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The figures show melanin production by Escherichia coli expressing a heterologous tyrosinase enzyme.Â Figure A is production with supplementation of the substrate (tyrosine) and Figure B is with endogenous production of the substrate (tyrosine) by 5 different engineered strains.

Enlisting microbes to solve global problems

Researchers harness bacteria to produce energy, clean up environment

February 17, 2009

PDAs aren't just for checking e-mail

Researchers use handheld devices to monitor TB patients in Peru

February 11, 2009

Mass. General, MIT and Harvard launch innovative effort to search for AIDS vaccine

Phillip and Susan Ragon Institute will combine medical, scientific and engineering experts to unlock mysteries of the immune system

February 4, 2009

Phillip (Terry) and Susan Ragon hold a copy of The Boston Globe issue that announced the creation of the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute. All the principals -- the Ragons as well as the leaders of MGH, MIT and Harvard -- signed the newspaper.

Alum's $100 million gift targets AIDS vaccine

Ragon Institute to tackle quintessential MIT problem

February 4, 2009

Surviving without growing

Jay Forrester, the father of system dynamics, talks about sustainability and organizational decision making

January 30, 2009

Astronomers crack longstanding lunar mystery

Ancient rock's magnetic field shows that moon once had a dynamo in its core

January 15, 2009

CIS scholars offer advice, new ideas to Obama

January 14, 2009

Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Information Systems in the School of Management and Director of CCI Thomas W. Malone.

Putting heads (and computers) together to solve global problems

MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI) looks to take advantage of strength in numbers

January 13, 2009

MIT scientists to be key Lunar Institute members

January 12, 2009

Teens' inspirations for pursuing STEM careers. (2009 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index includes a nationally representative survey sample size of 500 teens).

Teens prepared for math, science careers, yet lack mentors

Lemelson-MIT Invention Index uncovers teens' views

January 7, 2009

Solving the mysteries of metallic glass

New understanding could lead to significant new materials

December 18, 2008

Anna Kotova with kids they came across in a recent visit to some villages in India.

Legatum Center announces grant recipients

December 12, 2008

Former Secretary, United States Department of Labor Alexis M. Herman gave the keynote address at the Diversity Leadership Congress convened by President Susan Hockfield at the Back Bay Events Center on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

Promoting diversity

MIT leaders convene to accelerate efforts

November 19, 2008

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MIT to celebrate 150th anniversary in 2011

November 4, 2008

Professor Benjamin Weiss, of the department of Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences, reports oldest known records of planetary magnetic fields, which are a key to understanding earlyÂ planetary evolution. Here he holdsÂ a sample of the vesicular basaltic meteorite named D'Orbigny that he analyzed as part of this study.

Magnetic fields record the early histories of planets

October 30, 2008

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