Awards Physics Professor Receives $608K in NCI Funding to Develop Medical Device for Screening and Treating Oral Cancers | February 27, 2024In his efforts to advance the development of a low-cost, compact medical device for screening…karnottFebruary 27, 2024 Read More
Local News Craig McFarland (Neuroscience ’25) Honored As Early Career Policy Ambassador by Society for NeuroscienceHarvard MCB | February 26, 2024Harvard undergraduate Craig McFarland (‘25), was recently elected to the Society for Neuroscience’s 2024 Early…karnottFebruary 26, 2024 Read More
Local News Fen-Biao Gao Details How Frontotemporal Dementia Changes the Brain and Explores Its Genetic CausesUMass Chan Medical School | February 26, 2024Around 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. On Feb. 22,…karnottFebruary 26, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic Architecture and Biology of Youth-Onset Type 2 DiabetesKwak, S., et al. | February 26, 2024The prevalence of youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) and childhood obesity has been rising steadily1,…karnottFebruary 26, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week KDM6A Epigenetically Regulates Subtype Plasticity in Small Cell Lung CancerDuplaquet, L., et al. | August 22, 2023Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) exists broadly in four molecular subtypes: ASCL1, NEUROD1, POU2F3 and…pthomsonAugust 22, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Three Studies Highlight How Proteins Are Altered in Multiple Cancer TypesGeffen, Y., et al. | August 16, 2023Over the past two decades, scientists have shed light on the genetic mutations that drive…pthomsonAugust 16, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Delayed and Attenuated Antibody Responses to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination with Poor Cross-Variant Neutralization in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients—A Prospective Longitudinal StudyLiew, M.Y., et al. | August 15, 2023Therapeutically immunosuppressed transplant recipients exhibit attenuated responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…pthomsonAugust 15, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Tissue Perfusion Pressure Enables Continuous Hemodynamic Evaluation and Risk Prediction in the Intensive Care UnitChandrasekhar, A., et al. | August 11, 2023Treatment of circulatory shock in critically ill patients requires management of blood pressure using invasive…pthomsonAugust 11, 2023 Read More
Local News Bluebird Bio Receives US FDA Nod for Sickle Cell TherapyBioProcess International | December 15, 2023The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved bluebird’s Lyfgenia (lovotibeglogene autotemcel) for the…karnottDecember 15, 2023 Read More
Local News Demystifying a Mammal’s Brain, Cell by CellThe Harvard Gazette | December 14, 2023A group of scientists, including several at Harvard, have dived deeper into the mammalian brain…karnottDecember 14, 2023 Read More
Local News Building Models of the Brain to Take Them ApartHarvard Medical School | December 13, 2023Kanaka Rajan describes herself as an ever-curious, “stick-my-finger-in-the-electrical-socket kind of person” who enjoys working with…karnottDecember 13, 2023 Read More
Local News Tome Biosciences Launches with Over $200 Million in Funding to Advance Programmable Genomic Integration PlatformGlobeNewswire | December 13, 2023Tome Biosciences, Inc., the programmable genomic integration company, has launched to usher in a new…karnottDecember 13, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Kailyn Doiron Receives Fujifilm FellowshipBU Biology | February 1, 2022Congratulations to Kailyn Doiron for receiving the Summer 2021 Fujifilm Fellowship! Kailyn is an alum…pthomsonFebruary 1, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Awards & Recognitions: January 2022Harvard Medical School | January 28, 2022Kamila Naxerova, HMS assistant professor of radiology at Mass General, was named a 2022 Emerging Leader…pthomsonJanuary 28, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Three from HMS Elected 2021 AAAS FellowsHarvard Medical School | January 28, 2022Three Harvard Medical School researchers have been elected by their peers as 2021 Fellows of the…pthomsonJanuary 28, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Five MIT Faculty Elected 2021 AAAS FellowsMcGovern Institute | January 27, 2022Five MIT faculty members have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the…pthomsonJanuary 27, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Shlomit Schaal Elected to Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Board of TrusteesUMass Chan Medical School | January 26, 2022Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, has been elected by the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology…pthomsonJanuary 26, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards National Academy of Sciences Honors Cognitive Neuroscientist Nancy KanwisherMcGovern Institute | January 26, 2022The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced today that Nancy Kanwisher, the Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of…pthomsonJanuary 26, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Louis C. Gerstenfeld, PhD, Receives Lifetime Achievement AwardBU School of Medicine | January 25, 2022Louis C. Gerstenfeld, PhD, professor of orthopaedic surgery, has been selected as the as the…pthomsonJanuary 25, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Forsyth Researcher Awarded RO1 Grant to Investigate the Ultrasmall Bacteria That Keep Other Bacteria in CheckForsyth | January 24, 2022Our body is teeming with bacteria—in our gut, on our skin, and in every corner…pthomsonJanuary 24, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Mikel Garcia-Marcos, PhD, Receives John J. Abel Award in PharmacologyBU School of Medicine | January 18, 2022Mikel Garcia-Marcos, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry, has been selected to receive the 2022 John…pthomsonJanuary 18, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards David Greer, MD, Recognized for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic EducationBU School of Medicine | January 14, 2022David M. Greer, MD, MA, professor and chair of Neurology, has been awarded the 2022…pthomsonJanuary 14, 2022 Read More
Local News Cancer Grand Challenges Selects Five New Global, Interdisciplinary Teams to Take On Four ChallengesNational Cancer Institute | March 13, 2024Cancer Grand Challenges has selected five new global research teams that will address the following…karnottMarch 13, 2024 Read More
Local News CARB-X Funds 100th Project—a Milestone for BU-Based Nonprofit Leading Antimicrobial-Resistance FightbackThe Brink | March 12, 2024Every year, millions of people around the world die from infections linked to bacteria that…karnottMarch 12, 2024 Read More
Awards School of Science Announces 2024 Infinite Expansion AwardsMIT News | March 12, 2024The MIT School of Science has announced nine postdocs and research scientists as recipients of…karnottMarch 12, 2024 Read More