A new optogenetics-based tool allows researchers to control how neurons respond to electrical input.

The MIT senior will pursue postgraduate studies in computer science in Ireland.

Researchers harness new pooled, image-based screening method to probe the functions of over 5,000 essential genes in human cells.

Awards support high-risk, high-impact research from early-career investigators.

A new study maps the genes and cellular pathways that contribute to exercise-induced weight loss.

The findings of a large-scale screen could help researchers design nanoparticles that target specific types of cancer.

Innovative brain-wide mapping study shows that an “engram,” the ensemble of neurons encoding a memory, is widely distributed and includes regions not previously realized.

Researchers create a mathematical framework to examine the genome and detect signatures of natural selection, deciphering the evolutionary past and future of non-coding DNA.

Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease.

The technique can help predict a cell’s path over time, such as what type of cell it will become.