For the good of the colony
Research shows the success of a bacterial community depends on its shape.
Department
Biology
Four MIT seniors win Marshall Scholarships
Kate Koch, Colleen Loynachan, Kirin Sinha, and Grace Young will study for two years in the UK.
Researchers unlock a new means of growing intestinal stem cells
Studying these cells could lead to new treatments for diseases ranging from gastrointestinal disease to diabetes.
Pills of the future: nanoparticles
Researchers design drug-carrying nanoparticles that can be taken orally
Biologists ID new cancer weakness
Drugs that block new target gene could make many tumors more vulnerable to chemotherapy.
Military medicine
Senior Laura Lu’s years at MIT have included cancer research, ROTC leadership, and prosthesis trials — and she aims to put her talents to use one day as a Navy surgeon.
New view of dengue fever
Mice with human immune cells help researchers discover how the mosquito-borne virus depletes blood platelets.
Watching tumors burst through a blood vessel
A microfluidic platform provides a high-resolution view of a crucial step in cancer metastasis.
Solving the mysteries of regeneration
Biologist Peter Reddien seeks to understand planarians’ famous ability to grow new body parts.
A worm’s-eye view of immunity
Biology professor Dennis Kim seeks to understand the physiology and evolution of host-microbe interactions by studying a simple worm.
Unraveling bacterial behavior
Michael Laub studies the complex interactions that underlie cells’ responses to their environment.
Reading DNA, backward and forward
MIT biologists reveal how cells control the direction in which the genome is read.
The link between circadian rhythms and aging
MIT study finds that a gene associated with longevity also regulates the body’s circadian clock.
Longtime biology professor Annamaria Torriani-Gorini dies at 94
Microbiologist and lifelong social activist worked at MIT from 1960 to 1989.
MIT students, alumni awarded 2013 Fulbright grants
Selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields