Local News Taking the Pulse of Sex Differences in the HeartWhitehead Institute | February 25, 2025Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women, but it often presents…karnottFebruary 25, 2025 Read More
Awards Human Immunome Project and Michelson Medical Research Foundation Award $150,000 Grants to Three Early-Career Scientists Advancing Immunology and VaccinesHuman Immunome Project | February 24, 2025The Human Immunome Project (HIP) and Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) have awarded Dr. Omar…karnottFebruary 24, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Macrophages Protect Against Sensory Axon Loss in Peripheral NeuropathyHakim, S., et al. | February 24, 2025Peripheral neuropathy is a common complication of type 2 diabetes, which is strongly associated with…karnottFebruary 24, 2025 Read More
Local News Alex Rives Joins Faculty of Broad Institute and MITBroad Institute | February 24, 2025Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has appointed Alex Rives, a leading computer scientist and…karnottFebruary 24, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Delayed and Attenuated Antibody Responses to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination with Poor Cross-Variant Neutralization in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients—A Prospective Longitudinal StudyLiew, M.Y., et al. | August 15, 2023Therapeutically immunosuppressed transplant recipients exhibit attenuated responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…pthomsonAugust 15, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Tissue Perfusion Pressure Enables Continuous Hemodynamic Evaluation and Risk Prediction in the Intensive Care UnitChandrasekhar, A., et al. | August 11, 2023Treatment of circulatory shock in critically ill patients requires management of blood pressure using invasive…pthomsonAugust 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Exposure of iPSC-Derived Human Microglia to Brain Substrates Enables the Generation and Manipulation of Diverse Transcriptional States In VitroDolan, M., et al. | August 10, 2023Microglia, the macrophages of the brain parenchyma, are key players in neurodegenerative diseases such as…pthomsonAugust 10, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Exploring the Relationship Between History of Infertility and the Experience of Menopausal SymptomsFitz, V.W., et al. | August 4, 2023The aim of the study is to examine longitudinal associations of history of infertility with menopausal symptoms…pthomsonAugust 4, 2023 Read More
Local News A New Method Makes High-Resolution Imaging More AccessibleMIT News | October 23, 2024A classical way to image nanoscale structures in cells is with high-powered, expensive super-resolution microscopes.…karnottOctober 23, 2024 Read More
Local News #WhyIScience Q&A: A Microbiologist and Immunologist Finds Links Between Our Own Microbes and Disease MechanismsBroad Institute | October 22, 2024Though his focus shifted over time, being a scientist was always the plan for Eric…karnottOctober 22, 2024 Read More
Local News The Way Sensory Prediction Changes Under Anesthesia Tells Us How Conscious Cognition Works | October 22, 2024Our brains constantly work to make predictions about what’s going on around us to ensure…karnottOctober 22, 2024 Read More
Local News Gene Therapy for Adrenoleukodystrophy: Studies Find Both Risks and BenefitsBoston Children’s Hospital | October 21, 2024Cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), portrayed in the film Lorenzo’s Oil, is a devastating disorder caused by…karnottOctober 21, 2024 Read More
Awards Boston Researchers Are Finalists for Major Young Scientist AwardBlavatnik Awards for Young Scientists | June 26, 2020Thirty-one of the nation’s rising stars in science were announced today as the 2020 Finalists…eabramovichJune 26, 2020 Read More
Awards Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, Awarded $2.5M National Institutes of Health GrantBrigham and Women’s Department of Surgery | June 26, 2020Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant…eabramovichJune 26, 2020 Read More
Awards Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience Announces Four GrantsUMass Med Now | June 25, 2020The Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience has announced four $50,000 seed grants to…eabramovichJune 25, 2020 Read More
Awards Cigall Kadoch, PhD, to Receive 2020 AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer ResearchDana-Farber | June 24, 2020The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is honoring Cigall Kadoch, PhD, with the 2020…eabramovichJune 24, 2020 Read More
Awards Harvard Business School Introduces 2020-2021 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science EntrepreneurshipHarvard Business School | June 19, 2020Harvard Business School (HBS) has named its 2020-21 Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship. Launched in…eabramovichJune 19, 2020 Read More
Awards Pew Funds 22 Researchers to Pursue Scientific BreakthroughsThe Pew Charitable Trusts | June 18, 2020The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced that 22 early-career researchers have been selected to join…eabramovichJune 18, 2020 Read More
Awards Katherine Fitzgerald and Anastasia Khvorova Named Harrington ScholarsUMass Medical School | June 16, 2020The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, in collaboration with Morgan Stanley…eabramovichJune 16, 2020 Read More
Awards Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Announces Recipients of 2020 Postdoctoral Cancer Immunotherapy Fellowships and AwardSociety for Immunotherapy of Cancer | June 16, 2020The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) is pleased to announce the recipients of six…eabramovichJune 16, 2020 Read More
Awards Whitehead Institute Graduate Student Kristina Lopez Receives Ford Foundation FellowshipWhitehead Institute | June 10, 2020Kristina Lopez, a first-year graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working in Whitehead…eabramovichJune 10, 2020 Read More
Awards Hudson Hoagland Society Announces Annual Grants to Five UMMS ResearchersUMass Medical School | June 4, 2020At the 35th Annual Meeting of the Hudson Hoagland Society, held virtually on May 20,…eabramovichJune 4, 2020 Read More
Local News Engineers Develop a Better Way To Deliver Long-Lasting DrugsMIT News | March 31, 2025MIT engineers have devised a new way to deliver certain drugs in higher doses with…karnottMarch 31, 2025 Read More
Awards Meet the CMIT 2024 Rasmussen FellowsCenter for Microbiome Informatics & Therapeutics | March 28, 2025The Rasmussen Fellowships were established by Neil and Anna Rasmussen in 2023 to support microbiome…karnottMarch 28, 2025 Read More
Local News MIT Scientists Engineer Starfish Cells to Shape-Shift in Response to LightMIT News | March 28, 2025Life takes shape with the motion of a single cell. In response to signals from…karnottMarch 28, 2025 Read More