Michael Lazarus, Yunsun Nam, Jiaoyang Jiang, Piotr Sliz and Suzanne Walker were recognized by the Protein Databank (BDB)for solving the structure of O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine transferase (O-GlcNAc transferase). The PDB named O-GlcNAc transferase the Molecule of the Month for September. O-GlcNAc transferase is an essential mammalian enzyme, which couples metabolic status to the regulation of...
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Eight faculty members from HMS are among the 65 new appointees to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Established in 1970, the institute is both an honorific membership organization and an advisory group that analyzes health issues and makes recommendations on national health policy.
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After proving their competence in clinics, hospitals, offices and classrooms, they put their ideals into action after hours on the local, national and global stage. At the Dean’s Community Service Awards celebration on Sept. 12, five honorees were lauded for volunteer efforts that better the lives of others.
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HMS graduate student Salil Garg received the 2011 Jeffrey Modell Prize, presented annually since 2000 for the best dissertation and overall contribution to the Harvard Graduate Program in Immunology.
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When Superintendent of Boston Public Schools Carol Johnson gave a keynote address to students at Harvard Medical School in September, she urged them to tackle science on campus with gusto. None of her listeners had yet applied to HMS, however, let alone enrolled. Their average age was 17.
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The Harvard Medical School–Portugal Program in Translational and Clinical Research and Health Information seeks applications for Collaborative Research Grants for Harvard-affiliated investigators working with scientists at Portuguese medical schools and biomedical research institutions.
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Douglas Melton of Harvard's Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (SCRB), jointly administered by the Medical School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is one of two newly named University Professors, a distinction that recognizes dedication to teaching and groundbreaking scholarship that crosses academic boundaries.
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Fritz H. Bach died in his home in Manchester-by-the-Sea on August 14, 2011 after a long illness. Bach, the Lewis Thomas Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, was 77. Born in Vienna, Bach graduated from Harvard College in 1955, earned a medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1960 and spent the early part of his...
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Veronica Ravnikar, associate clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology, who practiced at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, died unexpectedly, but peacefully, at her home in Cohasset on July 15, 2011. She was 61. Dr. Ravnikar received her bachelor’s degree from Immaculata College in Pennsylvania in 1971 and received her medical degree from SUNY...
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Baruj Benacerraf, the George Fabyan Professor of Comparative Pathology Emeritus, died Aug. 2, 2011, at his home in Jamaica Plain. He was 90. Benacerraf, was a Nobel Prize-winning immunologist and a brilliant, visionary leader—a former president of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute who, from 1980 to 1992, guided the Institute through a period of tremendous growth....
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