🧐 @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social Member Dr. Jonathan Weissman has been named to a newly funded Cancer Grand Challenges team that will tackle one of the most elusive frontiers in cancer biology: the “dark proteome.”
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3NeYXhd
Common Plant Proteins Found to Calm the Immune System 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Dr. Namrata Ramani is part of the DAIRS project where she determines the best way to deliver therapeutic RNA molecules to fight cancer.
Learn more about her work in this month’s Humans of the @wyssinstitute.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/3NaPUOl
A single injection of an oncolytic virus can recruit immune cells to penetrate and persist deep within brain tumors, according to results of a phase 1 clinical trial at @harvardmed.bsky.social, @danafarber.bsky.social, and @mgbresearch.bsky.social.
👓 Read all about it! https://bit.ly/4rMVANH
The Wyss Translational AI Catalyst is an institute-wide effort designed to enable and accelerate innovation by effectively and responsibly applying new computational approaches and leveraging machine learning algorithms to generate unique biological datasets.
More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic #LiverDisease.
To help those patients, @mit.edu engineers have developed “mini livers” that could be injected into the body and take over the functions of the failing liver: https://bit.ly/4bp60gE
Two PNAS Papers from the Samuel Lab Illuminate the Bacterial Flagellar Motor 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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. @mit.edu neuroscientists have found that either of two genetic mutations that cause #RettSyndrome undermine the structural integrity of developing blood vessels.
🔭 Abstract from Drs. Tatsuya Osaki and Mriganka Sur: https://go.nature.com/3ODvNce
🗞️ Press release: https://bit.ly/4rc64Vz
🥳 @bostonu.bsky.social biomedical engineer Dr. Ji-Xin Cheng has been named as a National Academy of Inventors Fellow.
Among the reasons for his election is his work creating a microscope that enhances cancer detection and a device to zap away antibiotic-resistant bacteria: https://bit.ly/40CtmsX
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🤩 @fredhutch.org announced 12 recipients of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, which honors the exceptional achievements of #biosci grad students.
Congratulations to the two Boston awardees: Keene Abbott from @mit.edu and Wendy Valencia Montoya at @harvard.edu! https://bit.ly/3P4eelv
In a new study in Nature Communications, Dr. Sara Kornfeld-Sylla
and the Bear lab at @mit.edu identified a biomarker in fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of autism.
📖 Abstract: https://go.nature.com/4kT4Ygd
📰 Press release: https://bit.ly/3OAuc6X
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The Secret to Schooling: How Internal States Shape Social Interactions during Schooling 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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RNA drugs are made up of oligonucleotide "building blocks," which can be expensive, labor-intensive, and inefficient to manufacture. Wyss startup EnPlusOne Biosciences is breaking the RNA drug bottleneck by enabling RNA oligonucleotide manufacturing at scale with a smaller environmental footprint.
Scientists in @harvardmed.bsky.social have created a new family of tools that, for the first time, shows the missing pieces to the puzzle on how the immune system uses cytokines to communicate with the rest of the body.
🧫 @cellpress.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/40qkk27
📰: https://bit.ly/40rN6PR
Enjoy the time that you have in every moment you can. That's the best advice Wyss Core Faculty member Christopher Chen has ever received. Learn more about him in this 20-ish Questions video. @bostonu.bsky.social
The Sloan Research Fellowship, whose fellows receives $75,000 over 2 years, have been announced for 2026.
Congratulations to....
🎉 Drs. Brian DePasquale & Michael Economo at @bostonu.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4rBH1fV
🎊 Dr. Linlin Fan at @picowerinstitute.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4tHYnJk
Ryan Nett Awarded 2025–27 George W. Merck Fellowship 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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#StemCell biologists from the Macklis lab at @harvard.edu have discovered a way to grow the type of brain cells that degenerate in patients with #ALS and suffer damage in spinal cord injuries.
🔬 Abstract in eLife: https://bit.ly/4aYbn6e
📰 Press release: https://bit.ly/4aYbnDg
👋 Introducing the BrainStem Bundle Tool or BSBT!
Researchers at the @picowerinstitute.bsky.social have made a publicly available AI algorithm that enables tracking of its vital white matter pathways in the #brainstem: https://bit.ly/4kIYkZB
⚙️ @wyssinstitute.bsky.social researchers are engineering a new era in cancer care.
Read how they are advancing RNA immunotherapy, real-time clot diagnostics, and personalized tumor chips to tackle cancer more effectively and safely: https://bit.ly/3MwJoBq
Drs. Meg Younger and Jeffrey Marlow from Boston University have been selected by the National Academy of Sciences as 2026 Frontiers of Science Fellows.
🪩 Congratulations to both researchers! https://bit.ly/3ZKftsn
What does the spread Nipah virus mean for global health?
Following a recent outbreak in India, health experts Drs. Felicia Nutter and Jonathon Gass from @tufts.edu explain how Nipah virus moves from animals to people, and how smarter prevention can reduce future risk: https://bit.ly/4tQRJ3N
Three @danafarber.bsky.social scientific leaders have been elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy Class of 2026.
👏 Congratulations to Drs. Alice Shaw, Kimberly Stegmaier, and Matthew Vander Heiden: https://bit.ly/4kESQPO
Dr. Anna Romanov at @mit.edu and coworkers have developed a vaccine that generates a population of rare precursor B cells that are capable of evolving to produce broadly neutralizing antibodies.
Expanding these cells is the first step toward a successful #HIVVaccine: https://bit.ly/4aqVKmt
Wyss RA Charlotte wants to lower the barrier to entry into STEM careers for underrepresented groups. She's applying the lessons she’s learned to educational outreach work at the Wyss, as early learning experiences are essential for igniting passion & confidence in STEM. #EveryVoiceInScience
🌊 A new tool for ocean health is making waves.
Researchers at the @wyssinstitute.bsky.social have developed a portable, #CRISPR-based biosensor that can rapidly identify marine species and assess their health.
This low-cost device could help predict marine disease outbreaks: https://bit.ly/4tAYo1R
Mira Jiang Awarded Schwarzman Fellowship to Study Global Affairs and Health Systems in China 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Feng Zhang (@zhangf.bsky.social) from the @broadinstitute.org on being named a 2026 National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee!
His pioneering gene-editing work with #CRISPR systems has reshaped modern biology: https://bit.ly/3MuoJxI
🔬 Engineering kidney “plumbing” in the lab!
Researchers at the @wyssinstitute.bsky.social developed a platform to fabricate perfusable human kidney collecting ducts by combining stem-cell differentiation, organoid culture, and bioengineering: https://bit.ly/4kpgShF
