Microbiome genes on the move | MIT News

Largest metagenomic view of the developing world uncovers “mobile genes” that reveal how culture shapes the human microbiome.

Lisa Girard | Broad Institute • mit
July 14, 2016 ~10 min

Microscale marine interactions may shape critical carbon cycles | MIT News

New research finds interactions between microorganisms and marine particles may have significant effects on oceanic carbon cycling.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
June 30, 2016 ~6 min


Teamwork enables bacterial survival | MIT News

Strains of E. coli resistant to one antibiotic can protect other bacteria growing nearby.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 16, 2016 ~5 min

Study pinpoints timing of oxygen’s first appearance in Earth’s atmosphere | MIT News

Beginning 2.33 billion years ago, atmospheric oxygen built up in just 10 million years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 13, 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

Forming patches boosts bacterial life | MIT News

By clustering, cells can work together to survive challenging environments, MIT researchers show.

Denis Paiste | Materials Processing Center • mit
March 23, 2016 ~7 min

Using microbes to clean up oil spills | MIT News

Professor Catherine Drennan and graduate student Michael Funk want energy production and environmental protection to go hand in hand.

Francesca McCaffrey | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Oct. 19, 2015 ~7 min

Microbe sleuth | MIT News

Tanja Bosak examines how life and the Earth evolved in tandem during their early history together.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
Oct. 5, 2015 ~6 min


Out of sight and out of mind, sewage can actually tell us a lot about health | MIT News

PhD student Mariana Matus studies human waste to understand individual and community health.

Julia Sklar | MIT News correspondent • mit
Sept. 15, 2015 ~6 min

Uncovering diversity in an invisible ocean world | MIT News

New research indicates marine plankton are not only more diverse than previously thought, but also profoundly affected by their environment.

Cassie Martin | Oceans at MIT • mit
May 26, 2015 ~6 min

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