Biologist honored for his work developing yeast as a model organism for genetic studies.

MIT professor sees many “big, deep questions in biology” that benefit from study by both physicists and life scientists.

Faculty director discusses the future of the initiative and Africa’s position as a global priority for the Institute.

Cryptographic system could enable “crowdsourced” genomics, with volunteers contributing information to privacy-protected databases.

Study in worms reveals gene loss can lead to accumulation of waste products in cells.

Chemical engineers discover how to control knots that form in DNA molecules.

A drug treatment that mimics fasting can also provide the same benefit, study finds.

Fellowships last for up to three years, covering full tuition and mandatory fees.

Bringing drug trials to the virtual realm, Belinda Tan ’96 has found a way to cut entire process in half.

Whitehead team analyzes transcriptomes for roughly 70,000 cells in planarians, creates publicly available database to drive further research.