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- 🔬 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: bit.ly/4kpgShF
- Dr. Facundo Batista at the @ragoninstitute.bsky.social has been named the 2026 recipient of the AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award by @aai.org. The award recognizes investigators who have made outstanding contributions to the field of #BCell biology: bit.ly/3Mrw2pQ
- Reposted by Science in BostonResearchers at the Wyss Institute and @mit.edu have developed a field-deployable, CRISPR-based biosensing platform that could enable facile, real-time monitoring of marine barometer species and ecosystems.
- In hopes of discovering new treatments for #LiverDiseases, @mit.edu engineers have designed a new type of tissue model that more accurately mimics the architecture of the liver, including blood vessels and immune cells. Learn about the mini “liver-on-a-chip": bit.ly/4tiIpFq
- Reposted by Science in BostonCancer treatment has come a long way — but too many cancers remain difficult (or impossible) to treat, & even successful therapies can carry risks. At the Wyss, teams are engineering novel approaches to make cancer care more powerful, more precise, and more predictable & manageable. #WorldCancerDay
- 🦷 A new study from Dr. Po-Ru Loh and researchers at the @broadinstitute.org has found human genetic factors that influence the oral #microbiome and may increase risk of cavities and tooth loss in some people. Abstract: go.nature.com/4bzdKxg Press release: bit.ly/4auMmiM
- Dr. Bongmin Bae @baebbm.bsky.social at @harvardmcb.bsky.social has been awarded a new @americanheart.bsky.social postdoc fellowship. The award will support Dr. Bae’s research on how epigenetic mechanisms regulate gene expression in the mammalian brain. 🤩 Congratulations! bit.ly/4keJNEZ
- The @wyssinstitute.bsky.social Lumineers program celebrates members of our community who choose to take meaningful risks in pursuit of something bigger. Meet the 2025 Wyss Lumineers who are translating foundational science into real-world solutions: bit.ly/4a4ohho
- 🥖 Let's get that bread! Researchers at Tufts University are using sourdough starters to explore what shapes life at the microscopic level. Their findings demonstrate a simple way to predict how #microbial species will live together: bit.ly/3LVaulo
- Scientists at the @broadinstitute.org have developed molecules that may be able to treat #CrohnsDisease! The molecules mimic a gene variant that protects against Crohn’s. Their methods could help develop therapies for other chronic inflammatory disorders: bit.ly/3LQ7Ehv
- ⏱️ @harvard.edu scientists have invented a way to create a tiny “time capsule” in cells, one that preserves an archival record of gene expression that can be retrieved long after it normally disappears. See the work from Kevin Yu-Kai Chao and Dr. Fei Chen: bit.ly/4bUaBYL
- Dr. Surabhi Sreenivas, a postdoc in the Prigozhin lab at @harvardmcb.bsky.social, has been awarded a three-year @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship to study how the liver regulates blood sugar through glucagon signaling. 🎊 Congratulations Dr. Sreenivas! bit.ly/4rfhpoq
- Reposted by Science in BostonTo address liver failure, researchers from the Wyss, @mit.edu, University of Colorado Boulder, & @columbiauniversity.bsky.social will collaborate to create the technological framework for building the first off-the-shelf engineered graft. This work is funded by the @arpa-h.bsky.social PRINT program.
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- Dr. @sophialiu.bsky.social at the @ragoninstitute.bsky.social has been awarded $749,760 through the @malifesciences.bsky.social Bits to Bytes program. Her project aims to create a quantitative dataset capturing how the #ImmuneSystem responds to antigens in tissues: bit.ly/4r6x3T3
- A research team led by Drs. Zhiping Weng and Jill Moore at @umasschan.bsky.social has nearly tripled the known number of potential regulatory elements in the #genome to 2.37 million! 📰 News: bit.ly/4jTzmGz 🧪 Abstract: go.nature.com/45SvlfK
- Reposted by Science in BostonFollowing FDA’s announcement of replacing animal testing with more contemporary methodologies, Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber reviews the challenges for human Organ Chip technology and the unprecedented opportunities they open up in @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social.
- A new @mit.edu study finds that somatostatin-expressing neurons follow a unique trajectory when forming connections in the brain’s visual cortex that may establish the conditions needed for sensory experience to refine circuits. 👁️ Check out the new work from the Nedivi lab: bit.ly/45gtNw2
- 🕵️ @mit.edu researchers found that lectin proteins on mucosal surfaces have broad-spectrum #antimicrobial activity against bacteria found in the GI tract. Learn about the work from Dr. @laurakiessling.bsky.social 's lab: bit.ly/45hPoEh @natcomms.nature.com: go.nature.com/4pTHcSc
- Reposted by Science in BostonARPA-H-funded cross-institutional Wyss-led ImPLANT project aims to develop liver grafts to help many of the over 500M patients with liver failure worldwide.
- 🏅 @themarkfdn.bsky.social has named Dr. Mariella Filbin at @danafarber.bsky.social as the recipient of the 2026 Emerging Leader Award! This award recognizes her innovative work to advance treatment options for aggressive childhood #BrainTumors: bit.ly/4bIHW8W
- One of the hallmarks of #Alzheimer’s disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau. @mit.edu chemists have now shown, for the first time, that NMR spectroscopy can decipher the structure of the fuzzy coat on #Tau that facilities clumping: bit.ly/49pUoJu
- Reposted by Science in BostonWhat goes into planning the world's largest all-immunology event? Join AAI President Dr. Uli von Andrian and Program Chair Dr. Shekhar Pasare for a preview of #IMMUNOLOGY2026™! 🧬 Presidential Symposium 🔬 Special Sessions 🎓 Trainee Programs 🔗 immunology2026.aai.org
- 🎉 We're back with our first episode of 2026! Drs. Ulrich von Andrian and Shekhar Pasare from @aai.org discuss what to expect at #IMMUNOLOGY2026™! Listen now: bit.ly/3ZgtkGo
- 🧫 @harvardmed.bsky.social researchers have uncovered crucial insights into how an emerging class of #antiviral drugs works. The discovery from the Abraham lab sheds light on an important tool for fighting drug-resistant strains of herpes simplex virus: bit.ly/4jLKEge
- Three cheers for C. elegans! 🪱 In a perspective piece, biologists including Dr. Robert Horvitz at @mit.edu celebrate Nobel Prize-winning advances made through research in #Celegans. Read about the powerful discoveries uncovered by worm science: bit.ly/3LFbMRj
- The 4D Nucleome Consortium has extensively mapped and analyzed the three-dimensional folding of the #HumanGenome in human embryonic stem cells and immortalized fibroblasts over time. The Consortium is led by Dr. Job Dekker at @umasschan.bsky.social: bit.ly/3NhIIQs
- The @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social has welcomed Dr. @zurisullivan.bsky.social as its newest member! Dr. Sullivan is an #immunologist who studies how the immune system communicates with the brain to shape behavior during infection. 👁️Keep an eye out for her lab's future work! bit.ly/4pB0TOq
- Reposted by Science in BostonAbout 48.5 million couples worldwide experience difficulty conceiving children. While treatments like IVF are becoming increasingly popular, it's also expensive, traumatic for a woman's body, and not guaranteed to work. Gameto is using the Wyss' ovarian organoid technology to help.
- 🤯 A new ‘biomimetic’ model of brain circuits and function showed naturalistic dynamics and learning. The model, co-created by Dr. @earlkmiller.bsky.social at the @picowerinstitute.bsky.social, identified previously unnoticed curious behavior by some neurons: bit.ly/49rQoXp
- A recent study by the Laboratory for Neuro-Analysis and Imaging at @umasschan.bsky.social highlights how subcortical brain structures degenerate in #Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal #dementia patients. See the work from Dr. Manojkumar Saranathan and Arit Banerjee: bit.ly/3NaVDn5
- New findings from Dr. Mirco Friedrich and the Zhang lab at @mit.edu showed that the liver can be transiently repurposed to restore age-diminished immune cues and improve #TCell function in aged mice: go.nature.com/4p6rD8Z
- Researchers led by Dr. Jessica Stark (@jcstark.bsky.social) have developed a new way to stimulate the immune system to attack tumor cells, using a strategy that could make #CancerImmunotherapy work for many more patients. 📰 MIT News: bit.ly/3YlpCeq
- New year, new experiments… and maybe some new habits too! Kick off 2026 with Lab Coats and Life, the podcast that helps scientists navigate the human side of research. If your resolutions include more balance, purpose, and curiosity, this is the perfect place to start. 🎧 bit.ly/4pTHNnx
- 🎇 Happy New Year from Science in Boston! Here’s to another year of discoveries that expand our understanding, collaborations that bring ideas to life, and communities that make science stronger, brighter, and more connected. 🎉
- 🥇 Counting down to our #1 post of 2025… and here it is! Drs. Ramnik Xavier and Christopher Smillie at the @broadinstitute.org mapped cellular location and gene activity to understand Crohn’s disease at unprecedented resolution. https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinboston.com/post/3ltftlcyyis2z
- Dr. Ramnik Xavier and Dr. Christopher Smillie from the @broadinstitute.org analyzed individual cells from the intestinal tissue of #Crohns disease patients, measuring gene activity and mapping the cells’ location: bit.ly/4nwuf0s 📃 @natgenet.nature.com: go.nature.com/45UEWDH
- Our #2 spot tackles global preparedness. 🌎 2025 saw the Sentinel project at @broadinstitute.org funded for the next five years to detect outbreaks in real time and stop pandemics before they start! https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinboston.com/post/3m6i4f2bgsy2u
- 🧫 Our #3 post celebrates a huge step in Ebola research. Congratulations to the Blainey and Davey labs at @mit.edu and @bumedicine.bsky.social who uncovered 998 host regulators of Ebola infection this year! https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinboston.com/post/3lvcb3x7zuk22
- Coming in at #4 in our Top 5 Countdown: virus hunters assemble! Dr. @shiraweingarten.bsky.social at @harvardmed.bsky.social launched the Laboratory of Systems Virology. We cannot wait to see what the lab accomplishes in 2026! https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinboston.com/post/3lsuek25o5c2f
- Dr. Shira Weingarten-Gabbay (@shiraweingarten.bsky.social) from @harvardmed.bsky.social is leading the new Laboratory of Systems #Virology. Her lab uncovers the inner workings of viruses and their interaction with the immune system to prevent current and future viral diseases: bit.ly/44peaBa
- Starting our Top 5 Countdown with #5, we want to congratulate the Bryson Lab (@ragoninstitute.bsky.social) and their roadmap for developing better tuberculosis vaccines! Congratulations! 💉 https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinboston.com/post/3m5wwqvoan523
- Ready for the science highlight reel of the year? 🤓 🧪 Welcome to the Science in Boston Top 5 Post Countdown, showcasing the most community-loved posts of 2025. Get ready for jaw-dropping discoveries and the people who made it all possible! Check back tomorrow for #5...
- ❄️☃️ Looking for something insightful to listen to over the holidays? Explore the @immunologypodcast.com! Whether you're traveling or unwinding at home, it’s the ideal companion for curious minds. 🎧 bit.ly/47nGZAG
- 🎧 As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time to recharge your curiosity. Explore the @stemcellpodcast.com, where experts share insights on stem cell biology, new technologies, and the future of regenerative medicine. 🎄 Add it to your holiday playlist: bit.ly/4pJa6VA
- Our website is taking a short holiday break while we recharge for 2026. But don’t worry, the science doesn’t stop! Keep an eye on our socials over the holidays for community highlights, Top 5 countdowns, and plenty of good science stories to carry you into the new year. See you in January! ❄️🔬
- Dr. Sara Tolaney at @danafarber.bsky.social is the recipient of the 2025 @theaacr.bsky.social Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research. This award honors investigators whose work has left an impact on study of #BreastCancer. 🎉 Congratulations! bit.ly/3MNKvfz
- Scientists at @harvardmed.bsky.social uncovered new genetic details of #FriedreichsAtaxia, a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that does not yet have a cure. Drs. Vamsi Mootha and Joshua Meisel described a genetic modifier that enables cells to survive without frataxin: bit.ly/4pH0NWj
- Dr. Xueyang Dong, a postdoctoral researcher in the Nagashima lab at @harvardmcb.bsky.social , has been selected for a prestigious Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship. He will be working to uncover how the immune system recognizes #GutBacteria. Congratulations! bit.ly/48VJfyl
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- A personalized biomaterial #CancerVaccine just passed its first-in-human test! Started by Drs. Stephen Hodi & David Mooney's labs at the @wyssinstitute.bsky.social in 2013, the trial showed that the system can be consistently fabricated and applied to patients: bit.ly/3KPfHe0
- Drs. Lina Marcela Carmona and Nils Grotehans from @umasschan.bsky.social has received awards from the American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation. Congratulations to both researchers! bit.ly/3MuZoDA
- We're having a great time at the Boston ISSCR PSC-Derived Therapies Symposium, but the fun isn't over! 🤩 Remember to stop by booth #18 for a chance to win a prize and chat with our team!
- Thanks to everyone who attended our Innovation Showcase by Dr. Andrew Gaffney and Dr. Janet Rothberg from CCRM! 👋 See you tomorrow for Day 2 of the Boston ISSCR PSC-Derived Therapies Symposium!
- The ISSCR PSC-Derived Therapies Symposium is buzzing already! 🤩 What's in store for today? Starting with an Innovation Showcase at 2 pm, check out Dr. Andrew Gaffney's talk! Come check out Kimberly Snyder's work: 📍Poster #117 at Poster Session 1 ODD 📍Poster #158 at Poster Session 2 EVEN
- Glioblastoma is the most common form of brain cancer in adults, and its usually quick and fatal. A study from the @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social profiling antigens presented on immune and tumor cells in co-culture points to new strategies for attacking #glioblastoma: bit.ly/4aGcO9E
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- 🚨 @mit.edu postdoc Dr. Arianna Bresci is the lead author of a new study that shows researchers can accurately measure blood glucose by shining near-infrared light on the skin. This noninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with #diabetes: bit.ly/48XasC5
- A new study from researchers at @bumedicine.bsky.social shows that a treatment made up of #ExtracellularVesicles released by stem cells in bone marrow can slow and even reverse certain aspects of normal age-related #MemoryDecline. Learn more: bit.ly/4oKIKx4
- Dr. Naoshige Uchida at @harvardmcb.bsky.social was named the Jeff C.Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology! 🧠 Dr. @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social is a leading neuroscientist whose work has reshaped our understanding of learning, decision-making, and sensory processing: bit.ly/4rurte6
- ✂️ #CRISPR research by Dr. George Church @geochurch.bsky.social inactivated all 62 copies of porcine endogenous retrovirus. 🐖 Now, eGenesis at @wyssinstitute.bsky.social & @harvardmed.bsky.social builds upon this work to develop safe pig organs for #xenotransplantation: bit.ly/4iAZKV7
- Reposted by Science in Boston@aai.org invites you to submit abstracts of unpublished, original research for presentation at #IMMUNOLOGY2026™. This dynamic opportunity to showcase your research empowers you to connect, collaborate, advance your career, and access cutting-edge research. Submit & save today! bit.ly/48cjOtl
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- Drs. Matthew Meyerson and Heidi Greulich from the @broadinstitute.org sit down and discuss how they and Bayer scientists developed the first FDA-approved #CancerDrug to come from a Broad scientific discovery. 🤝 Learn more about their academic-industry alliance: bit.ly/4ruQNRl
