Local News Naoshige Uchida to Lead MCB as New Department Chair Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 7, 2026 After nearly two decades at Harvard, neuroscientist Naoshige Uchida is preparing to take on a…karnottJuly 7, 2026 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Investigators Report Promising Results from Phase 2 Study of Targeted Therapy for Rare Bile Duct Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | July 6, 2026 Results of the ongoing eNRGy trial, a single-arm, multicenter, global phase 2 clinical trial evaluating…karnottJuly 6, 2026 Read More
Local News UMass Chan Research Shows Exciting Step Forward in Innate Immune Stimulation and Vaccine Platform Development UMass Chan Medical School | July 6, 2026 Research by Katherine A. Fitzgerald, PhD, the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair III, professor…karnottJuly 6, 2026 Read More
Awards 2026 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Awarded for Gene-Editing Therapies Harvard Medical School | July 3, 2026 The 2026 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for their work…karnottJuly 3, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Human Electrophysiological Signature of Fragile X Pathophysiology Is Shared in V1 of FMR1-/Y Mice Kornfeld-Sylla, S., et al. | February 26, 2026 Predicting clinical therapeutic outcomes from animal studies using conserved electrophysiological phenotypes could facilitate developing treatments…karnottFebruary 26, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week In Vivo Detection of Immune Responses via Cytokine Activity Labeling Lu, G., et al. | February 24, 2026 While much is known about the identity and regulation of cytokine-producing cells, the cell types…karnottFebruary 24, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Directed Differentiation of Functional Corticospinal-Like Neurons from Endogenous SOX6+/NG2+ Cortical Progenitors Ozkan, A., et al. | February 20, 2026 Corticospinal neurons (CSN) centrally degenerate in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), along with spinal motor neurons,…karnottFebruary 20, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Mechanisms Linking Cytoplasmic Decay of Translation-Defective mRNA to Transcriptional Adaptation El-Brolosy. M., et al. | February 19, 2026 Paradoxically, individuals carrying loss-of-function mutations in critical genes can sometimes survive and even thrive. One…karnottFebruary 19, 2026 Read More
Local News Enzymes That Assemble Into Droplets Can Speed Up Cellular Reactions MIT News | June 8, 2026 Within the past decade, biologists have discovered that one strategy cells use to keep their…karnottJune 8, 2026 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Shared Molecular Signatures of Aging Across Mammals Harvard Medical School | June 5, 2026 Different tissues in humans and three other mammalian species share common gene expression changes as…karnottJune 5, 2026 Read More
Local News From Discovery to Patient Care: Vitamin D Analog Shuts Down Pancreatic Cancer’s Shield in Clinical Trial Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 5, 2026 A small clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers put a Salk Institute idea…karnottJune 5, 2026 Read More
Local News Nanoparticle Drug Combo Treats Venous Malformations Boston Children’s Hospital | June 4, 2026 Venous malformations are abnormally shaped veins that develop when the cells lining the blood vessels…karnottJune 4, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles When Science Can Harm Harvard Medical School | March 4, 2020 The students gather high above the Harvard Medical School campus in a tenth-floor New Research…sciencecityMarch 4, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles The FDA Is Approving Drugs Faster, But That May Not Be A Good Thing BioSpace | January 31, 2020 In a second research report published this year so far, investigators found that the U.S. Food…sciencecityJanuary 31, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Trump Restrictions on Fetal Tissue Research Unsettle Key Studies and Scientists The Washington Post | January 20, 2020 A recent Trump administration decision to limit funding of research that uses fetal tissue is…sciencecityJanuary 20, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Trump Science Advisor Meets with Top Boston Academic Research Officials The Brink | January 17, 2020 Kelvin K. Droegemeier, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy,…sciencecityJanuary 17, 2020 Read More
Awards Fernando Martinez Leading Nationwide DOD Clinical Study Targeting Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis UMass Chan Medical School | October 29, 2025 A UMass Chan Medical School pulmonology and biomedical research expert is helping lead a nationwide…karnottOctober 29, 2025 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
Publications of the Week Arrayed Single-Gene Perturbations Identify Drivers of Human Anterior Neural Tube Closure Huang, R., et al. | July 14, 2026 Genetic studies of human embryonic morphogenesis are constrained by ethical and practical challenges, restricting insights…karnottJuly 14, 2026 Read More
Local News Broad-Led Consortium Receives ARPA-H Award to Advance Gene Editing for Rare Pediatric Epilepsy Broad Institute | July 14, 2026 A consortium of 12 organizations, led by the Broad Institute, has been selected to receive…karnottJuly 14, 2026 Read More
Local News The Brain’s Internal Ruler MIT News | July 13, 2026 If you are crossing an unfamiliar room in the dark, you may grope around a…karnottJuly 13, 2026 Read More