Cancer biologist and Koch Institute director recognized with MIT faculty’s top honor.

Five-year appointment will support research on how cells regulate their behavior in response to an external environment.

New potential for “homemade” opiates raises oversight issues.

Manipulating the permeability of a type of vacuole could help defeat malarial parasites.

Geologist Taylor Perron explores river networks on Earth and beyond.

Biophysicist was noted for his discovery of left-handed Z-DNA.

Mick Follows uses tiny marine microbes to model climate change.

Discovery could offer a new target for treatment of glioblastoma.

African leader tours the lab of Ibrahim Cissé, an assistant professor of physics.

Laurie Boyer’s studies of stem cell differentiation could improve treatments for heart disease.