Local News UMass Chan Medical School Establishes New Department of Systems BiologyUMass Chan Medical School | October 1, 2021The Program in Systems Biology has been elevated to full department status, with Marian Walhout,…pthomsonOctober 1, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Quantitative Proteomics Reveals the Selectivity of Ubiquitin-Binding Autophagy Receptors in the Turnover of Damaged Lysosomes by LysophagyEapen, V. V., et al. | October 1, 2021Removal of damaged organelles via the process of selective autophagy constitutes a major form of…pthomsonOctober 1, 2021 Read More
Local News Study Shows Fragile X Treatment Can Incur Resistance, Suggests Ways around ItThe Picower Institute | October 1, 2021While the brain acquires resistance to continuous treatment with mGluR5 inhibitor drugs, lasting effects may…pthomsonOctober 1, 2021 Read More
Local News Tackling Diabetes from Every AngleBroad Institute | October 1, 2021In the early 2010s, Jose Florez and his collaborators knew that a disproportionate number of…pthomsonOctober 1, 2021 Read More
Local News Taking the Guesswork Out of Genetic EngineeringWyss Institute | September 30, 2021Today’s genetic engineers have a plethora of resources at their disposal: an ever-increasing number of…pthomsonSeptember 30, 2021 Read More
Local News Lindsey Backman: Biochemist, Mentor, and AdvocateMIT News | September 30, 2021Raised in Tampa, Florida, Lindsey Backman takes pride in her family’s history and its role…pthomsonSeptember 30, 2021 Read More
Local News Broad Researchers Join a Collaborative Effort to Improve Diagnosis of Rare Genetic DiseasesBroad Institute | September 30, 2021More than 400 million people around the world suffer from diseases caused by alterations in…pthomsonSeptember 30, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week A Novel Protective Role for Matrix Metalloproteinase-8 in the Pulmonary VasculatureDieffenbach, P. B., et al. | September 29, 2021Mechanical signaling through cell-matrix interactions plays a major role in progressive vascular remodeling in pulmonary…pthomsonSeptember 29, 2021 Read More
Local News Garuda Therapeutics Launches with $72 Million Series A FinancingGaruda Therapeutics | September 29, 2021Garuda Therapeutics, a company creating off-the-shelf, durable blood stem cell therapies, launched today with an…pthomsonSeptember 29, 2021 Read More
Local News Broad Institute Partners with CDC and Theiagen Genomics to Enable Pathogen Genomic Surveillance across the United StatesBroad Institute | September 28, 2021The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is partnering with the US Centers for Disease…pthomsonSeptember 28, 2021 Read More