Pioneering researcher Jonathan Weissman joins Whitehead Institute and MIT
Globally respected cell biologist will be the Whitehead Institute’s inaugural Landon T. Clay Professor of Biology and a professor of biology at MIT.
Globally respected cell biologist will be the Whitehead Institute’s inaugural Landon T. Clay Professor of Biology and a professor of biology at MIT.
Ten staff members recognized for dedication to School of Science and to MIT.
Institute ranks second in five subject areas.
Through on-site projects in developing countries and internships in the business world, Kendyll Hicks explores the political and economic drivers of global health.
Mathematician to return to the faculty after six years leading MIT’s second-largest school.
Research underscores infection is not a common hospital transmission.
Award recognizes scientists for lifetime achievement in genetics research who has a strong history as a mentor.
Findings could help researchers design drugs to treat influenza B infections.
After surgery to correct childhood hearing loss, Swarna Jeewajee discovered a desire to be a physician-scientist, and a love of a cappella music.
A caring mentor and staunch political activist, Fox cared deeply about his students, the department, and the scientific enterprise.
MIT sophomore Rachel Shen looks for microscopic solutions to big environmental challenges.
Deborah Hung shares research strategies to combat tuberculosis as part of the Department of Biology's IAP seminar series on microbes in health and disease.
Managing her own synthetic biology project helped graduate student Jesse Tordoff overcome imposter syndrome and hit her stride.
Researchers find master regulator needed for Toxoplasma gondii parasite to chronically infect host; promising step toward infection treatment, prevention.
The same neurons responsible for encoding reward also form new memories to suppress fearful ones.