Over the river and do some good
The Bridge Project collaboration accelerates new, highly original, and powerful approaches to defeating cancer.
Department
Biology
Two MIT students named Rhodes Scholars
Mary Clare Beytagh and Matthew Chun will begin postgraduate studies at Oxford University next fall.
A scientific approach to writing fiction
Megan Miranda '02 graduated from MIT intent on pursuing a career in biotechnology. Instead, she became a New York Times best-selling author.
Mary Clare Beytagh: Finding poetry in medicine
MIT senior and aspiring physician aims to tell stories that humanize the patients behind medical statistics.
Physician founds online birth control service
Sophia Yen '93 is on a mission: to make preventing unplanned pregnancies as easy as possible by making prescription contraceptives available online.
New player in cellular signaling
Researchers have identified a key nutrient sensor in the mTOR pathway that links nutrient availability to cell growth.
Department of Biology hosts 2017 Massachusetts Junior Academy of Science Symposium
High school students present research projects to build communication skills while earning membership to the American Junior Academy of Science.
School of Science welcomes new faculty members
This fall brings 14 new professors in the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.
Department of Biology hosts its first Science Slam
Eight biology trainees had just three minutes to explain their research and earn favor with the judges and audience in new yearly event.
New target for treating “undruggable” lung cancer
Drug already in clinical trials may be effective on some aggressive adenocarcinomas.
Michael Rosbash PhD ’71 shares Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
MIT alumnus and two others honored for discovering the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms.
Biologists identify possible new strategy for halting brain tumors
Cutting off a process that cancerous cells rely on can force them to stop growing.
Astronaut Kate Rubins returns to the Whitehead Institute to describe her experiences in low-Earth orbit
Former Whitehead Fellow and recent International Space Station resident gives public talk and engages with the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Three MIT biologists receive NIH Outstanding Investigator Awards
Graham Walker, Michael Yaffe, and Robert Weinberg earn support from the National Institutes of Health to further their research endeavors.
New faculty welcomed to Department of Biology
Assistant professors Joey Davis and Rebecca Lamason will spearhead research initiatives into fundamental cellular processes.