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
Using recent gene flow to define microbe populations
New method identifies ecologically and medically relevant bacteria groups.
Becky Ham | MIT News correspondent | Aug. 8, 2019 | mit~8 mins
Tags: research civil-and-environmental-engineering school-of-science school-of-engineering microbes bacteria evolution national-science-foundation-nsf
A new way to block unwanted genetic transfer
Researchers identify a strategy to prevent mobile genetic elements from breaching the bacterial cell wall.
Raleigh McElvery | Department of Biology | Aug. 5, 2019 | mit~9 mins
Tags: biology school-of-science bacteria health microbes research national-institutes-of-health-nih dna genetics
How a declining environment affects populations
Study finds that competition between bacterial species can be upended when conditions deteriorate.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | May 13, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: research physics microbes bacteria ecology evolution school-of-science
Painting a fuller picture of how antibiotics kill
Machine learning reveals metabolic pathways disrupted by the drugs, offering new targets to combat resistance.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | May 9, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: research microbes bacteria machine-learning biological-engineering drug-resistance artificial-intelligence institute-of-medical-engineering-and-science-imes school-of-engineering medicine national-institutes-of-health-nih
Designing ocean ecological systems in the lab
Associate Professor Otto Cordero and colleagues discover simple assembly rules for marine microbiomes.
Taylor De Leon | Civil and Environmental Engineering | April 25, 2019 | mit~3 mins
Tags: civil-and-environmental-engineering school-of-engineering microbes research oceanography-and-ocean-engineering bacteria
MIT spinout seeks to transform food safety testing
An affordable, easy-to-use handheld sensor, soon to enter the market, can indicate the presence of bacterial contaminants in food in seconds.
Andi Sutton | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab | April 9, 2019 | mit~8 mins
Tags: agriculture food mechanical-engineering supply-chains technology-and-society sustainability research invention startups chemistry biological-engineering collaboration j-wafs innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie school-of-science school-of-engineering bacteria
New technique pinpoints milestones in the evolution of bacteria
Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Feb. 7, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: bacteria biology evolution eaps earth-and-atmospheric-sciences environment genetics microbes research school-of-science national-science-foundation-nsf
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