New faces in the School of Science faculty
Departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics welcome new faculty members.
Departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics welcome new faculty members.
The new system, dubbed RESCUE, allows RNA edits to be made that were not previously possible.
Eight faculty members are granted tenure in five science departments.
Through computing, senior and Marshall Scholar Anna Sappington seeks answers to biological questions.
Faculty members Edward Boyden, Paula Hammond, and Aviv Regev recognized for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
Ten student teams receive $100,000 in combined awards to pursue their impact-driven projects.
Researchers are developing a so-called "daisy-chain" gene-drive system that provides controls for genetic engineering of certain populations.
Rights are protected for broad use in developing world and for public health needs.
CRISPR team harnesses new Cas12b enzyme for use in eukaryotic cells, adding to the CRISPR toolbox.
Forbes calls its 2019 30 Under 30 honorees “a collection of bold risk-takers who are putting a new twist on the old tools of the trade.”
McGovern Institute scientist is recognized with award for outstanding and creative achievements made in the life and medical sciences.
Research team shows the power of proteomics to discover new drug targets and help develop therapeutic strategies with fewer long-term side effects.
Three MIT postdocs earn competitive Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships that support diversity in the sciences.
Three MIT faculty members selected for funding from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.
Shortfall of digestive enzymes can lead to tissue breakdown in early stages of pancreatic cancer.