Awards 2024 WIELD Trailblazers: Women Shaping Diabetes and Metabolism Research and CareWIELD | July 23, 2024The WIELD Advisory Board and “Elevate working group” of WIELD are proud to announce the…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Awards MCO Graduate Student Mackenzie Smith Awarded NSF FellowshipHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 23, 2024MCO graduate student Mackenzie Smith of Ya-Chieh Hsu’s lab in SCRB has received a grant…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Neuroscientist Receives $4.1 Million Transformative Research Award to Study Down SyndromeUMass Chan Medical School | July 22, 2024Summer Thyme, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology, is the recipient of a…karnottJuly 22, 2024 Read More
Local News Gene Silencing Tool Has a Need for SpeedWhitehead Institute | July 22, 2024RNA interference (RNAi) is a process that many organisms, including humans, use to decrease the…karnottJuly 22, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Longitudinal Humoral Analysis in RSV-Infected Infants Identifies Pre-existing RSV Strain-Specific G and Evolving Cross-Reactive F AntibodiesNziza, N., et al. | July 1, 2024Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is among the most common causes of lower respiratory tract infection…karnottJuly 1, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Transient Growth Factor Expression via mRNA in Lipid Nanoparticles Promotes Hepatocyte Cell Therapy in MiceSmith, A., et al. | June 28, 2024Primary human hepatocyte (PHH) transplantation is a promising alternative to liver transplantation, whereby liver function…karnottJune 28, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Botensilimab Plus Balstilimab in Relapsed/Refractory Microsatellite Stable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Phase 1 TrialBullock, A., et al. | June 27, 2024Microsatellite stable metastatic colorectal cancer (MSS mCRC; mismatch repair proficient) has previously responded poorly to…karnottJune 27, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Strain-Specific Gut Microbial Signatures in Type 2 Diabetes Identified in a Cross-Cohort Analysis of 8,117 Metagenomes | June 26, 2024The association of gut microbial features with type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been inconsistent due…karnottJune 26, 2024 Read More
Local News Lupus Center at UMass Chan Investigating Car T Cell Therapy for Severe or Nonresponsive Lupus NephritisUMass Chan Medical School | July 18, 2024Once a month, Talaya Reid wakes up early to board a flight from Philadelphia to…karnottJuly 18, 2024 Read More
Local News A Genome-Wide Screen in Live Hosts Reveals New Secrets of Parasite Infection | July 17, 2024Apicomplexan parasites are a common cause of disease, infecting hundreds of millions of people each…karnottJuly 17, 2024 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Cause of Serious Brain Bleeding Condition in Premature NewbornsMassachusetts General Hospital | July 16, 2024A new study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass…karnottJuly 16, 2024 Read More
Local News Sidney Farber Scholar Pursues Innovative Treatments for LeukemiaDana-Farber Cancer Institute | July 15, 2024Physician-scientist Franziska Wachter, MD, came to Dana-Farber 10 years ago as a postdoctoral fellow with…karnottJuly 15, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles US Extends Science Pact with China: What It Means for ResearchNature | August 28, 2023The US government has extended for six months a key symbolic agreement to cooperate with…sciencecityAugust 28, 2023 Read More
Interesting Articles New Antibiotic, Clovibactin, Kills Bacteria Without Developing ResistanceGEN News | August 25, 2023A new antibiotic, isolated from bacteria that are unculturable, seems capable of combating harmful bacteria…sciencecityAugust 25, 2023 Read More
Interesting Articles White House Launching $5 Billion Program to Speed Coronavirus VaccinesThe Washington Post | April 11, 2023The Biden administration is launching a $5 billion-plus program to accelerate development of new coronavirus vaccines and…pthomsonApril 11, 2023 Read More
Interesting Articles OSTP Issues Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available Without DelayThe White House | August 26, 2022Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) updated U.S. policy guidance…pthomsonAugust 26, 2022 Read More
Awards Alejandro Balazs Receives NIH Avant Garde Award for Innovative HIV and Substance Use Disorder ResearchRagon Institute | June 12, 2024Ragon faculty member Alejandro Balazs, PhD, has been awarded a prestigious Avant-Garde Award for HIV…karnottJune 12, 2024 Read More
Awards Ragon Grad Student Awarded Jeffery Modell PrizeRagon Institute | June 11, 2024We are proud to recognize Sophie Giguere, PhD, a Batista Lab graduate student who has…karnottJune 11, 2024 Read More
Awards Harnessing Cancer Metabolomics to Transform Therapeutic DiscoveryMassachusetts General Hospital | June 10, 2024A Massachusetts General Hospital research team is among the inaugural winners of a Breakthrough Award…karnottJune 10, 2024 Read More
Awards Ten with MIT Connections Win 2024 Hertz Foundation FellowshipsMIT News | June 6, 2024The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation announced that it has awarded fellowships to 10 PhD…karnottJune 6, 2024 Read More
Awards Stuart Orkin Awarded the Shaw Prize in Life Science & Medicine 2024 for Groundbreaking Hemoglobin ResearchDana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 5, 2024Stuart Orkin, MD, a researcher at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and David…karnottJune 5, 2024 Read More
Awards Whitehead Institute Director Ruth Lehmann Elected as a Fellow of the Royal SocietyWhitehead Institute | May 29, 2024Whitehead Institute Director and President Ruth Lehmann has been named a Foreign Member of the…karnottMay 29, 2024 Read More
Awards Five MIT Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2024McGovern Institute | May 22, 2024The National Academy of Sciences has elected 120 members and 24 international members, including five…karnottMay 22, 2024 Read More
Awards 2024 Shark Tank WinnersBrigham and Women's Hospital | May 21, 2024Congratulations to the recipients of the Health Technology Innovator Awards, Anastasia Kuzkina, MD, Department of…karnottMay 21, 2024 Read More
Awards 2024 Marion R. Kramer Scholarship RecipientsBoston University Biology | May 20, 2024Jillian Ness, an MCBB PhD student in the Wunderlich Lab, and Kathryn Atherton, a PhD…karnottMay 20, 2024 Read More
Awards 2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients and Honorable MentionsBoston University Biology | May 17, 2024The awardees and honorable mentions for the 2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition…karnottMay 17, 2024 Read More
Local News Systematic Analyses Find That Related Transport Proteins Choreograph Their Conformational Dance from a Small Set of Common MovesHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 24, 2024Organisms must take up nutrients and extrude toxins and waste to survive, grow, and reproduce.…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Propofol Anesthesia Destabilizes Neural Dynamics Across CortexEisen, A., et al. | July 23, 2024Every day, hundreds of thousands of people undergo general anesthesia. One hypothesis is that anesthesia…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Awards 2024 WIELD Trailblazers: Women Shaping Diabetes and Metabolism Research and CareWIELD | July 23, 2024The WIELD Advisory Board and “Elevate working group” of WIELD are proud to announce the…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More