| Philip J. Kranzusch will receive the 2026 NAS Award in Molecular BiologyPhilip's research investigates how cells detect and respond to viral pathogens and how these signaling pathways can be harnessed to develop new therapies to treat infections, cancer, and autoimmune diseases. | |
| Researchers Now Understand How a New Class of Antivirals WorksJonathan Abraham worked with co-author Joseph Loparo using structural biology and imaging techniques to explore the biophysical mechanisms at play as the new drugs bind to and inactivate a critical enzyme in the life cycle of herpes simplex virus. | |
| What We Need To Know To Stop a Listeria OutbreakDarren Higgins, professor of microbiology in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, has been studying listeria and other intracellular bacteria for decades | |
| “I'm Worried About the Future of Virology”Grant Yang is a PhD student who studies viruses | |
| “I Am Determined to Carry On This Vital Work”David Knipe studies how to prevent, combat, and make use of a virus that infects most people in the world | |
 | “I Never Imagined I Could Be a Scientist”Suzanne Walker studies how to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria | |
| Congratulations to Philip Kranzusch, 2025 Blavatnik Young Scientist National Award Winner"Recognized for discovering that human innate immunity evolved from ancient pathways in bacteria, explaining the molecular basis for how human cells defend against infections and cancer." | |
| Shining a Light on the World of Tiny ProteinsShira Weingarten-Gabbay on newly found microproteins (New York Times) Pan-viral ORFs discovery using massively parallel ribosome profiling (Science, 12 Jun 2025) | |
| HHMI announces 26 new investigators - Congratulations Jonathan Abraham!Paving the way for new scientific and biomedical discoveries in fields ranging from neuroscience to immunology to structural biology, these scientists come from 19 US institutions and join HHMI’s current Investigator community, comprising more than 250 scientists. "HHMI is committed to supporting visionary scientists who are pursuing discoveries that will change our world for the better.” (https://www.hhmi.org/news/hhmi-invests-over-300-million-26-new-investigators) | |
| Congratulations to Ann Hochschild on her election to the National Academy of Sciences!The National Academy of Sciences recently announced the election of new members in recognition of their distinguished and continued achievements in original research. (https://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2024-nas-election.html) | |
| Inside a Bacterial Defense System — and Its DefeatSadie Antine, in the Kranzusch lab reveals the structural basis of Gabija anti-phage defense and how phages form an incredible octameric web to evade host immunity | |
| 2024 Pew Scholars have been announced - Congratulations Silvi Rouskin!The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 22 researchers who have been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. These early-career scientists will receive four years of funding to explore some of the most pressing questions in human health and medicine. (https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-biomedical-scholars/directory-of-pew-scholars) | |
| Confronting the Mystery of the MicrobiomeMarco Jost works to decode the cross talk between microbes and their human hosts | |
Congratulations to Sophie Helaine and Jonathan Abraham, 2022 award recipients of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease program. Read More: https://www.bwfund.org/news/2022-investigators-in-the-pathogenesis-of-infectious-disease-announced/ | ||
Silvi Rouskin was recently awarded a NIH Director's New Innovator Award for her work on "Constructing the Nest - Understanding the Mechanisms of Nidoviridae RNA Genomes Transcription and Recombination." Congratulations, Silvi! Read more: https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator/AwardRecipients | ||
