Tag: Xiaowei Zhuang

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    Demystifying a mammal’s brain, cell by cell

    Harvard-led team helps create first molecular map for national neuroscience study

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    Section of mouse brain atlas with cells colored by category.
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    Fresh insights into inflammation, aging brains

    Harvard scientists’ research on mice suggests chain reaction may be involved in the brain’s aging process.

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    How the brain responds to infection

    Study illuminates connections to immune system.

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    Catherine Dulac and Jessica Osterhout.
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    Recognition for some risky research

    The Star-Friedman Challenge is helping Harvard scientists during a time of great global uncertainty by boosting high-risk, high-impact research.

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    A new spin on an old question

    Understanding how DNA and proteins interact — or fail to — could help answer fundamental biological questions about human health and disease.

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    A rendering of a DNA propeller
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    10 faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

    Ten Harvard University scientists have been elected by their peers to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of “their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” Two Harvard scientists also received awards from the NAS.

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    Cellular atlas of brain region leads to discoveries

    Harvard scientists have created a first-of-its-kind cellular atlas of an important region in the brains of mice. Using a cutting-edge imaging technology, researchers pinpointed where the cells were located and their various functions.

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    Imaging leap rewarded with $3M

    Harvard Professor Xiaowei Zhuang has been named the recipient of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in recognition of her pioneering work in the development of super-resolution microscopy techniques.

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    Unraveling the brain’s secrets

    Harvard scientists are among those who will receive more than $150 million in funding over the next five years through the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

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    Three faculty members receive NAS awards

    Catherine Dulac, Hopi Hoekstra, and Xiaowei Zhuang have received National Academy of Sciences awards.

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    American Academy announces 233rd class

    Harvard scholars are among 164 influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge on Oct. 12.

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    11 elected to American Academy

    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected 11 from Harvard as its newest members.

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    AAAS names 7 fellows from Harvard

    Seven faculty from Harvard University are named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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    Two elected to NAS

    The National Academy of Sciences elected additional members at its annual meeting on April 30, including Harvard professors Susan Athey and Xiaowei Zhuang.

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    Imaging instruction

    Harvard researchers have developed a “primer” to identify some of the most useful probes for super-resolution imaging. As described recently on Nature Methods’ website, the work also identified the key characteristics that are important for imaging, giving researchers a framework for evaluating other probes, or even designing custom-made molecules to use in imaging.

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    Neurons in youth

    A group of researchers is working to map how the brain is wired in an effort to pinpoint the causes of — and potential treatments for — schizophrenia, autism, and a host of other disorders.

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    Harvard scientist wins Sackler Prize

    Harvard Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics Xiaowei Zhuang has been awarded the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics, awarded at Tel Aviv University.

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    Funding for the future

    Faculty members at Harvard and its affiliated hospitals have been awarded the National Institutes of Health New Innovators awards for promising research by young researchers, and Transformative grants, for groundbreaking work by established researchers.

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