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

‘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

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.

Green cells moving downward

Slithery Sentinels

In a new study published Feb. 14 in PLoS Genetics, senior author Colaiácovo and team used their worm screen to test 46 common pesticides, phthalates (substances used in many plastics, cosmetics and household products) and byproducts of crude oil processing and hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking.

X chromosomes

Breaking Silence

New study from Genetics Department Investigators at MGH points toward a potential strategy for treating X-linked disorders—those caused by mutations in the X chromosome—in females.

Medical Shield

FALL 2017 FACULTY SEARCH

The Department of Molecular Biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and its colleagues at Harvard Medical School (HMS) invite applications for a joint tenure-track appointment at the level of Assistant Professor.

Steven McCarroll at event

McCarroll Named Flier Associate Professor

Harvard Medical School faculty, staff and trainees packed the Waterhouse Room in Gordon Hall on June 7 to honor former dean Jeffrey S. Flier and raise a glass to genetics researcher Steven McCarroll.