Growing a business, from the lab
MIT researcher Shuguang Zhang’s nanofiber-scaffold technology became the foundation for a biotech company.
MIT researcher Shuguang Zhang’s nanofiber-scaffold technology became the foundation for a biotech company.
Linda Griffith combines in vitro models with deep molecular analysis to accelerate drug discovery.
Architect and designer recognized for leading-edge design inspired by biology
Biologists identify a drug that can help wipe out reservoirs of cancer cells in bone marrow.
Study reveals how the brain links memories of events that occur one after the other.
Senior Dylan Soukup has fought cancer on two fronts — and led MIT EMS through deep loss.
Study reveals immune cells that are critical to combating the parasite in early stages of infection.
MIT is one of six institutions receiving a total of $540 million to provide reliable, long-term support for high-impact, innovative research.
Pioneer in gene regulation transformed MIT’s Department of Biology as department head from 1967 to 1977.
Biologist’s six-year administrative tenure focused on educational initiatives and on diversity and inclusiveness among faculty and postdocs.
Certain strains of Toxoplasma provoke inflammation that can damage host cells, while others are harmless.
Drugs that block new target gene could make many tumors more vulnerable to chemotherapy.
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.
Mice with human immune cells help researchers discover how the mosquito-borne virus depletes blood platelets.