Local News Two Decades in the Making: New Study Reveals How Brain Function Shapes Its Own Structure Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 3, 2026 After nearly 20 years of meticulous research, a team of Harvard scientists has published findings…karnottJuly 3, 2026 Read More
Awards Two MIT Faculty Members Named 2026 Pew Biomedical Scholars MIT News | July 2, 2026 Whitney Henry and Harikesh Wong have been named 2026 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences.…karnottJuly 2, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Recurrent ZC3H18 Mutations Stabilize Oncogenic Endogenous Retroviral RNA Tanu, T., et al. | July 2, 2026 Endogenous retroviral (ERV) RNA is highly expressed in cancer, suggesting a selective advantage. We identify…karnottJuly 2, 2026 Read More
Awards MCB Postdoctoral Researchers Matthew Capek and Ruoyu Chen Awarded Jane Coffin Childs Fellowships Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 1, 2026 Two MCB postdoctoral researchers, Matthew Capek and Ruoyu (Roy) Chen, have been awarded prestigious fellowships…karnottJuly 1, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Membrane-Bound Nuclease Directly Cleaves Phage DNA During Genome Injection Saxton, D., et al. | April 16, 2026 From mammals to bacteria, the direct recognition and cleavage of viral nucleic acids is a…karnottApril 16, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Sialylated CD43 Forms a Glyco-Immune Barrier That Restrains Antileukemic Immunity Chung, J., et al. | April 15, 2026 Phagocytosis is a process used by immune cells called macrophages to destroy pathogens and cellular…karnottApril 15, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Inflammation Rewires the Enteric Nervous System Through Neurogenic Monocyte Recruitment Kurapati, S., et al. | April 10, 2026 Proper organization of the enteric nervous system (ENS) is critical for normal gastrointestinal (GI) physiology.…karnottApril 10, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Mechanism Specifying Targeted microRNA Degradation Farnung, J., et al. | April 8, 2026 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) associate with Argonaute (AGO) proteins to form complexes that down-regulate target RNAs, including…karnottApril 8, 2026 Read More
Local News Finding Better Answers for Patients With a Deadly Bone Cancer Tufts Now | June 15, 2026 The era of precision medicine has successfully targeted many types of cancer, but not osteosarcoma.…karnottJune 15, 2026 Read More
Local News How Worried Should We Be About the Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak? The Brink | June 15, 2026 An Ebola outbreak in Central Africa that has already claimed more than 130 lives has…karnottJune 15, 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
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 Harvard College Seniors Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | February 6, 2026 We are pleased to announce that the following eight seniors with concentrations in Neuroscience, CPB,…karnottFebruary 6, 2026 Read More
Awards Scientific Director Dr. Facundo Batista Selected for Prestigious AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award Ragon Institute | February 5, 2026 Facundo Batista, PhD, Scientific Director of the Ragon Institute, has been named the 2026 recipient…karnottFebruary 5, 2026 Read More
Awards Two MCB-Affiliated Postdoctoral Fellows Awarded Harvard Brain Initiative Fellowships Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | February 4, 2026 Two postdoctoral researchers affiliated with MCB have been awarded highly competitive Postdoctoral Pioneer Fellowships from…karnottFebruary 4, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Bongmin (Min) Bae Awarded New American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | February 2, 2026 Bongmin (Min) Bae, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of MCB Professor Amanda Whipple, has…karnottFebruary 2, 2026 Read More
Awards MCB Postdoc Surabhi Sreenivas Awarded ADA Fellowship for Type 2 Diabetes Research Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | January 29, 2026 Surabhi Sreenivas, an MCB postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Maxim Prigozhin has been awarded…karnottJanuary 29, 2026 Read More
Awards Wyss Lumineers Class of 2025 Announced Wyss Institute | January 29, 2026 Innovation at the Wyss Institute doesn’t end when a paper is published or a project…karnottJanuary 29, 2026 Read More
Awards Tufts Vice Provost for Research Named Foreign Fellow of Indian National Science Academy Tufts Now | January 26, 2026 Bernard Arulanandam, vice provost for research at Tufts University and professor of immunology at Tufts…karnottJanuary 26, 2026 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
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