Awards UMass Chan Scientists Receive $2.3 Million from Rett Syndrome Research Trust for New Research | March 11, 2024A collaborative effort between three scientists at UMass Chan Medical School is expected to help…karnottMarch 11, 2024 Read More
Local News Paving the Way for a New Class of AntibioticsHarvard Medical School | March 8, 2024Harvard University chemist Daniel Kahne has spent much of his career studying the fundamentals of…karnottMarch 8, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Proteogenomic Characterization of Primary Colorectal Cancer and Metastatic Progression Identifies Proteome-Based Subtypes and SignaturesTanaka, A., et al. | March 8, 2024Metastatic progression of colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC) remains poorly understood and poses significant challenges for treatment.…karnottMarch 8, 2024 Read More
Local News A Noninvasive Treatment for “Chemo Brain”The Picower Institute | March 7, 2024Patients undergoing chemotherapy often experience cognitive effects such as memory impairment and difficulty concentrating —…karnottMarch 7, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Cryptic Splicing of Stathmin-2 and UNC13A mRNAs Is a Pathological Hallmark of TDP-43-Associated Alzheimer’s DiseaseAlmeida Quadros, A., et al. | February 9, 2024Nuclear clearance and cytoplasmic accumulations of the RNA-binding protein TDP-43 are pathological hallmarks in almost…karnottFebruary 9, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Improved Immunostaining of Nanostructures and Cells in Human Brain Specimens Through Expansion-Mediated Protein DecrowdingValdes, P., et al. | February 7, 2024Proteins are densely packed in cells and tissues, where they form complex nanostructures. Expansion microscopy…karnottFebruary 7, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week CAG Repeat Expansions Create Splicing Acceptor Sites and Produce Aberrant Repeat-Containing RNAsAnderson, R., et al. | February 5, 2024Expansions of CAG trinucleotide repeats cause several rare neurodegenerative diseases. The disease-causing repeats are translated…karnottFebruary 5, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week HIV-1 Capsids Enter the Fg Phase of Nuclear Pores like a Transport ReceptorFu, L., et al. | February 2, 2024HIV-1 infection requires nuclear entry of the viral genome. Previous evidence suggests that this entry…karnottFebruary 2, 2024 Read More
Local News Bogdan Budnik on Analyzing Proteins to Develop Better Diagnostics and Therapeutics | February 22, 2024After studying physics for many years, Bogdan Budnik realized instead of using his knowledge to…karnottFebruary 22, 2024 Read More
Local News Introducing the Wyss Lumineers Class of 2023Wyss Institute | February 21, 2024Since the Wyss Institute’s founding in 2009, we have successfully launched more than 50 startup…karnottFebruary 21, 2024 Read More
Local News Hitchhiking Cancer Vaccine Makes Progress in the ClinicMIT News | February 20, 2024Therapeutic cancer vaccines are an appealing strategy for treating malignancies. In theory, when a patient…karnottFebruary 20, 2024 Read More
Local News When Diagnosis Is Just the First Step: The Brain Gene RegistryBoston Children's Hospital | February 20, 2024Through advances in genetic sequencing, many children with rare, unidentified neurodevelopmental disorders are finally having…karnottFebruary 20, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Children Five through Eleven Years of AgeFDA | November 5, 2021The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine…pthomsonNovember 5, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Maria Zuber Testifies before Congress on Striking the Right Balance between Research Security and OpennessMIT News | October 12, 2021The United States must perform a careful balancing act to secure federally funded research against…sciencecityOctober 12, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles The US Is Boosting Funding for Research Monkeys in the Wake of COVIDNature News | July 19, 2021The US government is investing heavily to breed more monkeys at the national facilities that…pthomsonJuly 19, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles The Rise of ‘ARPA-Everything’ and What It Means for ScienceNature News | July 15, 2021US President Joe Biden’s administration wants to create a US$6.5-billion agency to accelerate innovations in…pthomsonJuly 15, 2021 Read More
Awards K. Lisa Yang Postbaccalaureate Program Names New ScholarsMcGovern Institute | December 12, 2023Two young researchers in McGovern Institute labs, Joseph Itiat and Sam Merrow, are the newest…karnottDecember 12, 2023 Read More
Awards 2023 Research Excellence Award WinnersBrigham and Women's Hospital | December 7, 2023The BRI Research Excellence Awards, which promote the research of promising BWH junior investigators and…karnottDecember 7, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Elly Nedivi Receives 2023 Kreig Cortical Kudos Discoverer AwardMIT News | December 6, 2023The Cajal Club has named Elly Nedivi, William R. and Linda R. Young Professor of Neuroscience in The…sciencecityDecember 6, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards George Demetri of Dana-Farber earns Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicine from Stanford University School of MedicineDana-Farber Cancer Institute | December 5, 2023George Demetri, MD, director of the Sarcoma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is being awarded…sciencecityDecember 5, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards PhD Student Valeria Sanabria Wins Zelda Haidak Scholarship in Cell BiologyUMass Chan Medical School | November 29, 2023PhD student Valeria Sanabria, MD, has earned the Zelda Haidak Scholarship in Cell Biology from the Morningside…pthomsonNovember 29, 2023 Read More
Awards Anna Berenson Receives First Place in the PhD on Tap 3MT CompetitionBoston University | November 24, 2023Anna Berenson, a PhD candidate of the Fuxman Bass Lab, received joint first place in…karnottNovember 24, 2023 Read More
Awards Dana-Farber Physician Zuzana Tothova Receives Doris Duke Foundation Paragon Award for Research ExcellenceDana-Farber Cancer Institute | November 23, 2023The Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) announced Zuzana Tothova, MD, PhD, an investigator in the Department…karnottNovember 23, 2023 Read More
Awards Rewarding Excellence in Open DataMIT News | November 22, 2023The second annual MIT Prize for Open Data, which included a $2,500 cash prize, was…karnottNovember 22, 2023 Read More
Awards Marcus Ruscetti Receives American Cancer Society Award for Prostate Cancer ResearchUMass Chan Medical School | November 20, 2023Marcus Ruscetti, PhD, assistant professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, received a Research Scholar…sciencecityNovember 20, 2023 Read More
Awards Gene-Wei Li and Michael Birnbaum Named Pew Innovation Fund InvestigatorsMIT News | November 16, 2023MIT professors Gene-Wei Li and Michael Birnbaum are among the 12 researchers named 2023 Innovation…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 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
Local News In Brief: Preventing Beta Cell Dysfunction | March 11, 2024Diabetes results from failure of beta (β) cells in pancreatic islets to release sufficient insulin…karnottMarch 11, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Single Nuclei Transcriptomics in Human and Non-Human Primate Striatum in Opioid Use DisorderPhan, B., et al. | March 11, 2024In brain, the striatum is a heterogenous region involved in reward and goal-directed behaviors. Striatal…karnottMarch 11, 2024 Read More