News — The Nett Lab

News

New preprint from the lab on huperzine A, an alkaloid from clubmosses that can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease!

6/23/2026
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.21.733354v1
Congrats to Ye Won and Tabitha on their graduation - two of the first undergrads in the Nett lab!

4/20/2026
Anda Bilder joins the lab as an undergrad researcher!

3/1/2026
Ryan awarded the 2027-2027 George W. Merck Fellowship

2/20/2026
https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/news/ryan-nett-awarded-2025-27-george-w-merck-fellowship/
Won-Gyom Yang joins the lab as an undergrad researcher!

12/1/2025
Gustavo Botega Serra joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher!

11/1/2025
Ryan discusses medicinal plants with Dr. Cassandra Quave on her Foodie Pharmacology podcast

9/15/2025
Audio: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2pmbt-19652b1
Video: https://youtu.be/Bmk5h_fkAG0
Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturespharmacy/p/how-plants-make-medicine-with-dr?r=i3zme&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Ryan selected as a Pew Biomedical Scholar!

8/12/2025
https://www.pew.org/en/about/news-room/press-releases-and-statements/2025/08/12/pew-awards-22-researchers-biomedical-science-grants
Congrats to Colin on his MCB Mentorship Award (and Jazmin for nominating him)!

4/25/2025
https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/news/recognizing-excellence-in-mentorship-2025-mcb-mentorship-award-recipients/
Claire Li joins the lab! (our first grad student from Chemistry and Chemical Biology)

3/17/2025
Congratulations to Colin on his selection as an HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow!

January 8, 2025
https://www.hhmi.org/news/hhmi-names-2024-hanna-gray-fellows
https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/news/postdoc-spotlight-colin-kim/
https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/news/loranzie-rogers-and-colin-kim-chosen-as-hanna-h-gray-fellows-by-hhmi/
Congratulations to Colin and Jaime on receiving NSF fellowships!

October 29, 2024
https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/news/mcb-researchers-awarded-prestigious-nsf-fellowships-nett-lab/