Awards Gaurav Gaiha Named the 2026 Giammaria and Sabrina Giuliani MGB Research Scholar Ragon Institute | June 12, 2026 Mass General Brigham has officially named Ragon faculty member Gaurav Gaiha, MD, DPhil, as the…karnottJune 12, 2026 Read More
Local News Harvard Hero Dominic Mao Turns Big Ideas Into Opportunities for Students Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | June 12, 2026 When Harvard announced its 2026 Harvard Heroes, one familiar name stood out to members of…karnottJune 12, 2026 Read More
Local News Researchers Publish First Complete Connectome of Fruit Fly Brain and ‘Spinal Cord’ Harvard Medical School | June 12, 2026 In a first, a large, international team led by multiple labs at Harvard Medical School…karnottJune 12, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Am80-Lipid Nanoparticles Serve as an Enteric Mucosal Adjuvant Following Parenteral Immunization with Inactivated Polio Vaccine Eshaghi, B., et al. | June 11, 2026 Enteric pathogens are a major contributor to the global disease burden, necessitating vaccines capable of…karnottJune 11, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Mechanism Specifying Targeted microRNA Degradation Farnung, J., et al. | March 26, 2026 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) associate with Argonaute (AGO) proteins to form complexes that down-regulate target RNAs, including…karnottMarch 26, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Multidimensional Profiling of Heterogeneity in Supratentorial Ependymomas Jeong, D., et al. | March 24, 2026 Supratentorial ependymomas are aggressive childhood brain cancers that retain features of neurodevelopmental cell types1 and…karnottMarch 24, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Leveraging Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells for Non-Invasive Immune Monitoring via Microneedle Skin Patches Jalili, S., et al. | March 17, 2026 Detecting antigen-specific lymphocytes is crucial for immune monitoring in vaccination, infection, cancer and autoimmunity. However,…karnottMarch 17, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Microbiota-Mediated Induction of Beige Adipocytes in Response to Dietary Cues Tanoue, T., et al. | March 12, 2026 Interactions between diet and the gut microbiota are fundamental to metabolic health, shaping energy balance…karnottMarch 12, 2026 Read More
Local News “Decoding Blood Stem Cells” Featuring Dr. Vijay Sankaran The Stem Cell Podcast | May 28, 2026 Dr. Vijay Sankaran is a Professor at Harvard Medical School and Investigator at the Howard…karnottMay 28, 2026 Read More
Local News Understanding and Exploiting Tuberculosis Superspreading Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | May 26, 2026 Superspreading became a familiar concept to many during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior studies examining infectious…karnottMay 26, 2026 Read More
Local News Materializing Safe, On-Demand Living Therapeutics Wyss Institute | May 26, 2026 Patient recovery from many debilitating conditions and diseases could be sped up significantly and be…karnottMay 26, 2026 Read More
Local News From Blueprint to Beating: How 3D Bioprinting Is Advancing Heart Research at Mass General Brigham Bench Press | May 25, 2026 Once the stuff of science fiction, the emerging field of 3D bioprinting has advanced rapidly,…karnottMay 25, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Personalized Medicine Is the Future of Health Care. Two Trump Administration Proposals Could Stymie It STAT News | September 29, 2020 "It is more important to know what kind of patient the disease has than to…eabramovichSeptember 29, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Amid Broad Mistrust of FDA and Trump Administration, Drug Companies Seek to Reassure Public About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety STAT News | September 10, 2020 A group of nine leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies pledged on Tuesday to only seek…eabramovichSeptember 10, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Commission Charts Narrow Path for Editing Human Embryos ScienceMag | September 8, 2020 No recent biomedical experiment has caused more consternation than He Jiankui’s creation of the first…eabramovichSeptember 8, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles In ‘Milestone,’ FDA OKs Simple, Accurate Coronavirus Test That Could Cost Just $5 ScienceMag | September 1, 2020 Coronavirus testing is set to get faster. Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…eabramovichSeptember 1, 2020 Read More
Awards Wyss Institute-Led Collaboration Awarded by ARPA-H PRINT Program to Engineer Off-The-Shelf, Universal, Transplant-Ready Graft for Liver Failure Wyss Institute | January 23, 2026 The majority of human illnesses are caused by damage to a single organ, like the…karnottJanuary 23, 2026 Read More
Awards Ragon Institute Researcher Sophia Liu Awarded $750K Grant from Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to Build Immune Response Map for Antigen Prediction Ragon Institute | January 22, 2026 Sophia Liu, PhD, an Early Independence Fellow and Core Faculty Member at the Ragon Institute…karnottJanuary 22, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Mariella Filbin Receives 2026 Emerging Leader Award from the Mark Foundation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | January 15, 2026 The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has named Dr. Mariella Filbin, Research Co-Director of the…karnottJanuary 15, 2026 Read More
Awards Nancy Kleckner Recognized for Pioneering Work in Chromosome Dynamics Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | December 19, 2025 Nancy Kleckner, the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Biology, has been awarded the 2025 Charles…karnottDecember 19, 2025 Read More
Awards David Dosa and Andrew Tapper Named to Newly Established Endowed Chairs UMass Chan Medical School | December 18, 2025 On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted to approve the…karnottDecember 18, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Sara Tolaney Honored with AACR’s Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | December 17, 2025 Dr. Sara M. Tolaney is the recipient of the 2025 AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for…karnottDecember 17, 2025 Read More
Awards MCB Postdoc Xueyang Dong Awarded Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | December 16, 2025 MCB is pleased to announce that Xueyang Dong, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of…karnottDecember 16, 2025 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Emily Sholi Receives Grant To Study Pathogens’ Impact on Ribosomes UMass Chan Medical School | December 15, 2025 PhD candidate Emily Sholi has received a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research…karnottDecember 15, 2025 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Researchers Receive Early Career Awards To Conduct Studies on Biology of Aging UMass Chan Medical School | December 12, 2025 A UMass Chan Medical School scientist and postdoctoral fellow are two of 26 early career…karnottDecember 12, 2025 Read More
Awards Twelve Northeastern Scholars Make ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ List Northeastern Global News | December 11, 2025 Twelve Northeastern University researchers have been recognized for their elite scholarly output. The faculty members…karnottDecember 11, 2025 Read More
Local News 3D-Printed Devices Could Streamline the Production of Drug-Delivery Microparticles MIT News | June 17, 2026 MIT researchers have demonstrated a low-cost design of specialized electronic nozzles, called triaxial electrospray emitters,…karnottJune 17, 2026 Read More
Awards Neuroscience Graduate Vanessa Frelih Wins Glushko Prize for Research on Cognitive Flexibility and Aging Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | June 17, 2026 Recent Harvard graduate Vanessa Frelih has been awarded the Robert J Glushko Thesis Prize which…karnottJune 17, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Oesophageal Tissue Screening System for Assessing the Retention and Mucosal Absorption of Biologics Karavasili, C., et al. | June 16, 2026 Drug delivery to the oesophagus poses unique challenges, including rapid transit time due to gravity…karnottJune 16, 2026 Read More