Publications of the Week Overcoming Immunogenic Gaps in Malaria Subunit Vaccines by Broadening CSP Regions Targeted Koo, J., et al. | August 18, 2026 The first approval of malaria vaccines RTS,S/AS01 and R21/Matrix M marked a major milestone. Both…karnottAugust 18, 2026 Read More
Awards Humphries Lab Awarded $8 Million in NIH Grants UMass Chan Medical School | August 18, 2026 Research projects exploring potential treatments for Parkinson’s disease, lupus and sepsis are underway at UMass…karnottAugust 18, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Chao Zhang Awarded $2.2M NIH Grant Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | August 17, 2026 Chao Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of medicine/computational biomedicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School…karnottAugust 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Global Collaboration Doubles Number of Patient-Derived Cancer Models to Accelerate Research Harvard Medical School | August 17, 2026 A team led by investigators at Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Broad Institute…karnottAugust 17, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Two Distinct SWI/SNF Complexes Direct Chromatin-Linked Transcriptional Programs in Toxoplasma Schwarz, D., et al. | July 22, 2026 Chromatin remodeling complexes dynamically modify DNA accessibility to regulate gene expression during eukaryotic cell cycle…karnottJuly 22, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Viral ORFeome Library for Systems-Level Genetic Dissection of Host-Pathogen Interactions Fujimura, E., et al. | July 17, 2026 Virological research has traditionally focused on individual viruses or viral families. Advances in DNA synthesis…karnottJuly 17, 2026 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
Publications of the Week Pharmacological Targeting of IRF4 as a Therapeutic Strategy for Multiple Myeloma Agius, M., et al. | July 9, 2026 Interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) is an oncogenic transcription factor (TF) in several hematological malignancies.…karnottJuly 9, 2026 Read More
Local News One Immune System, Two Species Tufts Now | August 14, 2026 Your body depends on T cells to stay healthy. These white blood cells act like…karnottAugust 14, 2026 Read More
Local News A New Study Suggests That Our Bodies Produce More Proteins Than We Thought Northeastern Global News | August 13, 2026 In 1968, the American biochemist and geneticist Marshall Nirenberg and his colleagues won the Nobel…karnottAugust 13, 2026 Read More
Local News A Chance Discovery Reveals an Unexpected Twist in One of Biology’s Oldest Molecular Machines Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | August 12, 2026 Sometimes, groundbreaking discoveries begin with what looks like a failed experiment. Researchers in the lab…karnottAugust 12, 2026 Read More
Local News Harkamal (Hark) Jhajj on Rewiring Immune Cells to Repair Fractured Bones Wyss Institute | August 12, 2026 Harkamal (Hark) Jhajj is always climbing physical and metaphorical mountains. In his spare time, he…karnottAugust 12, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles And the 2023 MGRI Image Awards Winners Are… Bench Press | January 30, 2024 The wait is over! Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2023 MGRI Image…karnottJanuary 30, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Rebuilding Public Trust in Science The Brink | October 20, 2023 BU science communication scholars say it’s crucial for higher ed institutions to incentivize public outreach…sciencecityOctober 20, 2023 Read More
Interesting Articles U.S. Cancels Program Aimed at Identifying Potential Pandemic Viruses Science | September 20, 2023 In what many see as fallout from the concern that researchers studying bat viruses may…sciencecitySeptember 20, 2023 Read More
Interesting Articles US Extends Science Pact with China: What It Means for Research Nature | August 28, 2023 The US government has extended for six months a key symbolic agreement to cooperate with…sciencecityAugust 28, 2023 Read More
Awards Two MIT Faculty Members Named 2026 Pew Biomedical Scholars MIT News | July 2, 2026 Whitney Henry and Harikesh Wong have been named 2026 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences.…karnottJuly 2, 2026 Read More
Awards MCB Postdoctoral Researchers Matthew Capek and Ruoyu Chen Awarded Jane Coffin Childs Fellowships Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 1, 2026 Two MCB postdoctoral researchers, Matthew Capek and Ruoyu (Roy) Chen, have been awarded prestigious fellowships…karnottJuly 1, 2026 Read More
Awards Batista Lab Research Fellow Awarded 2026 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Fellowship in Immunotherapy Ragon Institute | June 30, 2026 Raphael Reyes, a research fellow in the Batista Lab at the Ragon Institute of Mass…karnottJune 30, 2026 Read More
Awards Dana-Farber Researcher Selected to Join the Pew Scholars Program Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 29, 2026 The Pew Charitable Trusts announced that Xin Gu, PhD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is among…karnottJune 29, 2026 Read More
Awards Fred Hutch Names Eight Recipients of the Dr. Eddie Méndez Award Fred Hutch | June 26, 2026 Fred Hutch Cancer Center announced eight recipients of this year’s Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award.…karnottJune 26, 2026 Read More
Awards Two Dana-Farber Hematologists Receive Top Honors From the American Society of Hematology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 26, 2026 The American Society of Hematology is recognizing 11 distinguished hematologists with its most prestigious awards…karnottJune 26, 2026 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Awarded NSF Fellowship to Further Research That Could Revolutionize Organ Transplants UMass Chan Medical School | June 24, 2026 Jonathan Valeros, a PhD candidate in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass…karnottJune 24, 2026 Read More
Awards Wong Named 2026 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences Ragon Institute | June 23, 2026 Tweet this Share this on Facebook Email this Harikesh Wong, PhD, a core member at…karnottJune 23, 2026 Read More
Awards Drs. Laura L. Kiessling and Ronald T. Raines Named van ’t Hoff Lectureship Award Recipients MIT Chemistry | June 18, 2026 Laura L. Kiessling, the Novartis Professor of Chemistry, and Ronald T. Raines, the Roger and…karnottJune 18, 2026 Read More
Awards Neuroscience Graduate Vanessa Frelih Wins Glushko Prize for Research on Cognitive Flexibility and Aging Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | June 17, 2026 Recent Harvard graduate Vanessa Frelih has been awarded the Robert J Glushko Thesis Prize which…karnottJune 17, 2026 Read More
Local News mRNA Immunotherapy Developed by UMass Chan Scientists Eliminates Pancreatic Tumors in Mice UMass Chan Medical School | August 19, 2026 Inspired by the work of the RNA Therapeutics Institute at UMass Chan Medical School and…karnottAugust 19, 2026 Read More
Local News AI Model Streamlines Prime Editing Broad Institute | August 19, 2026 When scientists use prime editing to develop new gene-editing medicines or for research, the prime…karnottAugust 19, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Overcoming Immunogenic Gaps in Malaria Subunit Vaccines by Broadening CSP Regions Targeted Koo, J., et al. | August 18, 2026 The first approval of malaria vaccines RTS,S/AS01 and R21/Matrix M marked a major milestone. Both…karnottAugust 18, 2026 Read More