Christopher Walsh, influential chemical biologist and former department chair at MIT, dies at 79
Beloved professor and “titan of chemical biology” spent 15 years on the MIT faculty, leading the Department of Chemistry from 1982 to 1987.
Beloved professor and “titan of chemical biology” spent 15 years on the MIT faculty, leading the Department of Chemistry from 1982 to 1987.
Biologists have mapped out more than 300 protein kinases and their targets, which they hope could yield new leads for cancer drugs.
Exhibit at MIT's Koch Institute attempts to make visible the luminary personalities behind major scientific and engineering advances.
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.