Upcoming Events

Viral infections are responsible for many human diseases, from common diseases like the flu to emerging infections such as Zika virus and SARS-CoV-2. Understanding how the immune system works to prevent and remove viral infections is essential for anyone working to develop or distribute vaccines that can protect against these diseases. This advanced course offers a unique way for professionals to learn from leading Harvard Medical School faculty about cutting-edge developments in the creation of vaccines to protect against viral…

Advances in our knowledge of the immune system are uncovering connections between inflammation and many different diseases. Understanding how the immune system is activated and regulated is essential for anyone working to develop treatments for autoimmunity, chronic inflammation, and allergy, or to apply these treatments in the clinic. This online course offers a unique way for professionals to learn from leading Harvard Medical School faculty about cutting-edge therapies to treat chronic inflammation and related diseases.

The way we diagnose and treat diseases is changing, with new technologies enabled by a deeper understanding of the human genome and its relationship to health and disease. This shift has broad implications for those who work in health care and related areas. HMX Pro Genetics – Essentials covers the basic concepts required to understand the field of genetics today, with an emphasis on explaining how variation in DNA sequence occurs, is inherited, and can lead to disease.

Advances in our knowledge of the immune system are changing the ways in which we treat various types of cancer. Understanding how immune cells recognize and kill cancer cells, and what we can do to enhance their ability to fight cancer, is important for anyone working to develop new cancer treatments or apply them in the clinic. This advanced course offers a unique way for professionals to learn about cutting-edge cancer immunotherapies from leading Harvard Medical School faculty.

The field of genetic testing is expanding and evolving at an incredible rate, thanks to our growing knowledge of genetic conditions, dropping costs, and higher demand. This rapid expansion has dramatically changed how we diagnose and screen for genetic conditions, who we test, and how informative the results are. Learning about the recent advances in genetic testing and sequencing technologies has important implications for anyone working in health care and related sectors. This course offers a unique way for professionals…

Growing knowledge of human genetics is changing the way physicians and researchers approach diagnosis of cancer risk as well as treatment of various types of cancer. Anyone whose work intersects with cancer needs to understand the vital role that genetic information has begun to play in the field of oncology. This advanced course offers a unique way for professionals to learn about key cancer genetics concepts and cutting-edge clinical applications from leading Harvard Medical School faculty.

Understanding how drugs act in the body is vital for effectively treating patients. In HMX Fundamentals Pharmacology, you’ll learn about the principles governing what the body does to a drug and in turn what a drug does to the body. Along the way you will see how this knowledge comes into play in real-world scenarios and clinical settings.

The way we diagnose and treat diseases is changing, with new technologies enabled by a deeper understanding of the human genome and its relationship to health and disease. In HMX Fundamentals Genetics, you’ll get an overview of key concepts behind the evolving fields of human genetics, genomics, and precision medicine.

Microbial life forms are an ever-present, extremely dangerous threat to our survival, against which the immune system must constantly defend. In HMX Fundamentals Immunology, you’ll learn about the processes that enable our immune systems to respond to evolving threats and learn about new, immunology-based disease treatments.

Understanding how the body works is vital for effectively treating patients. In HMX Fundamentals Physiology, you’ll learn essential principles underlying how the human body functions, and see how this knowledge comes into play in real-world scenarios and in clinical settings from the intensive care unit to the cardiac catheterization lab.

Understanding biochemistry is an excellent foundation for learning all of biology, but it can be difficult to make sense of the complexity of biochemical systems. In HMX Fundamentals Biochemistry, you’ll learn about the principles governing the interactions of individual molecules, and how those same principles apply at the scale of cells and organisms. Along the way, you’ll see how biochemistry intersects with human disease and clinical care.

With all the advances in science and with closer collaboration between different scientific disciplines, gene therapy has become a promising treatment option for some genetic conditions and is being heavily investigated for many others. Therefore, learning about gene therapy and how it’s done has important implications for anyone working in health care and related sectors. This advanced course offers a unique way for professionals to learn from leading Harvard Medical School faculty about gene therapy and about the advances happening…

Join leaders and entrepreneurs in both medtech and biotech development for our first in-person Barracuda Bowl Pitch Event in two years! About this event See what Boston MedTech's brightest have to offer—and what investors really think of their pitches. Several entrepreneurs will face tough questions from a panel of investors regarding their technologies, current stage of development, and financial projections in a "Shark Tank" style pitch event. This year we will feature 5 startups currently working on health security solutions,…

Join the Boston Business Journal for our second annual women in biotech and life sciences program. The afternoon will feature panel discussions and networking opportunities. We will take a look at the women in the ever-expanding sector of life sciences and biotech industry. How many women have made it into the C-Suite, the boardroom, the labs, and what does the leadership pipeline look like? We will talk with women in top roles about their personal stories and hear their views…

To learn more about the funding opportunities for our capital and women's health programs listed below, register for one of three virtual informational sessions MLSC staff will be hosting. September 16, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. – Register now September 26, 2022 at 2 p.m. – Register now October 13, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. – Register now Programs discussed: Bits to Bytes: grants for scientific projects that generate and analyze large datasets to answer pressing life science questions, and to attract and train data…

Join us for SCIENCE with/in/sight: Cancer Research Futures. Meet the newest investigators at MIT's Koch Institute and explore new frontiers in cancer research. Spotlight presentations will be followed by a panel discussion about the interplay between discovery science and clinical practice. Featured Presenters: Kristin Knouse, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Biology Regeneration and cancer Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera, PhD Assistant Professor of Biology Functional genomics and precision oncology Yadira Soto-Feliciano, PhD Assistant Professor of Biology Epigenetics and cancer Joelle Straehla, MD…