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With state-of-the-art research facilities and collaborative spaces, Yale’s Wu Tsai Institute is on a mission to understand human cognition by bridging academic disciplines.

Since 1998, Women’s Health Research at Yale’s signature Pilot Project Program has provided critical seed funding for Yale faculty examining sex differences across health in conditions that affect women differently, disproportionately, and uniquely. Our program serves as an incubator for catalyzing new approaches to understanding the health of women, and/or the influence of sex differences on health, consistent with the NIH definition. The 2025-26 application process is now open.

Professor Taekjip Ha is a world-renowned biophysicist whose pioneering work in single-molecule fluorescence and force spectroscopy has transformed how scientists visualize and understand molecular mechanisms. He is the George D. Yancopoulos in Honor of Frederick W. Alt Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Investigator in the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he also serves as Director. A Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator since 2005, Prof. Ha is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His career has been marked by both technological innovation and biological discovery, earning him numerous accolades—including the Kazuhito Kinosita Award and the Gregory Weber Award—and establishing him as one of the leading figures in modern biophysics.

Pietro De Camilli, MD, John Klingenstein Professor of Neuroscience and professor of cell biology, was presented the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation during a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The award acknowledges outstanding individuals of Italian origin who have contributed to research, leadership, and mentorship in any field. De Camilli, who studies the cell biology of neuronal synapses, is also an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and director of Yale’s Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, and Repair.

We are excited to share that Dr. Phyllis Hanson, a former postdoctoral fellow in Yale’s Cell Biology Department, was recently awarded the 2026 Sir Bernard Katz Award for Research in Endocytosis and Exocytosis.

An intensive two-day Yale Cancer Research symposium, dedicated to advancing cancer science through innovation and strengthening partnerships between Yale University and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), brought together researchers from multiple disciplines this week.

Cancer researchers focused on improving the success of cancer immunotherapies introduced a new tool in a Yale study published Sept. 29 in Nature Chemical Biology.

In killer T cells, nuclear movement facilitates early bursts of killing machinery, according to new research from Yale School of Medicine.

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the recent passing of our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Atrouli Chatterjee. A brilliant postdoctoral associate in the Rothman Lab at Yale University's West Campus, Atrouli was a gifted scientist and an invaluable member of our community.