How biomarkers can record and reconstruct climate trends
Scientists reveal the genes and proteins controlling the chemical structure of a paleoclimate biomarker.
Fatima Husain | EAPS | Dec. 4, 2019 | mit~5 mins
Tags: eaps school-of-science research climate ocean-science dna biology geology climate-change microbes evolution genetics bacteria earth-and-atmospheric-sciences national-science-foundation-nsf department-of-energy-doe
Investigating the rise of oxygenic photosynthesis
EAPS scientists find an alternative explanation for mineral evidence thought to signal the presence of oxygen prior to the Great Oxidation Event.
Kate Petersen | EAPS | Dec. 4, 2019 | mit~5 mins
Tags: eaps school-of-science microbes environment climate bacteria evolution biology geology research genetics
A new way to control microbial metabolism
Chemical engineers program bacteria to switch between different metabolic pathways, boosting their yield of desirable products.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Dec. 2, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: research chemical-engineering school-of-engineering national-science-foundation-nsf bacteria microbes biological-engineering synthetic-biology
Continuing a legacy of Antarctic exploration
The Summons Lab compares lipids from Antarctic microbial communities to century-old samples.
Fatima Husain | EAPS | Nov. 22, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: eaps school-of-science biology climate climate-change evolution research animals earth-and-atmospheric-sciences geology ecology environment microbes bacteria genetics
Taking a moonshot at a rare childhood cancer
Team of researchers including MIT Professor Angela Koehler obtains $5.8 million grant to study fusion-positive alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute | Nov. 20, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: koch-institute broad-institute biological-engineering school-of-engineering cancer medicine grants research national-institutes-of-health-nih funding biology
Microbial cooperation at the micron scale impacts biodegradation
MIT researchers demonstrate how often-ignored microbial interactions have a significant impact on the biodegradation of complex materials.
Maria Iacobo | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Nov. 15, 2019 | mit~3 mins
Tags: civil-and-environmental-engineering school-of-engineering ecology climate-change research microbes carbon biology
Mammalian vertebral columns may reflect pace of evolution
Researchers find clues to evolution in the intricate mammalian vertebral column.
Jed Gottlieb | Nov. 14, 2019 | harvard~4 mins
Tags: science-technology basic-research fas jed-gottlieb katrina-jones mammals museum-of-comparative-zoology nature-communications oeb organismic-and-evolutionary-biology paleontology stephanie-pierce vertebral-column
Evolution more complex than ‘survival of the fittest’ had us believe
By re-barcoding the DNA of yeast, researchers were able to follow evolution for approximately 1,000 generations, finding surprises along the way.
Clea Simon | Nov. 13, 2019 | harvard~4 mins
Tags: science-technology alex-n-nguyen-ba barcoding dna evolution ivana-cvijovic michael-desai organismic-and-evolutionary-biology physics yeast
Where plastic outnumbers fish by seven to one
Plastic is building up in the areas of the ocean where fish feed and grow, according to research.
By Helen Briggs | Nov. 12, 2019 | bbcnews~3 mins
Tags: environment fish oceans plastic-pollution marine-biology plastic
New pathway for lung cancer treatment
MIT researchers identify pyrimidine biosynthesis as a target for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.
Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute | Nov. 6, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: koch-institute biology school-of-science research cancer medicine drug-development
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