Pier Paolo Pandolfi and colleagues at HMS have uncovered a new layer of cellular control. Their findings show that messenger RNAs may play a role in their own regulation, adding a new branch to biology’s central dogma.
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Diane Mathis, Christophe Benoist and colleagues found that arthritis can be triggered by the body’s own immune response to normal, gut-residing bacteria.
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Seven researchers at HMS have been awarded grants by the Damon Runyon Foundation to carry out innovative cancer research. They were among 18 new Damon Runyon Fellows announced by the foundation, each one receiving a three-year fellowship worth $156,000. The program encourages talented young scientists from across the country to work on breakthrough cancer studies. The awards recognize “outstanding postdoctoral scientists conducting basic and translational cancer research in the laboratories of leading senior investigators.” This year’s Damon Runyon Fellows from HMS are: David Hendrickson, a fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the lab of John Rinn, HMS...
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Three members of the HMS faculty have been named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts, out of a total of 21 scholars announced nationwide for 2010. The scholars program provides $240,000 over four years and encourages scientists in their early years as assistant professor to pursue innovative research and take calculated risks. The recipients from HMS are Fernando Camargo, Alexander Gimelbrant and Sun Hur. Camargo, an assistant professor of stem cell and regenerative biology at Children’s Hospital Boston, studies how tumor growth is inhibited within a tissuewide context. Gimelbrant, an assistant professor of pathology...
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Three members of the HMS Department of Neurobiology were granted Freudenberger research awards: Sandeep Datta, HMS assistant professor of neurobiology; Chenghua Gu, HMS assistant professor of neurobiology; and Bernardo Sabatini, HMS professor of neurobiology. The awards, funded by the Freudenberg family, longtime supporters of the HMS Department of Neurobiology, support research leading to the understanding, treatment and cure of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Each researcher will receive $100,000 per year for two years.
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Doris Duke and Ellison Awards Won Through HMS Foundation Funds Four HMS faculty members have recently received grants through the HMS Foundation Funds program, which serves as a clearinghouse for grants that require an institution to nominate candidates, as opposed to candidates applying initially to the granting organizations. All three HMS candidates nominated for the Doris Duke Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award, which supports junior physician–scientists as they transition to their own labs, received funding. The recipients are Clark Chen, HMS assistant professor of surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; John Michael McWilliams, HMS assistant professor of health...
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