HMS News article on new research from Sean Megason, Chenghua Gu, Allon M. Klein, and colleagues, first author Natasha O'Brown, using mice and zebrafish to discover a signal produced by neurons that helps the blood-brain barrier form and maintain its protective properties.

Harvard Gazette article on new research from Matthias Nahrendorf and colleagues, co-first authors Fadi E. Pulous and Jean C. Cruz-Hernández, finding that cerebrospinal fluid (also known as “brain water”) can exit the brain into the skull’s bone marrow through tiny channels in the skull, and this may be key to detecting infection and injury.

HMS News article on new research from the lab of Chenghua Gu, first author Swathi Ayloo, identifying a new mechanism regulating the permeability of the blood-brain barrier in mice.

Congratulations to our latest round of Awardees!

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) recently selected 38 collaborative science teams to launch CZI’s Seed Networks for a Human Cell Atlas projects, including a Harvard team focused on mapping cells of the human eye from birth to old age.

Wyss Institute scientists have developed chip technology that mimics the blood-brain barrier in humans. The new models will help researchers study drugs to treat cancer, neurodegeneration, and other diseases of the central nervous system.

Chenjezo Grant Gonani wants to build culturally relevant mental health care

HMS News article highlighting new research from the lab of Kip Connor (first author Yoko Okunuki), on how unraveling microglia’s role in neuroinflammation could improve treatment for visual disorders like uveitis.

Harvard Medical School receives $4.5 million for cannabinoid research from Harvard University from Charles R. Broderick, an alumnus of Harvard University and MIT.

Harvard Gazette article on new organ on a chip that lets researchers study effects of drugs and disease on the brain and the importance of blood vessels. From the labs of Donald E. Ingber, Kevin Kit Parker and colleagues.