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This postdoctoral researcher uses multiomics and blood spot biomarkers to accelerate early diagnoses for rare disorders.

Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.

This postdoctoral researcher explores how Piezo channels shape cell signaling and mechanotransduction.

By transplanting human brain organoids into mice, researchers created a new in vivo platform that could advance the study of human neural functions and drug testing.  

Native grape bacteria and fungi persist through fermentation, suggesting that regional factors that influence the microbiota could also affect wine profiles. 

This postdoctoral researcher investigates the role of ferroptosis in blood disorders to uncover precise cellular targets for therapy.

Inhibiting nucleotide synthesis with cancer drugs made MRSA susceptible to penicillin-like drugs. This dual strategy could thwart antimicrobial resistance. 

This postdoctoral researcher explores mosquito olfactory mechanisms to develop spatial repellents for disease control.

A massive research program investigating causal links between the gut microbiome and autism sparked fierce pushback from scientific critics and advocacy groups.

Let’s take a moment to celebrate the medium that found a home in our drawers and hearts for 40 years. 

Hospitals have used genomics to explain outbreaks after they happen. Falling sequencing costs now make it possible to catch outbreaks before they go beyond two patients.

Genetically modified yeast mixed with gelatin creates a durable biomaterial that could help build habitats under harsh Martian conditions.