Awards NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science The Brink | October 22, 2025 Two Boston University researchers have received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…karnottOctober 22, 2025 Read More
Awards Hannah McCalmon Awarded NIH F31 Fellowship to Study How the Brain Remembers Smells Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | October 22, 2025 Fourth-year MCO PhD student Hannah McCalmon of the Venkatesh Murthy Lab in MCB has been…karnottOctober 22, 2025 Read More
Awards Garcia-Beltran Lab Awarded NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Award to Engineer NK-Cell Therapies for Solid Tumors Ragon Institute | October 21, 2025 The Garcia-Beltran Lab at the Ragon Institute, led by Wilfredo Garcia-Beltran, MD, PhD, has received…karnottOctober 21, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Active Zone Maturation Controls Presynaptic Output and Release Mode and is Regulated by Neuronal Activity Akbergenova, Y., et al. | October 21, 2025 Synapse formation requires the accumulation of cytomatrix proteins and voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs) at presynaptic…karnottOctober 21, 2025 Read More
Local News New MIT Initiative Seeks to Transform Rare Brain Disorders Research MIT News | October 20, 2025 More than 300 million people worldwide are living with rare disorders — many of which…karnottOctober 20, 2025 Read More
Local News Chemists Create Red Fluorescent Dyes That May Enable Clearer Biomedical Imaging MIT Chemistry | October 20, 2025 The new dyes are based on boron-containing molecules that were previously too unstable for practical…karnottOctober 20, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Programmable Promoter Editing for Precise Control of Transgene Expression Kabaria, S., et al. | October 17, 2025 Subtle changes in gene expression direct cells to distinct cellular states. Identifying and controlling dose-dependent…karnottOctober 17, 2025 Read More
Awards W.M. Keck Foundation To Support Ringel Lab Research on Healthy Aging at MIT Ragon Institute | October 17, 2025 A prestigious grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to Assistant Professor of Biology Alison Ringel…karnottOctober 17, 2025 Read More
Local News Broad Clinical Labs Sets New GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title for Fastest DNA Sequencing Technique Broad Institute | October 16, 2025 Broad Clinical Labs, in collaboration with Roche Sequencing Solutions and Boston Children’s Hospital, today announced…karnottOctober 16, 2025 Read More
Awards Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS Awards 2025 Drs. Ayeez and Shelena Lalji & Family Student Scholar for Repair and Regenerative Mechanisms in ALS Award to Cedric Böger Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS | October 16, 2025 The Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS is pleased to announce that Cedric…karnottOctober 16, 2025 Read More