AwardsFeatured Awards Four Researchers with MIT Ties Earn Schmidt Science FellowshipsMIT News | July 20, 2022Four researchers with MIT ties — Juncal Arbelaiz, Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Sandya Subramanian, and Hannah…pthomsonJuly 20, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Monomeric Prefusion Structure of an Extremophile Gamete Fusogen and Stepwise Formation of the Postfusion Trimeric StateFeng, J., et al. | July 20, 2022Here, we study the gamete fusogen HAP2 from Cyanidioschyzon merolae (Cyani), an extremophile red algae that grows…pthomsonJuly 20, 2022 Read More
Local News A Potential Danger of CRISPR Gene Editing — and Why Base Editing May Be SaferBoston Children's Hospital | July 20, 2022Gene therapy using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing is currently in clinical trials around the world for…pthomsonJuly 20, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Structure–Function Analysis of the SHOC2–MRAS–PP1C Holophosphatase ComplexKwon, J. J., et al. | July 19, 2022Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)–RAS signalling through the downstream mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade regulates cell…pthomsonJuly 19, 2022 Read More
Local News Jump-Starting Biotechnology Careers for Boston High School StudentsBoston University | November 9, 2021Have you heard of synthetic biology? It’s revolutionizing the field of biotechnology, yet many people…pthomsonNovember 9, 2021 Read More
Local News Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Announces Participants Dosed in the Global Phase 3 Phoenix Study of AMX0035 in ALSAmylyx Pharmaceuticals | November 9, 2021Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the first participants have been dosed in the Phase…pthomsonNovember 9, 2021 Read More
Local News Preventing Leukemia by Preventing Rogue Blood Cells from Taking OverBoston Children's Hospital | November 8, 2021As we age, many of us acquire mutations that cause some of our blood stem…pthomsonNovember 8, 2021 Read More
Local News A New Tool for Studying Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s DiseaseHarvard Brain Science Initiative | November 8, 2021Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. The…pthomsonNovember 8, 2021 Read More
Local News Fidelity, Arch Back Precision Medicine Startup’s $178M RoundBoston Business Journal | November 24, 2022Precision medicine startup FogPharma has raised $178 million as it prepares to launch its first…pthomsonNovember 24, 2022 Read More
Local News Pair of Studies Uncover Surprising New Roles for Spinal Cord and Brainstem in TouchHarvard Medical School | November 24, 2022The sense of touch is essential to almost everything we do, from routine tasks at…pthomsonNovember 24, 2022 Read More
Local News How Big Brains Are MadeThe Harvard Gazette | November 23, 2022Cephalopods are capable of some truly impressive behaviors. They can quickly process information to transform…pthomsonNovember 23, 2022 Read More