Ragon Institute
Dec 14, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Gaurav Gaiha, who has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Howard M. Goodman Fellowship! This award is given by Massachusetts General Hospital’s Executive Committee On Research (ECOR) to outstanding independent young scientists who have demonstrated the potential to rise to a leadership position in their chosen field. The Fellowship honors […]
Dec 9, 2022
“It is clear that Birnbaum’s passion for advising and for improving academia for people of all backgrounds have made a deep and lasting impact on the MIT community.” Ragon associate member Michael Birnbaum was recently honored by the Committed to Caring program at MIT, which recognizes faculty committed to inclusiveness who go above and beyond […]
Dec 5, 2022 Features
Article from The Nation featuring Dr. Thumbi Ndung’u and the Females Rising through Education, Support and Health (FRESH) program: thenation.com/article/world/prep-south-africa/
Nov 15, 2022 Ragon Culture
The Culture Committee and Ragon Crafters hosted a very festive event in our Tea Room for Halloween, with candy, cake, costumes, and small pumpkins to paint.
Nov 15, 2022
Boston Globe article mentioning our new building, scheduled to open in 2024, along with several other exciting new developments in Kendall Square: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/13/business/kendall-square-remains-work-progress/
Oct 31, 2022
National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15–October 15. This month commemorates the history, achievements, and contributions of Hispanic people from or connected with Spanish-speaking regions, including those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, and much of the Caribbean and Central and South America. Here’s the last article in this year’s Q&A series, featuring Facundo Batista, […]
Oct 26, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Brandon DeKosky, the 2022 James S. Huston Antibody Science Talent Award recipient! This award is given annually by The Antibody Society to an early career researcher who has made important contributions to antibody science. DeKosky and his lab have developed a suite of high-throughput single-cell platforms for large-scale analyses of adaptive immunity. Key […]
Oct 20, 2022
National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15–October 15. This month commemorates the history, achievements, and contributions of Hispanic people from or connected with Spanish-speaking regions, including those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, and much of the Caribbean and Central and South America. During this month we spoke with Wilfredo Garcia-Beltran, MD, PhD, a clinician-scientist […]
Oct 7, 2022
National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15–October 15. This month commemorates the history, achievements, and contributions of Hispanic people from or connected with Spanish-speaking regions, including those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, and much of the Caribbean and Central and South America. Our next Q&A interviewee is Franklin Lora, Supply Support Associate and Day […]
Oct 6, 2022
National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15–October 15. This month commemorates the history, achievements, and contributions of Hispanic people from or connected with Spanish-speaking regions, including those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, and much of the Caribbean and Central and South America. Our next Hispanic Heritage Q&A is with Suzanne Carpe Elías, a research […]
Sep 30, 2022
National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15–October 15. This month commemorates the history, achievements, and contributions of Hispanic people from or connected with Spanish-speaking regions, including those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, and much of the Caribbean and Central and South America. For our Q&A interview series, we spoke with Thor Sandstad, Senior Facilities […]
Sep 29, 2022
Key Takeaways Researchers compared protein- and mRNA-based HIV immunogens in mice. mRNA-based immunization significantly increased activation and recruitment of broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) precursors. BOSTON – The development of a durable and effective HIV vaccine is still elusive after almost forty years of research, but a new study testing a germline-targeting vaccination strategy provides insights […]
Sep 28, 2022
During September 15–October 15, we commemorate the history, achievements, and contributions of Latin people from or connected with Spanish-speaking regions, including those whose ancestors came from Spain, the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America. Next up in our Latine Q&A interview series with Ragon employees is Emily Marte, a veterinary technician in Todd Allen’s lab. […]
Sep 26, 2022
Photo provided by Andrea Garavito National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15–October 15. This month commemorates the history, achievements, and contributions of people from or connected with Spanish-speaking regions, including those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, and much of the Caribbean and Central and South America. To celebrate Hispanic Heritage, we’re publishing a series […]
Sep 20, 2022
Last month, a team of instructors from the U.S. and South Africa led a five-day workshop at Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. The objective of the course was to build research data analysis capacity for sub-Saharan African researchers by teaching R programming language basics and data modeling […]
Aug 31, 2022
Key Takeaways Researchers used single-cell RNA-sequencing to study small intestinal biopsies of 33 individuals with environmental enteropathy (EE), which is thought to be a major contributor to malnutrition. They identified potential cellular and molecular targets for treatment. BOSTON – Environmental enteropathy (EE), or gut inflammation due to environmental factors, is thought to be a major […]