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#LiverDiseaseengineers 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 www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @pnas.org @harvard.edu

. @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#biosci 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 #OpenAccess

The Secret to Schooling: How Internal States Shape Social Interactions during Schooling 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social

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 www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @microbiometcell.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @jeeyunc.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social

#StemCell biologists from the Macklis lab at @harvard.edu#StemCellhave 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 www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @harvard.edu @bostonchildrens.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social

🎉 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

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: https://bit.ly/3Mrw2pQ

Researchers 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#LiverDiseasesengineers 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": https://bit.ly/4tiIpFq

Cancer 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: https://go.nature.com/4bzdKxg Press release: https://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! https://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: https://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: https://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: https://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: https://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! https://bit.ly/4rfhpoq

To 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: https://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: https://bit.ly/4jTzmGz 🧪 Abstract: https://go.nature.com/45SvlfK

Following 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: https://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: https://bit.ly/45hPoEh @natcomms.nature.com#antimicrobial https://go.nature.com/4pTHcSc

ARPA-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: https://bit.ly/4bIHW8W

One of the hallmarks of #Alzheimer’s disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau. @mit.edu#Alzheimerchemists have now shown, for the first time, that NMR spectroscopy can decipher the structure of the fuzzy coat on #Tau that facilities clumping: https://bit.ly/49pUoJu

What 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