As a longtime fan of the American Chemical Society (ACS) publication, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), I wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes. For the uninitiated, the pages (still in print as well as online) are regularly filled with breaking stories from the intersection of chemistry and its many related disciplines, as [...]

Organ transplantation is an evolving practice that has already served to save innumerable lives and recipients’ quality of life for the better. In the latest issue of the Flash, graduate student Wen Allen Tseng describes the immunological challenges underlying transplantation and how doctors and scientists work to get around them.

For the latest installment of our Pathfinders Series, the DMS Bulletin caught up with Harvard alumna Dr. Valerie Weiss, writer and director of Losing Control, at Dudley House on April 5, 2012 in advance of her latest Cambridge opening….

In the winter, the area around HMS can often seem empty – especially after a long day in lab. However, even with the Sox out of town, the Fenway is still bustling with places to get good food. Here are some dining options for those late nights in lab or when you want to get [...]

This article is the third in our Pathfinders Series, inspired by the DMS Paths program.

On a frigid Boston winter afternoon, I had the pleasure of catching up with Forrester Liddle over coffee and interviewing him for the third article of our Pathfinders Series. Liddle graduated from the BBS program in 2005, and is currently an associate [...]

For the first time this year, the Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) at Harvard Medical School will interview prospective PhD students. The decision has formally converted the recruitment weekends of previous years into interview weekends. Until now, students had been admitted only on the merits of their online applications. The Bulletin sat down with program head and Professor of Cell Biology Davie Van Vactor to get the inside story on the change.

Two years after the earthquake, Haiti now transitions into its long-term reconstruction. With this purpose, the government of Haiti—as well as humanitarian and international agencies—have drafted plans and reports that provide road maps for the recovery, progress, and prosperity of the Republic of Haiti.

On November 16th, 2011, students were treated to a tour of Countway Library’s rare collections by Jack Eckert, curator of the collection at the Center for the History of Medicine. What follows is a photo essay of the delightful finds Eckert shared.

A recent article in the journal Nature calls into question previous findings about the scientific basis of lifespan extension. The authors of that article argue that the scientists who first reported lifespan extension in model organisms compared their “long-lived” organisms to improper control organisms, rendering their experimental findings invalid [1-3].

The Bulletin gets an update from Path student leaders on their progress and their intentions. Read on for news on upcoming opportunities and activities from each of the seven interest groups.