Understanding the Role of Biological Sex in Age-Related Neurological Diseases Massachusetts General Hospital | March 28, 2025 Most neurological diseases have subtle yet distinct differences due to biological sex. For example, female…karnottMarch 28, 2025 Read More
Local News At the Core of Problem-Solving MIT News | March 27, 2025 As director of the MIT BioMicro Center (BMC), Stuart Levine ’97 wholeheartedly embraces the variety…karnottMarch 27, 2025 Read More