New MIT internships expand research opportunities in Africa
University placements through MISTI aim to contribute to Africa’s growing research ecosystems.
University placements through MISTI aim to contribute to Africa’s growing research ecosystems.
Gene-Wei Li investigates the rules that cells use to maintain the correct ratio of the proteins they need to survive.
Across the Institute, MIT’s communities took part in light-hearted traditions new and old.
Groundbreaking research can help alleviate the challenges affiliated with studying carbohydrates.
First-gen MIT graduate students are claiming their identity, forming community, and holding space for one another.
Graduate students Alejandro Aguilera Castrejón and Melanie de Almeida honored for their passion for fundamental biology and discovery science.
Sara V. Fernandez, Amanda Hu, and Brigette Wang will spend the 2023-24 academic year at Tsinghua University in China studying global affairs.
Those selected for these positions receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.
Researchers harness new pooled, image-based screening method to probe the functions of over 5,000 essential genes in human cells.
Koch Institute event celebrates the new MIT Press biography “Salvador Luria: An Immigrant Biologist in Cold War America.”
Seven professors join the departments of Biology; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.
A new technique for studying liver cells within an organism could shed light on the genes required for regeneration.
In an MIT summer research program, Rita Anoh learned about molecular machines and the value of collaborations.
New analysis takes account of natural fluctuations and predictability to assess which parts of an ecosystem are most threatened by climate change and other disruptions.
Study finds the protein MTCH2 is responsible for shuttling various other proteins into the membrane of mitochondria. The finding could have implications for cancer treatments and MTCH2-linked conditions.