Publications of the Week Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics of Stricturing Crohn’s Disease Highlights a Fibrosis-Associated NetworkKong, L., et al. | July 2, 2025Fibrosis is a major complication of Crohn’s disease (CD) marked by excess deposition of extracellular…karnottJuly 2, 2025 Read More
Awards Claflin Distinguished Honor Awards Help Mass General Researchers at a Crucial Juncture of Career and FamilyBench Press | July 2, 2025Although women enter into the fields of science and medicine in approximately the same numbers…karnottJuly 2, 2025 Read More
Local News Meet Whitehead Institute AlumniWhitehead Institute | July 1, 2025Whitehead Institute is committed to training the next generation of scientists to be innovative, curious,…karnottJuly 1, 2025 Read More
Awards Wong Lab Postdoc Awarded Jane Coffin Childs FellowshipRagon Institute | July 1, 2025Tomer Milo, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Wong Lab at the Ragon Institute of…karnottJuly 1, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Single-Cell Transcriptomics and Lineage Tracing Unveil Parallels in Lymphatic Muscle and Venous Smooth Muscle Development, Identity, and FunctionArroyo-Ataz, G., et al. | May 23, 2025Lymphatic muscle cells (LMCs) are indispensable for lymphatic vessel contraction, and their aberrant recruitment or…sciencecityMay 23, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Mitochondrial Transfer in Endothelial Cells and Vascular HealthIm, G.B. and Melero-Martin, J.M. | May 21, 2025Mitochondria play a vital role in cellular energy metabolism and vascular health, with their function…sciencecityMay 21, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Differential Aortic Aneurysm Formation Provoked by Chemogenetic Oxidative StressDas, A., et al. | May 15, 2025Aortic aneurysms are potentially fatal focal enlargements of the aortic lumen; the disease burden is…karnottMay 15, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week LINE-1 ORF1p Mimics Viral Innate Immune Evasion Mechanisms in Pancreatic Ductal AdenocarcinomaYou, E., et al. | May 14, 2025Repeat element viral mimicry is a common feature in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) that requires…karnottMay 14, 2025 Read More
Local News Broad-Spectrum Coronavirus Drug Developed Through AI-Enabled Dynamic ModelingWyss Institute | June 20, 2025About 30% of all respiratory tract infections are caused by coronaviruses, leading to widespread illnesses…karnottJune 20, 2025 Read More
Local News Reimagining the World Without Terminal Illness: John CaramanicaWyss Institute | June 20, 2025Before 5:30 AM, in the quiet stillness of the early morning, John Caramanica enters the…karnottJune 20, 2025 Read More
Local News Northeastern Researchers Identify Proteins Receptive to Treating Ovarian CancerNortheastern Global News | June 20, 2025Researchers at Northeastern University have identified two proteins abundant on drug-resistant ovarian cancer cells that…karnottJune 20, 2025 Read More
Local News Autism AdvancesThe Picower Institute | June 19, 2025Rooted in fundamental curiosity about how the brain works, Picower scientists continue to break new…karnottJune 19, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles The U.S. Just Created a Big New Biomedical Research Agency. But Questions RemainScience Magazine | March 24, 2022President 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 PubliclyNature News | February 18, 2022In 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 FundingScience | January 21, 2022President 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 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
Awards Harvard Medical School Researcher Wins 2025 Breakthrough Prize for Work on GLP-1Harvard Medical School | April 14, 2025The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences has been awarded to five scientists for the…karnottApril 14, 2025 Read More
Awards Two HMS Faculty Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceHarvard Medical School | April 10, 2025Two researchers from Harvard Medical School have been elected fellows of the American Association for…karnottApril 10, 2025 Read More
Awards UMass Boston Biology Professor Liam Revell Named AAAS Honorary FellowUMass Boston | April 9, 2025The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the foremost scientific institution in the…karnottApril 9, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Vish Viswanath of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceDana-Farber Cancer Institute | April 8, 2025K. “Vish” Viswanath, PhD, Professor of Health Communication at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Harvard…karnottApril 8, 2025 Read More
Awards CMIT Clinical Scholar Receives Prestigious AGA AwardThe Center for Microbiome Informatics & Therapeutics | April 7, 2025Jason (Yanjia) Zhang, MD, PhD—a CMIT Clinical Scholar and Attending Physician in Boston Children’s Hospital…karnottApril 7, 2025 Read More
Awards Gloria Choi Earns Samsung Ho-Am Prize for MedicineThe Picower Institute | April 4, 2025The Ho-Am Foundation has selected Gloria Choi, Associate Professor in The Picower Institute for Learning…karnottApril 4, 2025 Read More
Awards BU’s Kenneth Lutchen Named AAAS FellowThe Brink | April 4, 2025A scholar at the forefront of respiratory mechanics and an innovative leader in higher education,…karnottApril 4, 2025 Read More
Awards MIT Affiliates Named 2024 AAAS FellowsMIT Chemistry | April 3, 2025Six current MIT affiliates and 27 additional MIT alumni have been elected as fellows of…karnottApril 3, 2025 Read More
Awards Dulac Lab Postdocs Awarded Grants From NIH and Brain & Behavior Research FoundationHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | April 1, 2025Two postdocs from the Dulac Lab have recently been awarded fellowships. Changwoo Seo was selected…karnottApril 1, 2025 Read More
Awards CMIT Clinical Scientist Receives IBD Journal AwardThe Center for Microbiome Informatics & Therapeutics (CMIT) | March 31, 2025CMIT Clinical Scientist Marjolein Klaassen, MD, PhD was selected for the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases journal’s…karnottMarch 31, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Jingyan Han Awarded American Heart Association Transformational Project AwardBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | July 3, 2025Jingyan Han, PhD, associate professor of medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of…karnottJuly 3, 2025 Read More
Local News New Research Sheds Light on the Genetic Roots of AmblyopiaBoston Children’s Hospital | July 3, 2025For decades, amblyopia has been considered a disorder primarily caused by abnormal visual experiences early…karnottJuly 3, 2025 Read More
Local News Accelerating Scientific Discovery With AIMIT News | July 3, 2025Several researchers have taken a broad view of scientific progress over the last 50 years…karnottJuly 3, 2025 Read More