Ragon Institute
Jun 29, 2015 Awards
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) recently announced the first recipients of its two newly developed Avenir Award programs for HIV/AIDS and genetics research. The Avenir (meaning “future” in French) Awards support early stage investigators who propose highly innovative studies. The six scientists will each receive up to $300,000 per year for five years […]
Jun 11, 2015
Investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard have added another piece to the puzzle of how a small group of individuals known as elite controllers are able to control HIV infection without drug treatment. In their paper published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens, the research […]
Jun 10, 2015 Ragon Culture
On June 5, 2015, the Ragon Institute held its second annual Ragon Science Day. The event featured 34 poster presentations, a thought-provoking panel discussion on “HIV Prevention: Past, Present, and Future” with six experts in the field, and a social hour. Over 150 Ragon members participated in the event. Click images to enlarge. […]
Jun 8, 2015 Ragon Culture
Sunday, June 7 marked the 30th annual AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run, one of the oldest walks of its kind in the country. About 10,000 people from across New England attended the event which returned to its roots on the Boston Common. Participants walk for different reasons, but walk together for one common […]
Jun 1, 2015 Ragon Culture
The 2014 Ragon Institute Annual Report is now available to view online or download! Learn about the Ragon Institute’s top accomplishments during the year. 2014 Ragon Institute Annual Report [With the interactive plugin above, you can use the menu bar to share, download as a PDF, or expand to full screen.] If you would like […]
May 19, 2015
Most common bacterial community in healthy South African women may increase presence of T cells targeted by HIV A team led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard has found that the most common bacterial community in the genital tract among healthy South Africa […]
May 14, 2015 Ragon Culture
Six years of innovation has not dampened the zeal of the researchers and staff of the Ragon Institute. Just as at the inception of the Institute in 2009, faculty and staff continue to work tirelessly toward the common goal of developing a vaccine for HIV and have, in the process, established Ragon as a leading […]
May 13, 2015 Ragon Culture
For the fourth year in a row, the Ragon Institute International Program participated in the Massachusetts General Hospital Global Health Expo, sponsored by the Mass General Center for Global Health. The event was held Wednesday, May 6 at the MGH main campus and over 40 organizations, representing multiple departments and specialties, were on hand […]
Mar 19, 2015 Ragon Culture
Between 2005 and 2006, an outbreak of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) killed all but one patient at the Church of Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry, South Africa. The median survival time following diagnosis was a mere 16 days, and of the patients tested, all were co-infected with HIV. The situation was desperate, the fatality […]
Mar 12, 2015
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Darrell J. Irvine, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Engineering and Materials Science, Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Irvine was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding […]
Mar 9, 2015
Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:ENUM) today announced that the company signed an agreement with the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University as part of Enumeral’s Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Enumeral is developing an advanced, automated prototype […]
Feb 19, 2015 Awards
Dr. Björn Corleis, postdoctoral fellow at Ragon, has been selected as this year’s winner of the Postdoc Recognition Award by the Mass General Postdoc Association (MGPA). The MGPA serves the MGH postdoctoral community, providing support for research and career related matters across the hospital. The Postdoc Recognition Award is designed to recognize outstanding postdoctoral […]
Feb 13, 2015
Ragon faculty members Drs. Alejandro Balaz and Daniel Lingwood have been awarded this year’s prestigious Milton Fund award. The Harvard University William F. Milton Fund grants often fill gaps in funding. The fund, which is open to Harvard faculty members, funds new and original projects in the fields of medicine, geography, history, and science. […]
Dec 8, 2014
Scientists from the Ragon Institute participate in the development of a novel technology to facilitate the study of immune responses at the single cell level. BOSTON – In a manuscript published this month in Nature Communications, a group of scientists from the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard and the CHUM Research […]
Dec 8, 2014 Ragon Culture
Ragon Institute Director, Dr. Bruce Walker was honored at the 5th Annual Gala Sida Barcelona (AIDS Gala) held on November 12 in Barcelona, Spain. The AIDS Gala is an annual event held by the Fight AIDS Foundation. Established in 1992 by Dr. Bonaventura Clotet, the Fight AIDS Foundation is a non-profit organization whose main […]
Dec 4, 2014
Every November, the Boston Living Center a non-profit community and resource center, gathers people living with HIV/AIDS and their loved ones for a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner to celebrate the joy of life. On Tuesday, November 25, the tradition of the Celebration of Life continued at the Hynes Convention Center with more than 700 guests and […]