Making real a biotechnology dream: nitrogen-fixing cereal crops
Voigt Lab's work could eventually replace cereal crops’ need for nitrogen from chemical fertilizers.
Lisa Miller | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab | Jan. 10, 2020 | mit~9 mins
Tags: biological-engineering school-of-engineering genetic-engineering plants j-wafs research bacteria water
Building a platform to image membrane proteins
Biologists devise an efficient method to prepare fluorescently tagged proteins and simulate their native environment.
Raleigh McElvery | Department of Biology | Dec. 18, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: biology chemistry school-of-science bacteria disease research drug-development cells
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
Coated seeds may enable agriculture on marginal lands
A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Nov. 25, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: plants research civil-and-environmental-engineering agriculture sustainability developing-countries food microbes bacteria school-of-engineering
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
Biologists build proteins that avoid crosstalk with existing molecules
Engineered signaling pathways could offer a new way to build synthetic biology circuits.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Oct. 23, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: research biology proteins biological-engineering microbes bacteria school-of-science school-of-engineering national-institutes-of-health-nih
Study reveals how mucus tames microbes
Specialized sugar molecules called glycans can disarm opportunistic pathogens and prevent infection.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Oct. 14, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: research biological-engineering microbes school-of-engineering national-institutes-of-health-nih bacteria national-science-foundation-nsf deshpande-center
Engineered viruses could fight drug resistance
By tweaking bacteriophage genomes, MIT team creates a new weapon to combat infection.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Oct. 3, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: research antibiotics biological-engineering microbes school-of-engineering bacteria medicine national-institutes-of-health-nih
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