Out of the lab, into the world
Rhodes Scholar Anisha Gururaj aims to connect life-changing technologies with people who need them.
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In a body that rebels, the search for a delicate balance
Rhodes Scholar Elliot Akama-Garren seeks to harness the power of the immune system to combat cancer.
Sophisticated medicine
Sangeeta Bhatia's research defies tradition, drawing on biological and medical sciences, and multiple engineering disciplines.
Proteins drive cancer cells to change states
When RNA-binding proteins are turned on, cancer cells get locked in a proliferative state.
EECS undergrads shine at SuperUROP research review
In its third year, SuperUROP is having a positive impact.
Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
Engineers computer-design the most complicated 3-D structures ever made from DNA.
MIT takes new approach with STEM concept videos
Real-life examples are relevant to MIT students and students around the world.
Transient contacts
Ibrahim Cissé is unraveling the mystery of DNA transcription, one molecule at a time.
Seeking answers from a mysterious parasite
Newly tenured biologist Jeroen Saeij wants to know what makes Toxoplasma gondii so unpredictable.
New device could make large biological circuits practical
Innovation from MIT could allow many biological components to be connected to produce predictable effects.
Two MIT seniors and an alumnus named Rhodes Scholars
Elliot Akama-Garren ’15, Anisha Gururaj ’15, and Noam Angrist ’13 are among 32 winners nationwide.
Chris Bourg named director of MIT Libraries
Longtime libraries administrator at Stanford tapped to lead MIT’s libraries and the MIT Press.
MIT Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative launches
Inaugural event, “Examining Ebola,” probes the current global public health emergency from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.