Gene circuits in live cells can perform complex computations | MIT News

Technique combines analogue and digital processes in engineered cells.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
June 3, 2016 ~6 min

At MIT, a culture of innovation "never gets old" | MIT News

With support she received at the Institute, Leila Pirhaji wants to bring computational systems biology to the marketplace.

Meg Murphy | School of Engineering • mit
June 2, 2016 ~4 min


Automating DNA origami opens door to many new uses | MIT News

Like 3-D printing did for larger objects, method makes it easy to build nanoparticles out of DNA.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
May 26, 2016 ~6 min

Scientists illuminate a hidden regulator in gene transcription | MIT News

New super-resolution technique visualizes important role of short-lived enzyme clusters.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 25, 2016 ~8 min

Biobarrier explorer and dark matter theorist win MIT’s prestigious junior faculty award | MIT News

Katharina Ribbeck and Jesse Thaler named recipients of the Harold E. Edgerton Award.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 20, 2016 ~7 min

An ace on the court and in the lab | MIT News

EECS senior Ava Soleimany talks about leadership, her research in synthetic biology, and her tenure as captain of the women’s tennis team.

Mijal Tenenbaum | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • mit
April 12, 2016 ~7 min

Method for earlier detection of leukemia wins $300,000 grant | MIT News

Team takes home grand prize from Koch Institute’s unique research-grant pitch competition.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
April 11, 2016 ~8 min

Reprogramming gut bacteria as “living therapeutics” | MIT News

Daily doses of synthetic biotics developed by startup Synologic may sense, treat metabolic diseases.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
April 5, 2016 ~8 min


Physicists prove energy input predicts molecular behavior | MIT News

Theoretical proof could lead to more reliable nanomachines.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 21, 2016 ~7 min

Breaking through the bacteria barrier | MIT News

New microfluidic device may speed up DNA insertion in bacteria, the first step in genetic engineering.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 19, 2016 ~7 min

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