Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in the Media

GSBS Dean Daniel Jay joins this Working Scientist podcast episode for a discussion exploring how academia could better accommodate scientists who want to combine their research with creative pursuits. (Jay first speaks at the 10:26 mark.)

Sunil Kumar’s appointment as Tufts next president is included in this overview of recent higher education leadership changes

Sunil Kumar has been elected as the 14th president of Tufts and will assume office on July 1, 2023. Kumar, currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University, will be the first Asian American and the first person of color to assume the Tufts presidency.

Sunil Kumar has been elected as the 14th president of Tufts and will assume office on July 1, 2023. Kumar, currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University, will be the first Asian American and the first person of color to assume the Tufts presidency. 

GSBS PhD student Aidan Burn discusses new TUSM research discovering that ancient human endogenous retroviruses (HERV) have used human germ cells to pass down their viral DNA and remain active in healthy human tissues

Hayley Muendlein of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences explains how bacterial infections that occur at the same time as viral infections increase the risk of severe disease or death, and she highlights her recent collaborative research that revealed that an immune system protein known to be valuable in fighting viruses is also critical for fighting bacteria.

Collaborative Tufts research has found that the bone cancer osteosarcoma is genetically similar in dogs and human children. Cummings School researcher Cheryl London, one of the study's senior authors, is quoted. Sackler student Heather Gardner is lead author.

TUSM's John Coffin discusses findings about ancient viral DNA and links to cancer.

The Jaharis Family Foundation donated $15 million to TUSM for a new state-of-the-art gross anatomy laboratory, equipped with digital imaging tools.

Tufts research found evidence of ancient virus in contemporary human DNA.