Dr. Randy King and Dr. John Flanagan were part of the team that revamped the Pathways curriculum at Harvard Medical School to reflect today’s teaching and learning methods.
In a new study published in Nature Communications, the Rapoport Lab shows that REEPs form homodimers and use their amphipathic helix and trans-membrane segments to generate high membrane curvature that can even lead to the formation of lipoprotein particles.
Congratulations to Drs. Nataliia Serbyn and Bojan Milic of the Pellman lab for receiving postdoctoral fellowships! Dr. Nataliia Serbyn was awarded a Swiss National Foundation Fellowship, and Dr. Bojan Milic was awarded a Helen Hay Whitney fellowship.
In a recent study published in Neuron, the Liberles lab characterized neurons that evoke nausea in mice, providing new insights into the targets of antinausea medications.
The Brugge lab has performed single-cell transcriptomic analysis on a mouse model to generate a high-resolution atlas of the mammary glands at young and old age.
In an article recently published in Cell Reports, the Farese/Walther lab provides a global analysis of protein turnover analyzing some 120 Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants.
In a recent study published by Nature Communications, the Brugge lab describes the generation of clonal populations from a patient derived ovarian clear cell carcinoma model which forms malignant ascites and solid peritoneal tumors upon intraperitoneal transplantation in mice.
With the goal of helping to train the next generation of core facility imaging scientists, Dr. Jennifer Waters, began the novel Advanced Microscopy Post-doctoral Fellowship Program in 2014.
Congratulations to Dr. Ed Twomey, who was recently named a Forbes 30 under 30 scientist! Ed is a postdoc in the Rapoport Lab and and is being recognized for his work with glutamate proteins. After his postdoc, Ed will be an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Our department is growing! Professor Brendan Manning and Assistant Professor Radhika Subramanian have joined as Affiliates. Additionally, two new members, Amy Lee and Lucas Farnung, will be arriving in December and January, respectively. We look forward to seeing them and their labs at our virtual events!
Congratulations to Dr. Walter Chen for being recognized as a 2020 STAT Wunderkind! Walter was selected for his innovative work in mitochondria as well as his tireless work as a clinician at Boston's Children Hospital. Learn more about Walter's work here and meet the other Wunderkinds here.
