Lindsey Backman: Biochemist, mentor, and advocate
The PhD candidate studies the human microbiome and its proteins, while also championing the Latinx community on MIT’s campus.
The PhD candidate studies the human microbiome and its proteins, while also championing the Latinx community on MIT’s campus.
Sachin Bhagchandani wins NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition (F99/K00) Award.
Vaccinating against certain proteins found on cancer cells could help to enhance the T cell response to tumors.
This year’s projects address mobile evaporative vegetable preservation, portable water filtration, and dairy waste reduction.
Schimmel Family Program for Life Sciences will benefit graduate students and research.
At the MIT Edgerton Center, educators are quietly transforming the way biology is taught in schools.
Through a summer research program at MIT, Patricia Pujols explored the neuromuscular junction, and a future in science.
Twelve professors begin in the departments of Biology; Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.
MiniPCR bio has sold thousands of its inexpensive polymerase chain reaction machines to researchers and schools around the world.
Professors will help guide school-level initiatives and strategy.
Researchers find three immunotherapy drugs given together can eliminate pancreatic tumors in mice.
Roundworms change the flow of material in and out of their mouths in response to bright light, revealing a new way for neurons to control muscle cells.
Graduate student Ellen Zhong helped biologists and mathematicians reach across departmental lines to address a longstanding problem in electron microscopy.
By making the microbes more tolerant to toxic byproducts, researchers show they can use a wider range of feedstocks, beyond corn.
PhD student Sarah Nyquist applies computational methods to understudied areas of reproductive health, such as the cellular composition of breast milk.