Feng Zhang to share Albany Medical Prize | MIT News

Five recipients honored for their fundamental and complementary accomplishments related to CRISPR-Cas9.

McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
Aug. 15, 2017 ~2 min

Pew recognizes four MIT researchers for innovation in biomedical science | MIT News

Biophysicist Ibrahim Cissé and cell biologist Gene-Wei Li honored as Pew Scholars; postdocs Ana Fiszbein and María Inda are named Pew Latin American Fellows.

Julia C. Keller | School of Science • mit
June 20, 2017 ~9 min


How cells combat chromosome imbalance | MIT News

Biologists discover the immune system can eliminate cells with too many or too few chromosomes.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
June 19, 2017 ~6 min

A genomic take on geobiology | MIT News

Researchers in Greg Fournier’s geobiology lab are seeking to calibrate the ancient history of life on Earth using genomic analysis.

Helen Hill | EAPS • mit
June 5, 2017 ~6 min

Bacteria with multicolor vision | MIT News

Red, green, and blue light can be used to control gene expression in engineered E. coli.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
May 26, 2017 ~8 min

Statistics and Data Science Center holds inaugural conference | MIT News

SDSCon 2017 gathers community and showcases research projects that apply data science to major systems and issues.

Stefanie Koperniak | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society • mit
May 5, 2017 ~4 min

New model could speed up colon cancer research | MIT News

Introducing genetic mutations with CRISPR offers a fast and accurate way to simulate the disease.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 1, 2017 ~7 min

Scientists unveil CRISPR-based diagnostic platform | MIT News

New system adapts tool known for gene editing; to be used in rapid, inexpensive disease diagnosis.

Broad Institute • mit
April 13, 2017 ~7 min


Study helps explain varying outcomes for cancer, Down Syndrome | MIT News

Differences in chromosome number may underlie variation among genetically identical individuals.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
April 6, 2017 ~6 min

Tracking the spread of bird flu | MIT News

Asian flu strains can enter North America through Alaska, study finds.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 17, 2017 ~7 min

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