Legendary Battle of Himera was triumph of Greek heroism, kind of
In the 480 B.C. Battle of Himera, Greek forces defeated the invading Carthaginians in a victory that ushered in a period of peace and prosperity across their world. But while historians such as...
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Rawan Alhawamdeh has her goals in focus
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. In the fall of 2017, Rawan Alhawamdeh stepped onto Harvard’s campus with a vision for improving the lives of children...
View ArticleNervous system activity might influence human longevity, neural activity
The brain’s neural activity — long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy — also plays a role in human aging and life span, according to research led by scientists in the Blavatnik...
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New ATAC-seq method from Harvard accelerates single-cell research
Scientists at Harvard University have developed a way to vastly accelerate single-cell sequencing, an advance that promises to give a major lift to biomedical genomics research. The new approach...
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‘If you’re not failing, you’re probably not trying as hard as you could be’
Stories of learning, teaching, and turning points, in the Experience series. In 1986, Harvard “rescued” George Church — in his telling, at least — when the Medical School hired him as an assistant...
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Melding the Web and the tactile
Alessa Moscoso and Mike Seward peered at the mountain lion just a few feet away. The animal didn’t peer back, or do anything else. That’s because the two Harvard undergraduates were looking at a...
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‘Stealing’ life’s building blocks
In a finding that could fundamentally rewrite science’s understanding of how some parasite-host relationships work, Harvard researchers have found that, despite being separated by more than 100...
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Six fresh books worth perusing
You can soothe your intellectual itch with these recent Harvard faculty-authored titles. Creating a New Racial Order: How Immigration, Multiracialism, Genomics, and the Young Can Remake Race in...
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The future of self-knowledge
A health care revolution is on the way, driven by the availability of cheap genetic sequencing, the head of the personal genomics company 23andMe said Tuesday, adding that she’s not sure we’re...
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A new view of DNA
While it’s clear that DNA sequencing has been an indispensable tool in understanding any number of biological processes, new research from Harvard suggests that how DNA is packed into cells may be at...
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Cancer clues from another species
Harvard researchers have decoded the genome of a creature that may prove an unlikely ally in the fight against both cancer and aging: the naked mole rat. The animal, which lives in large, underground...
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‘Truly inspirational’
The Harvard Foundation has named Maggie Werner-Washburne the 2011 Scientist of the Year. Werner-Washburne was presented with the Harvard Foundation Medal for Science at a luncheon on April 8 to kick...
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Following the genomic road map
OK, we’re part Neanderthal, and not that much different from chimpanzees after all. We also know that some drugs won’t work on my cancer, even though they might work on yours. And, if you want to find...
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To catch a killer
Last summer, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) brought in a young African-American man on a felony weapons charge. After obtaining a DNA sample, the police found a close match in their...
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The map of us
It has been described as “biology’s moonshot.” After 15 years of planning and work by public- and private-sector scientists at 20 centers in six countries, the Human Genome Project delivered what...
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Two studies prove value of iPS cells
One of the biggest questions confronting the field of stem cell science is whether iPS cells — stem cells created by reprogramming adult cells — are the equal of the field’s gold standard, human...
View ArticleRare variants in gene coding may up risk of autoimmune disorders
Rare variants in the gene coding of an enzyme that controls the activity of a key immune cell occur more often in people with autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes,...
View ArticleThe Postdocs – II
Miriah Meyer isn’t a biologist, but she helps biologists better understand their work. A postdoctoral research fellow in computer science in Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...
View ArticleBIDMC geneticist Rinn named to Popular Science’s ‘Brilliant 10’
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) geneticist John Rinn, whose research has helped to uncover a new class of RNA, has been named to this year’s “Brilliant 10” list of top young scientists by...
View ArticleBroad scientists to sequence multiple myeloma samples
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) announced today a collaboration with the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to systematically uncover the molecular changes underlying multiple myeloma...
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