Local News Computational Neurobiologist Na Sun Appointed As Whitehead Institute’s First AI Fellow Whitehead Institute | October 3, 2024 Whitehead Institute has appointed Na Sun, a 2024 PhD graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology…karnottOctober 3, 2024 Read More
Awards Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers The Brink | October 2, 2024 They’re scholars of Latin American literature and Asian history, experts in biomedical engineering and computing,…karnottOctober 2, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Loss of Kmt2c or Kmt2d Drives Brain Metastasis via KDM6A-Dependent Upregulation of MMP3 Seehawer, M., et al. | October 2, 2024 KMT2C and KMT2D, encoding histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferases, are among the most commonly mutated genes in…karnottOctober 2, 2024 Read More
Awards Harvard Medical School Researcher Wins 2024 Lasker Award for Work That Led to GLP-1 Therapies Harvard Medical School | October 1, 2024 Harvard Medical School researcher Joel Habener has won the 2024 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award…karnottOctober 1, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Inducible Histone K-to-M Mutations Are Dynamic Tools to Probe the Physiological Role of Site-Specific Histone Methylation In Vitro and In Vivo Brumbaugh, J., et al. | November 8, 2019 Development and differentiation are associated with profound changes to histone modifications, yet their in vivo…sciencecityNovember 8, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week A Generalized HIV Vaccine Design Strategy for Priming of Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Responses Steichen, J., M., et al. | November 7, 2019 Vaccine induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major…sciencecityNovember 7, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Genotype-Fitness Maps of EGFR-Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma Chart the Evolutionary Landscape of Resistance for Combination Therapy Optimization Bolan, P., O., et al. | October 30, 2019 Cancer evolution poses a central obstacle to cure, as resistant clones expand under therapeutic selection…sciencecityOctober 30, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Fibroblastic Reticular Cells Enhance T Cell Metabolism and Survival via Epigenetic Remodeling Brown, F., D., et al. | October 28, 2019 Lymph node fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) respond to signals from activated T cells by releasing…sciencecityOctober 28, 2019 Read More
Local News Shorter Course of Radiation Therapy Is Safe for Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Who Have Undergone Mastectomy and Reconstruction Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 10, 2023 Researchers at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center have found that a shorter course of radiation therapy…sciencecityOctober 10, 2023 Read More
Local News Science for Living: Understanding Preeclampsia, Its Toll on Black Women and a Promising Therapeutic on the Way UMass Chan Medical School | October 9, 2023 When three-time Olympic track and field medalist Tori Bowie, a Black woman, was found dead…sciencecityOctober 9, 2023 Read More
Local News New Research Shows That RNA-Guided Enzymes Called Fanzors Are Widespread Among Eukaryotic Organisms. McGovern Institute | October 6, 2023 A diverse set of species, from snails to algae to amoebas, make programmable DNA-cutting enzymes…sciencecityOctober 6, 2023 Read More
Local News How a Single Neuron’s Parallel Outputs Can Coordinate Many Aspects of Behavior MIT News | October 5, 2023 A new MIT study that focuses on a single cell in one of nature’s simplest…sciencecityOctober 5, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Structural and Functional Analysis of the Nipah Virus Polymerase Complex | January 22, 2025 Nipah virus (NiV) is a bat-borne, zoonotic RNA virus that is highly pathogenic in humans.…karnottJanuary 22, 2025 Read More
Local News How One Brain Circuit Encodes Memories of Both Places and Events MIT News | January 22, 2025 Nearly 50 years ago, neuroscientists discovered cells within the brain’s hippocampus that store memories of…karnottJanuary 22, 2025 Read More
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