Yukiko Yamashita, unraveler of stem cells’ secrets
The MIT biologist’s research has shed light on the immortality of germline cells and the function of “junk DNA.”
The MIT biologist’s research has shed light on the immortality of germline cells and the function of “junk DNA.”
Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences welcome new professors.
The technique can help predict a cell’s path over time, such as what type of cell it will become.
Pressman Awards inspire undergraduate engagement in politics and policy, and sometimes a complete pivot in direction.
Professors Linda Griffith and Feng Zhang along with Guillermo Ameer ScD ’99, Darrell Gaskin SM ’87, William Hahn, and Vamsi Mootha recognized for contributions to medicine, health care, and public health.
Awards support high-risk, high-reward biomedical and behavioral research.
Twelve professors begin in the departments of Biology; Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.
Covid-19 class taps experts to help students and the public avoid misinformation as the crisis evolves.
KSQ Therapeutics uses technology created at MIT to study the role of every human gene in disease biology.
New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchanged.
The gene variant disrupts lipid metabolism, but in cell experiments the effects were reversed by choline supplements.
Worked to consistently maintain immaculate, state-of-the-art animal facilities, and provided guidance and support to DCM’s 90 animal care technicians and many active researchers.
The award recognizes Weinberg’s pioneering achievements in the field of cancer biology.
Using CRISPR technology, researchers are tracking the lineage of individual cancer cells as they proliferate and metastasize in real-time.