Bacteria with multicolor vision
Red, green, and blue light can be used to control gene expression in engineered E. coli.
Statistics and Data Science Center holds inaugural conference
SDSCon 2017 gathers community and showcases research projects that apply data science to major systems and issues.
New model could speed up colon cancer research
Introducing genetic mutations with CRISPR offers a fast and accurate way to simulate the disease.
Scientists unveil CRISPR-based diagnostic platform
New system adapts tool known for gene editing; to be used in rapid, inexpensive disease diagnosis.
3Q: Behind the scenes of the National Academy of Sciences' report on human genome editing
MIT professor and NAS report committee co-chair Richard Hynes gives insight into the report’s recommendations.
3Q: US patent office’s ruling on CRISPR
Charles Jennings of MIT’s McGovern Institute discusses the intellectual property dispute over the gene-editing technique.
Feng Zhang named James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience
CRISPR pioneer named to inaugural chair created by Patricia and James Poitras '63, founders of MIT’s Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research.
Feng Zhang named a runner-up for TIME’s 2016 Person of the Year
MIT and Broad Institute scientist shares recognition with four other scientists for developing CRISPR gene-editing systems.
Using light to control genome editing
New technique offers precise manipulation of when and where genes are targeted.
Feng Zhang named 2016 Tang Prize laureate
Broad Institute/MIT scientist among three honored for CRISPR contributions.
New CRISPR system for targeting RNA
Scientists program C2c2, discovered in bacteria as a viral defense mechanism, to manipulate cellular RNA.
Automating DNA origami opens door to many new uses
Like 3-D printing did for larger objects, method makes it easy to build nanoparticles out of DNA.
Feng Zhang receives 2016 Canada Gairdner International Award
Broad/MIT scientist among five honored as pioneers of CRISPR-Cas9 system.
Toward a better understanding of the brain
Genome-editing pioneer Feng Zhang hopes his work will shed light on neurological disorders.