A programming language for living cells | MIT News

New language lets researchers design novel biological circuits.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Jennifer Donovan | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society • mit
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.

Broad Institute • mit
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.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Jennifer Cherone | Department of Biology • mit
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

Charles Jennings | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
March 1, 2016 ~3 min

A new way to discover DNA modifications | MIT News

Researchers systematically find molecules that help regulate and protect DNA.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 19, 2016 ~7 min

Mapping regulatory elements | MIT News

Systematically searching DNA for regulatory elements indicates limits of previous thinking.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 27, 2016 ~6 min

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