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Winners of the 2021 ARGEN grant challenge

December 1, 2021

The goal of the challenge was to harness creative ideas that could advance the culture and infrastructure of our department in support of a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. ​​​​​​​

Department Supports Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program

February 23, 2021

In early 2021, the Department of Genetics donated $2000 to the Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program at Harvard Medical School. Outlined in the letter of thanks we received is some of the invaluable work that HPREP does for HMS: 

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Genetics Society of America honoring Chao-ting Wu and others

February 1, 2021

Chao-ting Wu, Professor of Genetics

Sean Ku Wang

Sean Ku Wang featured in Forbes' 30 Under 30

December 2, 2020

Wang researches degenerative retinal diseases, as part of a team that discovered the role immune cells play in these diseases.

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Dr. Carla Kim Receives American Lung Association COVID-19 Research Award

November 23, 2020

Carla Kim, PhD received one of Lung Association’s 98 research investments to advance the understanding of Using “Organoid” Model of Lung Cancer to Test Treatment.

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Toward Better Science

November 10, 2020

15 HMS researchers awarded grants to support more representative research for the Human Cell Atlas 

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Predicting Side Effects

June 18, 2020

Open-source machine learning tool connects drug targets with adverse reactions

Olivier Pourquie Elected to the National Academy of Science

May 1, 2020

Olivier Pourquié, the Frank Burr Mallory Professor of Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and professor of genetics in the Blavatnik Institute was nominated to the National Academy of Science this spring.

A Caenorhabditis elegans worm squirms its way through a compost heap, sensory neurons in its nose helping it navigate oxygen and carbon dioxide cues as it searches for food.

Retro Style

February 13, 2020

‘Backward’ neural growth, shared connection provide new clues to development, disease. By STEPHANIE DUTCHEN February 12, 2020

Worms exposed to the common chemical DEHP developed more problems during egg formation, shown at bottom, than worms not exposed to the chemical, shown at top

Break Point

January 10, 2020

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the New York State Department of Health have discovered how a common plasticizer associated with human reproductive abnormalities likely does its damage at the molecular level.

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Norbert Perrimon, PhD, and Ursula Jakob, PhD, Receive 2019 Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Awards

January 6, 2020

Norbert Perrimon, the James Stillman Professor of Developmental Biology in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS, was named to receive one of two 2019 Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Awards by the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research. 

Neural excitation linked to shorter life, while suppression of overactivity appears to extend life span.

In a first, scientists pinpoint neural activity’s role in human longevity

October 17, 2019

Neural excitation linked to shorter life, while suppression of overactivity appears to extend life span

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