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For years, a protein inside our cells has quietly powered billions of dollars’ worth of cancer drugs. Now a team of researchers have discovered that this workhorse protein, called cereblon, in addition to its known functions, can also fine‑tune which...

CCB undergraduate Dicle Ezgi Ekinci is a recipient of the 2025 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for excellent undergraduate work and excellence in the art of teaching. Ekinci, a member of the Woo Lab, has won a for her submission entitled “Development of...

CCB graduate student Abigail Scott (Woo Lab) won two awards at the 2024 annual National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) conference which took place in Rosen Shingle Creek Orlando, FL from...

Christina Woo, Morris Kahn Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been granted tenure at the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). The Woo lab draws from the fields of chemical biology, organic synthesis, and mass spectrometry to...

In the battle against cancer and other diseases, scientists are developing molecular weapons that can be used to stop uncontrollable cell growth. A team of Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital scientists have found that “cyclimids,” a class of...

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research announced 16 outstanding projects in its latest class of ASPIRE awards, granting more than $5 million for research that aims to answer key feasibility and proof-of-concept questions in an accelerated time frame, and...

By Yahya Chaudhry, via Harvard Gazette A team of Harvard and Sloan Kettering scientists has developed compounds that can target and degrade proteins associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and nearly doubled the life expectancy of mice with cancer in...

Researchers design a new highly-selective tool to study “undruggable” proteins through the sugars they depend on By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy Sugar has been called “ evil,” “toxic,” and “poison.” But the body needs sugars, too. Sugar molecules help cells...

How Christina Woo’s mobile childhood helped her earn the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy As a child, Christina Woo moved around a lot. Her father’s job shifted the family from town to town and Woo from school to school...

For pioneering efforts to investigate small-molecule protein interactions, which could lead to new or better drugs Each year, the Bayer Science and Education Foundation's Talent Awards honor three young scientists from three categories: biology, chemistry...