Wyss InstituteTherapeutics – Wyss Institute https://wyss.harvard.edu Wyss Institute at Harvard Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:20:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.6 Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Jennifer Lewis elected to the National Academy of Medicine https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/wyss-institute-core-faculty-member-jennifer-lewis-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-medicine/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:30:11 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=46486 Honored for her groundbreaking work in 3D printing and bioprinting, Lewis will work alongside other Academy members to inspire meaningful progress in medicine By Benjamin Boettner (BOSTON) — The Wyss Institute is proud to announce that Core Faculty member Jennifer Lewis, Sc.D., was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) on October 19, 2026. NAM membership is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/wyss-institute-core-faculty-member-jennifer-lewis-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-medicine/ Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Jennifer Lewis inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2016/08/05095211/Jennifer_Lewis_headshot_1500x1000.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=3fc4473bf0d804cb43d9142b55b4cf6f"/> Reversing age by reprogramming gene expression networks https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/reversing-age-by-reprogramming-gene-expression-networks/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:55:28 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=46423 Aging-specific screening platform identifies gene with multifaceted rejuvenation potential that extends health- and lifespan in mice By Benjamin Boettner (BOSTON) — Every organ and tissue progressively loses function and integrity as it ages. In fact, researchers have identified “hallmarks of aging” that not only present specific processes impacted by age, but are also thought of as levers that, if successfully targeted, could help turn back the aging clock and result in tissue rejuvenation. In 2006…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/reversing-age-by-reprogramming-gene-expression-networks/ The research team carried out a transcriptomic reprogramming screen that identified splicing factor SRSF1 as a regulator of aging. SRSF1 extended healthspan and livespan when overexpressed in whole animals. This illustration conceptualizes this reprogramming as a transition from an aged, muted cell to a rejuvenated blue cell, with transcript strands emerging in newly spliced configurations and circuit-like patterns symbolizing the functional rewiring of the transcriptome by a single RNA processing factor. Credit: Helen Wang/Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2026/10/13152020/NatAgingCover-copy-scaled.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=30216d7347ae9f71e63fde2cd72670cd"/> Inside the Wyss Institute at Harvard | Materials Saving the Future https://wyss.harvard.edu/media-post/inside-the-wyss-institute-at-harvard-materials-saving-the-future/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:48:41 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?post_type=media_post&p=46387 From developing plastics that actually break down to adhesive gels for surgery, the Wyss Institute’s materials scientists are working to save the future. Four Wyss researchers, Principal Scientist in Sustainable Materials Emily Stoler, Ph.D., Senior Scientist Peter Nguyen, Ph.D., Wyss Lumineer Benjamin Freedman, Ph.D., and Postdoctoral Fellow Namrata Ramani, Ph.D., speak with host Ashley…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/media-post/inside-the-wyss-institute-at-harvard-materials-saving-the-future/ https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2026/10/06124614/Materials-Science-Thumbnail.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=6693c21e381af28acb306e191357ca1a"/> Ernest Aguinam on understanding the immune system to help patients with radiation injury and chronic Lyme https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-ernest-aguinam-on-understanding-the-immune-system-to-help-patients-with-radiation-injury-and-chronic-lyme/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:13:50 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=46295 The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape them as professionals, and their collaborations at the Wyss Institute and beyond. How is developing therapeutics like writing a song? Ernest Aguinam starts with a hypothesis or a new lyric, tests variables, like tempo or a new compound, and in the end, aims for a certain…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-ernest-aguinam-on-understanding-the-immune-system-to-help-patients-with-radiation-injury-and-chronic-lyme/ Ernest Aguinam, Postdoctoral Fellow. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2026/09/29091242/HoW-Ernest-Aguinam-5018--scaled.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=0f8ad2bc21f6865f585c544accbd35ab"/> Reimagining the treatment of mental health: Maria Carolina Bittencourt Gonçalves https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/reimagining-the-treatment-of-mental-health-maria-carolina-bittencourt-goncalves/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:17:45 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=46261 Seeing the challenges a loved one faced in dealing with bipolar disorder inspired Postdoctoral Fellow Maria Carolina Bittencourt Gonçalves to work towards understanding and finding better treatments for psychiatric disorders By Jessica Leff Listen to Maria tell her story | Wyss Institute · Maria C. B. Gonçalves – Reimagine the World Maria Carolina Bittencourt Gonçalves, Ph.D., grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city by population in South America. It’s comparable to New York, but with a tropical climate. “I knew I wanted to be a scientist from the first time I looked into a microscope when I was 11…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/reimagining-the-treatment-of-mental-health-maria-carolina-bittencourt-goncalves/ Maria Carolina Bitten Gonçalves was always fascinated by the brain, but then a long-term relationship with a partner with bipolar disorder solidified her desire to better understand and treat the disease, and advocate for mental health. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2026/09/25124931/Maria-Goncalves-Sitting-Posed-05387--scaled.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=5d196a2e59a4f1370ee0b3474bdf3382"/> Building big with DNA gets a software upgrade https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/building-big-with-dna-gets-a-software-upgrade/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:55:09 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=46184 New computational framework for crisscross fabrication of micrometer-scale DNA megastructures with nanoscale precision broadens accessibility to this powerful nanotechnology By Benjamin Boettner (BOSTON) — 44 years ago, Nadrian Seeman published his groundbreaking ideas on using DNA as a structural material, expanding DNA’s significance way beyond that as a carrier of genetic information. Since then, the steadily growing field of DNA nanotechnology has seen numerous innovations. One of them was the DNA origami technique, which enables researchers to fold a single…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/building-big-with-dna-gets-a-software-upgrade/ The team used their easily accessible computational framework, #-CAD, to design and fabricate a series of complex Crisscross DNA megastructures from start to finish. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2026/09/14094955/Crisscross_listing-image.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=84351ede948e19b68f2dc6ce79cd8d84"/> Jennifer (Jen) Bays on building a therapy to repair vascular barriers https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-jen-bays-on-building-a-therapy-to-repair-vascular-barriers/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:30:01 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=46062 The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape them as professionals, and their collaborations at the Wyss Institute and beyond. Jen Bays loves building things. At home, that might mean assembling LEGO bricks or IKEA furniture. At work, it means transforming an observation into a complete scientific story concluding…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-jen-bays-on-building-a-therapy-to-repair-vascular-barriers/ Jen Bays, Senior Research Scientist in Bioengineering. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2026/08/27152234/HOW-Jennifer-Bays-05234-scaled.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=f6b59bc3265ae1bf4dd9e73f32d85a2c"/> Researchers clear major obstacle in genetic engineering of proteins https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/researchers-clear-major-obstacle-in-genetic-engineering-of-proteins/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:13:59 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=46074 Unexpected discovery about tRNAs leads to tool that can drive faster, safer production of new medicines By STEPHANIE DUTCHEN / Harvard Medical School Communications (BOSTON) — Scientists have been hard at work for more than 20 years to instruct biological systems, such as E. coli cells, to produce proteins they don’t naturally do. Success could mean faster, cheaper, innovative solutions for medicine, agriculture, materials science, environmental remediation, and other industries.

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/researchers-clear-major-obstacle-in-genetic-engineering-of-proteins/ Researchers at the Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School have engineered the code that to synthesize proteins from RNA to accommodate 34 instead of the usual 20 amino acid building blocks. This enables the creating of proteins with new functions and with potential for diverse applications in medicine and biomedical research. Credit: filo/Getty Images Plus https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2026/08/26111717/848-abstract-vertical-colorful-bars.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=c20dffa01d3cc8fef1db27db20e786d1"/> Accelerating biomedical innovation with AI through collaborative iteration https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/accelerating-biomedical-innovation-with-ai-through-collaborative-iteration/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:35:25 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=45907 How the Wyss Institute is using AI to transform biology by connecting computational insights with human-relevant experimental discovery and translation By Mariel Schoen Long before ChatGPT brought Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the public spotlight, scientists at the Wyss Institute were using AI-driven computational approaches, including machine learning and deep learning, to solve complex biomedical problems and develop new technology innovations. Today, while much of the field is racing to build larger models, the Institute is focused…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/accelerating-biomedical-innovation-with-ai-through-collaborative-iteration/ https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2026/08/03114320/artificial-intelligence-brain-circuitry-and-data-i-2026-03-26-05-25-54-utc-scaled.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=e39728d20a301989a84b39997cbdf222"/> Harkamal (Hark) Jhajj on rewiring immune cells to repair fractured bones https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-harkamal-hark-jhajj-on-rewiring-immune-cells-to-repair-fractured-bones/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:52:41 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=45873 The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape them as professionals, and their collaborations at the Wyss Institute and beyond. Harkamal (Hark) Jhajj is always climbing physical and metaphorical mountains. In his spare time, he loves doing physical activities and exploring nature by hiking and visiting national parks.

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-harkamal-hark-jhajj-on-rewiring-immune-cells-to-repair-fractured-bones/ Harkamal (Hark) Jhajj, Postdoctoral Fellow. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2026/07/27163442/HoW-Harkamal-Jhajj-Composite-scaled.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=57f01411fb7d306912a797e9bf730d63"/>