Awards Awards & Recognitions: June 2026 Harvard Medical School | July 9, 2026 Matthew Leventhal, HMS research fellow in pathology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been awarded a…karnottJuly 9, 2026 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Research Supports FDA Approval of New Therapy for “Double-Positive” Metastatic Breast Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | July 8, 2026 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new therapy regimen for patients…karnottJuly 8, 2026 Read More
Local News Idris Lab Welcomes HGHI Visiting Scholar Dr. Bartholomew Ondigo Ragon Institute | July 8, 2026 In May, the Idris Lab welcomed Dr. Bartholomew Ondigo, a visiting scholar from Kenya, to…karnottJuly 8, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Purine Bias in Bacterial Genes Is Driven by Runaway Transcription Dierksheide, K., et al. | July 7, 2026 Genes in many bacteria are rich in purine nucleotides (A and G), but the origin…karnottJuly 7, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Conserved Hormonal Signalling–H2A.Z Axis Rapidly Reorganizes 3D Chromatin Interactions in Adipocyte Thermogenesis Zhang, Y., et al. | May 21, 2026 Three-dimensional genome organization underlies gene regulation, yet how acute hormonal signalling reshapes chromatin structure to…karnottMay 21, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Gene Syntax Defines Supercoiling-Mediated Transcriptional Feedback Johnstone, C., et al. | May 18, 2026 Transcription reshapes DNA folding within living cells, driving patterns of gene expression. However, this process…karnottMay 18, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Prime Assembly With Linear DNA Donors Enables Large Genomic Insertions Liu, B., et al. | May 15, 2026 Targeted insertion of large DNA fragments has promising applications for genome engineering and gene therapy1,2.…karnottMay 15, 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
Local News Experts Describe Myriad Challenges in Fight to Control Ebola Outbreak Tufts Now | June 29, 2026 The recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is presenting significant…karnottJune 29, 2026 Read More
Local News Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Evan Groover Whitehead Institute | June 26, 2026 Evan Groover is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Mary Gehring’s lab working on understanding…karnottJune 26, 2026 Read More
Local News Sarah Sandler on Sailing Towards a New Solution for Drug Discovery Wyss Institute | June 25, 2026 In sailing and in science, it’s important to communicate and stay calm in stressful situations,…karnottJune 25, 2026 Read More
Local News Research Spotlight: Building Precision Medicine That Works for Women Tufts Medicine | June 24, 2026 Co-authored with Tufts Medical Center postdoctoral researcher Hamad Al Ibrahim, MD, PhD, of Qatar University,…karnottJune 24, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles The U.S. Just Created a Big New Biomedical Research Agency. But Questions Remain Science Magazine | March 24, 2022 President Joe Biden last week got his wish for a new agency to fund high-risk,…pthomsonMarch 24, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles NIH Issues a Seismic Mandate: Share Data Publicly Nature News | February 18, 2022 In January 2023, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin requiring most of…pthomsonFebruary 18, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles White House Calls for Consistent Rules for Disclosing Foreign Research Funding Science | January 21, 2022 President Joe Biden’s administration last week ordered federal agencies to draft uniform policies describing the…pthomsonJanuary 21, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Children Five through Eleven Years of Age FDA | November 5, 2021 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine…pthomsonNovember 5, 2021 Read More
Awards ADA Forsyth Professor Xuesong He Named IADR Distinguished Scientist in Research in Oral Biology ADA Forsyth | April 20, 2026 Professor Xuesong He, D.D.S., Ph.D., of the ADA Forsyth Institute has been named a Distinguished…karnottApril 20, 2026 Read More
Awards Stephen L. Buchwald Wins 2026 Willard Gibbs Award MIT Chemistry | April 13, 2026 Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry Stephen L. Buchwald has been named the winner of the…karnottApril 13, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Fen-Biao Gao Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science UMass Chan Medical School | April 7, 2026 Fen-Biao Gao, PhD, the Governor Paul Cellucci Chair in Neuroscience Research, professor of RNA therapeutics…karnottApril 7, 2026 Read More
Awards Two Boston University Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows The Brink | April 6, 2026 Boston University’s Alice Cronin-Golomb seeks to fortify humanity against identity- and autonomy-robbing diseases of aging.…karnottApril 6, 2026 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Hannah Rogers Receives Grant to Study How Brain Integrates Food Cues to Drive Behavior UMass Chan Medical School | April 6, 2026 Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences PhD candidate Hannah Rogers has received a prestigious Ruth…karnottApril 6, 2026 Read More
Awards Dana-Farber Chair of Pathology, Dr. Kathleen Burns, Elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | April 3, 2026 Dr. Kathleen Burns, Chair of Pathology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been named a Fellow…karnottApril 3, 2026 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Junior Faculty Receive Child Health Research Grants From Hood Foundation UMass Chan Medical School | March 31, 2026 A pair of UMass Chan Medical School junior faculty members are being recognized with prestigious…karnottMarch 31, 2026 Read More
Awards BeWonderNow Brings Hope to the Fight Against Brain Cancer Wyss Institute | March 26, 2026 In contrast to advances made in other types of cancer, brain cancer survival rates remain…karnottMarch 26, 2026 Read More
Awards Announcing the 2026 Giuliani Scholars Taking on Global Health Challenges Ragon Institute | March 24, 2026 The Ragon Institute is proud to announce the 2026 recipients of the Giammaria and Sabrina…karnottMarch 24, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Maxim Prigozhin Awarded 2026 MIND Prize to Advance Nanoscale Brain Imaging in Neurodegeneration Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | March 24, 2026 Maxim Prigozhin, Assistant Professor in MCB and Applied Physics, has been awarded the 2026 Maximizing…karnottMarch 24, 2026 Read More
Local News Electric Fields Help Guide Neural Activity, Even From Moment to Moment The Picower Institute | July 13, 2026 It’s a fact of life that the electrical activity of neurons will vary during repetitions…karnottJuly 13, 2026 Read More
Local News The Wyss Institute’s 2026-2027 Validation Projects Wyss Institute | July 10, 2026 Each year, the Wyss Institute’s Validation Project program identifies technologies that are ready to move…karnottJuly 10, 2026 Read More
Awards Fellowship Award Highlights Melanie Barbini’s Mastery in Research, Clinical Studies UMass Chan Medical School | July 10, 2026 Melanie Barbini, an MD/PhD student at UMass Chan Medical School, is navigating the intersection of…karnottJuly 10, 2026 Read More