National Academy of Sciences elects four MIT professors | MIT News
Chakraborty, Lynch, Ploegh, and Sabatini honored for research achievements.
May 3, 2016 • ~5 min
Spotting hidden activity in cells | MIT News
New data analysis technique distinguishes active from passive fluctuations inside cells.
April 28, 2016 • ~7 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.
April 20, 2016 • ~7 min
James Collins appointed 2016 Allen Distinguished Investigator | MIT News
Award will support the engineering of safe, frequently consumed bacteria to detect and kill dangerous bacteria such as those causing drug-resistant infections.
April 13, 2016 • ~2 min
An ace on the court and in the lab | MIT News
EECS senior Ava Soleimany talks about leadership, her research in synthetic biology, and her tenure as captain of the women’s tennis team.
April 12, 2016 • ~7 min
Research sheds light on delicate forest biodiversity | MIT News
Quantitative study of Poland's Bialowieza Forest highlights processes shaping species coexistence and potential impacts of deforestation.
April 11, 2016 • ~5 min
Taking on melanoma, one cell at a time | MIT News
In step toward personalized medicine, researchers are using single-cell analysis to unravel cancer’s secrets.
April 7, 2016 • ~10 min
Reprogramming gut bacteria as “living therapeutics” | MIT News
Daily doses of synthetic biotics developed by startup Synologic may sense, treat metabolic diseases.
April 5, 2016 • ~8 min
IDSS conversations: Caroline Uhler | MIT News
Electrical engineering and computer science assistant professor is working at the intersection of genomics and computational biology.
March 24, 2016 • ~7 min
Forming patches boosts bacterial life | MIT News
By clustering, cells can work together to survive challenging environments, MIT researchers show.
March 23, 2016 • ~7 min
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