Awards MIT Scientists Sven Dorkenwald and Whitney Henry Named 2026 Searle Scholars McGovern Institute | May 13, 2026 MIT scientists Sven Dorkenwald and Whitney Henry have been named 2026 Searle Scholars, an award…karnottMay 13, 2026 Read More
Awards Biomedical Engineer Wilson Wong Is Boston University’s Innovator of the Year The Brink | May 13, 2026 At first, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can feel like a cold that won’t go away.…karnottMay 13, 2026 Read More
Awards Three Harvard Chan Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | May 12, 2026 Three faculty from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have been elected as members…karnottMay 12, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Integrated MINFLUX Tracking Reveals Two Distinct Chromatin Dynamics Classes Across Cell Types Mazzocca, M., et al. | May 12, 2026 Chromatin dynamics control the timescales of essential biological processes and reflect how chromatin is organized…karnottMay 12, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week ZNF280A Links DNA Double-Strand Break Repair to Human 22q11.2 Distal Deletion Syndrome Clarke, T., et al. | June 26, 2025 DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) are among the most deleterious forms of DNA damage and, if…karnottJune 26, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Perturb-Multimodal: A Platform for Pooled Genetic Screens With Imaging and Sequencing in Intact Mammalian Tissue Saunders, R., et al. | June 23, 2025 Metazoan life requires the coordinated activities of thousands of genes in spatially organized cell types.…karnottJune 23, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Iterative Transcription Factor Screening Enables Rapid Generation of Microglia-Like Cells From Human iPSC Liu, S., et al. | June 17, 2025 Differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into specialized cell types is essential for uncovering…karnottJune 17, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Multi-Timescale Reinforcement Learning in the Brain Masset, P., et al. | June 16, 2025 To thrive in complex environments, animals and artificial agents must learn to act adaptively to…karnottJune 16, 2025 Read More
Local News Two PNAS Papers From the Samuel Lab Illuminate the Bacterial Flagellar Motor Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | March 13, 2026 Two new papers published in PNAS from the lab of Aravinthan Samuel shine fresh light…karnottMarch 13, 2026 Read More
Local News Can Evolutionary Medicine Alleviate Age-Related Disparities in Disease Outcomes? Harvard University | March 13, 2026 What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger–or does it? Scientists studying how age alters the…karnottMarch 13, 2026 Read More
Local News Targeting a Dangerous Gut Infection Tufts Now | March 12, 2026 Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known…karnottMarch 12, 2026 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Research Uncovers Approach to Activating the Immune System Against Metastatic Breast Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | March 11, 2026 Cancer spreads, or metastasizes, when tumor cells shed from a primary solid tumor, for example…karnottMarch 11, 2026 Read More
Awards Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards Bench Press | August 7, 2024 lthough women enter into the fields of science and medicine in approximately the same numbers…karnottAugust 7, 2024 Read More
Awards Ndhlovu Lab Postdoc Wins Prestigious IAS/ANRS Lange/van Tongeren Prize for Young Investigators Ragon Institute | August 6, 2024 The Ragon Institute is proud to recognize Merantha Moodley, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the…karnottAugust 6, 2024 Read More
Awards National Academy Elects Pfeffer and Schiffer ASBMBTODAY | August 5, 2024 The National Academy of Sciences recently elected 144 new members, including two American Society for…karnottAugust 5, 2024 Read More
Awards Dana-Farber’s Edward Chouchani Selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | July 31, 2024 Edward Chouchani, PhD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute…karnottJuly 31, 2024 Read More
Awards MIT Affiliates Named 2024 HHMI Investigators MIT News | July 30, 2024 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) today announced its 2024 investigators, four of whom hail…karnottJuly 30, 2024 Read More
Awards Pew Award Will Fund Study of Neural Role in Respiratory Disease The Picower Institute | July 29, 2024 As a newly named Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, Assistant Professor Sara Prescott and…karnottJuly 29, 2024 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Jacob Stillman Receives Kirschstein Award for Multiple Sclerosis Research UMass Chan Medical School | July 25, 2024 PhD candidate Jacob Stillman has been awarded a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service…karnottJuly 25, 2024 Read More
Awards Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin Named a 2024 McKnight Scholar Whitehead Institute | July 24, 2024 The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin as one…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Awards 2024 WIELD Trailblazers: Women Shaping Diabetes and Metabolism Research and Care WIELD | July 23, 2024 The WIELD Advisory Board and “Elevate working group” of WIELD are proud to announce the…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Awards MCO Graduate Student Mackenzie Smith Awarded NSF Fellowship Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 23, 2024 MCO graduate student Mackenzie Smith of Ya-Chieh Hsu’s lab in SCRB has received a grant…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Awards Takato Honda Receives MIT Infinite Expansion Award Picower Institute | June 1, 2026 At an MIT School of Science ceremony May 21, Picower Fellow Takato Honda, Research Scientist…karnottJune 1, 2026 Read More
Local News HSCI Announces New Co-Director Harvard Stem Cell Institute | May 29, 2026 Lee Rubin, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and leading scholar of neurodegenerative disease,…karnottMay 29, 2026 Read More
Local News Can Humans Age Healthier? Researchers See Promising Paths Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health | May 29, 2026 A variety of interventions, ranging from drug therapies to dietary alterations to behavioral changes, may…karnottMay 29, 2026 Read More