A programming language for living cells | MIT News
New language lets researchers design novel biological circuits.
March 31, 2016 • ~5 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
Feng Zhang receives 2016 Canada Gairdner International Award | MIT News
Broad/MIT scientist among five honored as pioneers of CRISPR-Cas9 system.
March 23, 2016 • ~6 min
Toward a better understanding of the brain | MIT News
Genome-editing pioneer Feng Zhang hopes his work will shed light on neurological disorders.
March 22, 2016 • ~8 min
DNA markers tell the story of deep sea adaptation | MIT News
Santiago Herrera studies the genome to establish new connections between species living in the deep sea.
March 18, 2016 • ~7 min
McGovern Institute for Brain Research awards Scolnick Prize to neurogeneticist Cori Bargmann | MIT News
Bargmann honored for her work on the genetic and neural mechanisms that control behavior in the nematode
March 1, 2016 • ~3 min
A new way to discover DNA modifications | MIT News
Researchers systematically find molecules that help regulate and protect DNA.
Feb. 29, 2016 • ~8 min
Title for ‘Earth’s first animal’ likely goes to simple sea creature | MIT News
Sponges may be source of molecular fossils that significantly predate Cambrian explosion.
Feb. 22, 2016 • ~6 min
Breaking through the bacteria barrier | MIT News
New microfluidic device may speed up DNA insertion in bacteria, the first step in genetic engineering.
Feb. 19, 2016 • ~7 min
Mapping regulatory elements | MIT News
Systematically searching DNA for regulatory elements indicates limits of previous thinking.
Jan. 27, 2016 • ~6 min
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