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
Local News One Lab’s Detective Work Reveals Secrets of Our Immortal Cells Whitehead Institute | October 15, 2025 Most cells in our body live and die. But the germline, the cells that produce…karnottOctober 15, 2025 Read More
Awards Innovators at Work: Meet the 2025–2026 Neil and Anna Rasmussen Fellows MIT Center for Micromiome Informatics & Therapeutics | October 15, 2025 When Ankit Basak arrived at MIT for graduate school, he came with a broad, interdisciplinary…karnottOctober 15, 2025 Read More