Charting a path to better cell models of the intestine | MIT News

Researchers generate an intestinal cell mimic that can be harnessed in studies of diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease.

Institute for Medical Engineering and Science • mit
June 19, 2018 ~8 min

Decoding RNA-protein interactions | MIT News

Scientists leverage one step, unbiased method to characterize the binding preferences of more than 70 human RNA-binding proteins.

Raleigh McElvery | Department of Biology • mit
June 7, 2018 ~9 min


Protein pair quickly makes memories of new places | MIT News

MIT researchers find that encountering novel contexts cues the brain to churn out neurogranin.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
June 6, 2018 ~6 min

Ed Boyden and Feng Zhang named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators | MIT News

MIT faculty members are among 19 top scientists selected from across the nation.

Sabbi Lall | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
May 23, 2018 ~5 min

National Academy of Sciences elects four MIT professors for 2018 | MIT News

Finkelstein, Kardar, Wen, and Zhang honored for research achievements.

MIT News Office • mit
May 1, 2018 ~7 min

Eight from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2018 | MIT News

Prestigious honor society announces 213 new members this year.

MIT News Office • mit
April 18, 2018 ~2 min

Human malaria parasites grown for the first time in dormant form | MIT News

Novel technology could allow researchers to develop and test new antimalaria drugs.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 22, 2018 ~8 min

Researchers advance CRISPR-based tool for diagnosing disease | MIT News

With SHERLOCK, a strip of paper can now indicate presence of pathogens, tumor DNA, or any genetic signature of interest.

Broad Institute • mit
Feb. 15, 2018 ~6 min


Polina Anikeeva and Feng Zhang awarded 2018 Vilcek Prize | MIT News

Prize recognizes contributions to biomedical research made by immigrant scientists.

Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
Feb. 1, 2018 ~3 min

Reading and writing DNA | MIT News

Department of Biology kicks off IAP seminar series with a lecture by synthetic-biology visionary George Church.

Raleigh McElvery | Department of Biology • mit
Jan. 31, 2018 ~8 min

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