In the Kanarek Laboratory at Boston Children’s Hospital, Alan Wong, who will receive his PhD in biological and biomedical sciences this May from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, focuses on developing new approaches to treat pediatric leukemia while reducing harm to the brain.
Tutorial’s enduring impact marks a century of training future scientists and physicians
Andrew Knoll previews his new book on the 4-billion-year “conversation” between Earth and life — and recent interruptions by humans
“I had just exposed the oldest chelicera ever found.”
Shayla Monroe, assistant professor of archaeology, renovated the space with an eye to honoring its storied collection.
The Harvard Undergraduate Rural League hosts a first-of-its-kind forum to address small-town America’s most urgent issues, while confronting the urban-rural divide.
Study discovers how species uses “taste by touch” sensory system to feel out potential mates
For more than a century, the fruit fly has been a workhorse of the biological sciences that has helped scientists to make fundamental breakthroughs in fields such as genetics and neuroscience.
This April, one thousand red oaks will be planted at Harvard Farm. The species, native to New England’s northern temperate climate zone, is increasingly threatened by drought and heat.
Throughout the history of biology, numerous discoveries stemmed from observing living systems, but seeing the innerworkings of living organisms presents challenges.
For an oyster, creating an internal environment for calcification that forms its distinctive hard shell is essential. But new Harvard research has found that these bivalves may outsource the work.