Local News Three Questions With New Faculty Member Matthew G. Jones: Building Predictive Models To Characterize Tumor Progression MIT Biology | February 25, 2026 Just as Darwin’s finches evolved in response to natural selection in order to endure, the…karnottFebruary 25, 2026 Read More
Local News Batista Lab Study Reveals How Local Antibody Feedback Regulates B Cell Competition and Promotes Immune Diversity Ragon Institute | February 24, 2026 A collaborative study published in Immunity from the Batista Lab and Liu Lab at the…karnottFebruary 24, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week In Vivo Detection of Immune Responses via Cytokine Activity Labeling Lu, G., et al. | February 24, 2026 While much is known about the identity and regulation of cytokine-producing cells, the cell types…karnottFebruary 24, 2026 Read More
Awards Two Boston University Bioengineers Win Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships The Brink | February 23, 2026 The mathematics done by Boston University’s Brian DePasquale promises tangible help for injury patients. An…karnottFebruary 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Inherited Resilience to Clonal Hematopoiesis by Modifying Stem Cell RNA Regulation Agarwal, G., et al. | January 12, 2026 As people age, they often develop clonal hematopoiesis, or accumulation of blood cells with specific…karnottJanuary 12, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A SWI/SNFA-Specific Ig-Like Domain, SWIFT, Is a Transcription Factor Binding Platform Jain, S., et al. | January 9, 2026 Mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes modulate DNA accessibility and gene expression; however, their genomic targeting…karnottJanuary 9, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Inhibiting Ferroptosis Enhances Ex Vivo Expansion of Human Haematopoietic Stem Cells della Volpe, L., et al. | January 7, 2026 Improved ex vivo expansion of human haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) would considerably advance transplantation and…karnottJanuary 7, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Transient Hepatic Reconstitution of Trophic Factors Enhances Aged Immunity Friedrich, M., et al. | January 6, 2026 Ageing erodes human immunity, in part by reshaping the T cell repertoire, leading to increased…karnottJanuary 6, 2026 Read More
Local News Stopping Nipah Before It Spreads Tufts Now | February 12, 2026 In a world still feeling the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, news of a potential…karnottFebruary 12, 2026 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Previously Unrecognized Genetic Variants, Patterns Associated with Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | February 12, 2026 Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (hEDS) is one of the most common heritable connective tissue disorders. Early…karnottFebruary 12, 2026 Read More
Local News Transforming Cancer Treatments Through Bioinspired Engineering and Translation Wyss Institute | February 11, 2026 Despite major advances in personalized medicine, targeted drugs, and immunotherapies, many cancers remain difficult –…karnottFebruary 11, 2026 Read More
Local News How Airway ‘Squeezing’ During Asthma Attacks Triggers a Cycle of Worsening Disease Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | February 10, 2026 During asthma flare-ups, a major symptom people experience is bronchoconstriction—when the muscles in the airway…karnottFebruary 10, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles The U.S. Just Created a Big New Biomedical Research Agency. But Questions Remain Science Magazine | March 24, 2022 President Joe Biden last week got his wish for a new agency to fund high-risk,…pthomsonMarch 24, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles NIH Issues a Seismic Mandate: Share Data Publicly Nature News | February 18, 2022 In January 2023, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin requiring most of…pthomsonFebruary 18, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles White House Calls for Consistent Rules for Disclosing Foreign Research Funding Science | January 21, 2022 President Joe Biden’s administration last week ordered federal agencies to draft uniform policies describing the…pthomsonJanuary 21, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Children Five through Eleven Years of Age FDA | November 5, 2021 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine…pthomsonNovember 5, 2021 Read More
Awards Postdoctoral Fellow Nikita Bhalerao Honored by National Pancreas Foundation UMass Chan Medical School | November 5, 2025 Nikita Bhalerao, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at UMass Chan Medical School, has received the prestigious…karnottNovember 5, 2025 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Medical School Scientists To Assess Gene Editing Technologies for Treating Frontotemporal Dementia UMass Chan Medical School | November 4, 2025 Investigators at UMass Chan Medical School received a $6.6 million grant from the National Institute…karnottNovember 4, 2025 Read More
Awards Scientific Director Dr. Facundo Batista Elected to the National Academy of Medicine Ragon Institute | November 3, 2025 The Ragon Institute is proud to share that Scientific Director Facundo Batista, PhD, has been…karnottNovember 3, 2025 Read More
Awards Fernando Martinez Leading Nationwide DOD Clinical Study Targeting Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis UMass Chan Medical School | October 29, 2025 A UMass Chan Medical School pulmonology and biomedical research expert is helping lead a nationwide…karnottOctober 29, 2025 Read More
Awards In Fruit Fly Eyes, UMass Boston Researcher Sees Potential Medical Discoveries UMass Boston | October 28, 2025 Jens Rister, an associate professor in UMass Boston’s biology department, has just been awarded more…karnottOctober 28, 2025 Read More
Awards Anastasiia Sukalskaia Awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | October 27, 2025 Postdoctoral fellow Anastasiia Sukalskaia has received a prestigious Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship,…karnottOctober 27, 2025 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Researcher Awarded NIH Grant To Advance Precision Medicine for Opioid Use Disorder and Mentor Emerging Scientists UMass Chan Medical School | October 27, 2025 A new National Institutes of Health award will help a UMass Chan Medical School physician-scientist…karnottOctober 27, 2025 Read More
Awards Charles Park Named 2025 STAT Wunderkind Wyss Institute | October 24, 2025 The Wyss Institute is proud to announce that Charles Park, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in…karnottOctober 24, 2025 Read More
Awards Jessica Spinelli, Emma Watson Named To Distinguished HHMI Scholars Program UMass Chan Medical School | October 24, 2025 Two UMass Chan Medical School researchers have been named to the renowned Howard Hughes Medical…karnottOctober 24, 2025 Read More
Awards BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine The Brink | October 23, 2025 Boston University biomedical engineer Christopher Chen has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.…karnottOctober 23, 2025 Read More
Awards Fred Hutch Announces 12 Recipients of the Annual Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award Fred Hutch | February 27, 2026 Fred Hutch Cancer Center announced 12 recipients of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award,…karnottFebruary 27, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Human Electrophysiological Signature of Fragile X Pathophysiology Is Shared in V1 of FMR1-/Y Mice Kornfeld-Sylla, S., et al. | February 26, 2026 Predicting clinical therapeutic outcomes from animal studies using conserved electrophysiological phenotypes could facilitate developing treatments…karnottFebruary 26, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Ryan Nett Awarded 2025–27 George W. Merck Fellowship Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | February 26, 2026 Ryan Nett, MCB assistant professor, has been named a recipient of the 2025–27 George W.…karnottFebruary 26, 2026 Read More