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- New method combines imaging and sequencing to study gene function in intact tissuevon Whitehead Institute am 30. Juni 2025 um 18:03
The approach collects multiple types of imaging and sequencing data from the same cells, leading to new insights into mouse liver biology.
- MIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigidvon Jennifer Chu | MIT News am 20. Juni 2025 um 9:00
Watery fluid between cells plays a major role, offering new insights into how organs and tissues adapt to aging, diabetes, cancer, and more.
- When Earth iced over, early life may have sheltered in meltwater pondsvon Jennifer Chu | MIT News am 19. Juni 2025 um 9:00
Modern-day analogs in Antarctica reveal ponds teeming with life similar to early multicellular organisms.
- QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2025-26von MIT News am 18. Juni 2025 um 23:01
Ranking at the top for the 14th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 11 subject areas.
- Eight with MIT ties win 2025 Hertz Foundation Fellowshipsvon Elizabeth Durant | Office of the Vice Chancellor am 2. Juni 2025 um 18:20
The fellowships recognize doctoral students who have “the extraordinary creativity and principled leadership necessary to tackle problems others can’t solve.”
- With AI, researchers predict the location of virtually any protein within a human cellvon Adam Zewe | MIT News am 15. Mai 2025 um 14:30
Trained with a joint understanding of protein and cell behavior, the model could help with diagnosing disease and developing new drugs.
- In Down syndrome mice, 40Hz light and sound improve cognition, neurogenesis, connectivityvon David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory am 12. Mai 2025 um 20:50
New evidence suggests sensory stimulation of gamma-frequency brain rhythm may promote broad-based restorative neurological health response.
- Biologists identify targets for new pancreatic cancer treatmentsvon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 8. Mai 2025 um 18:00
Their study yielded hundreds of “cryptic” peptides that are found only on pancreatic tumor cells and could be targeted by vaccines or engineered T cells.
- Dopamine signals when a fear can be forgottenvon David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory am 7. Mai 2025 um 13:50
Study shows how a dopamine circuit enables mice to extinguish fear after a peril has passed, opening new avenues for understanding and potentially treating fear-related disorders.
- Using AI to explore the 3D structure of the genomevon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 7. Mai 2025 um 4:00
Two meters of DNA is crammed into the nucleus of every human cell. Bin Zhang wants to know how gene expression works in this minuscule space.
- Lighting up biology’s basement labvon Samantha Edelen | Department of Biology am 29. April 2025 um 20:20
Senior Technical Instructor Vanessa Cheung ’02 brings the energy, experience, and excitement needed to educate students in the biology teaching lab.
- Always looking to homevon Ekaterina Khalizeva | Department of Biology am 29. April 2025 um 17:00
Mingmar Sherpa, a researcher in the Martin Lab in the Department of Biology, has remained connected to his home in Nepal at every step of his career.
- Equipping living cells with logic gates to fight cancervon Zach Winn | MIT News am 18. April 2025 um 4:00
Founded by MIT researchers, Senti Bio is giving immune cells the ability to distinguish between healthy and cancerous cells.
- Enhancing the future of teaching and learning at MITvon Katherine Ouellette | MIT Open Learning am 17. April 2025 um 21:00
The MIT Festival of Learning sparked discussions on better integrating a sense of purpose and social responsibility into hands-on education.
- New study reveals how cleft lip and cleft palate can arisevon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 17. April 2025 um 15:00
MIT biologists have found that defects in some transfer RNA molecules can lead to the formation of these common conditions.
- Anders Sejr Hansen named Edgerton Award winnervon Jordan Silva | School of Engineering am 16. April 2025 um 20:15
MIT associate professor recognized for exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service at MIT.
- Restoring healthy gene expression with programmable therapeuticsvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 16. April 2025 um 15:30
CAMP4 Therapeutics is targeting regulatory RNA, whose role in gene expression was first described by co-founder and MIT Professor Richard Young.
- For plants, urban heat islands don’t mimic global warmingvon David L. Chandler | MIT News am 31. März 2025 um 4:00
Scientists have found that trees in cities respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts.
- MIT affiliates named 2024 AAAS Fellowsvon School of Science am 27. März 2025 um 19:45
The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes six current affiliates and 27 additional MIT alumni for their efforts to advance science and related fields.
- MIT scientists engineer starfish cells to shape-shift in response to lightvon Jennifer Chu | MIT News am 24. März 2025 um 10:00
The research may enable the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for wound healing or drug delivery.
- At the core of problem-solvingvon Samantha Edelen | Department of Biology am 19. März 2025 um 20:40
Stuart Levine ’97, director of MIT’s BioMicro Center, keeps departmental researchers at the forefront of systems biology.
- When did human language emerge?von Peter Dizikes | MIT News am 14. März 2025 um 4:00
A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that.
- QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025von MIT News am 12. März 2025 um 10:00
The Institute also ranks second in seven subject areas.
- Study: Tuberculosis relies on protective genes during airborne transmissionvon Jennifer Chu | MIT News am 10. März 2025 um 4:00
The findings provide new drug targets for stopping the infection’s spread.
- Breakfast of champions: MIT hosts top young scientistsvon Jessica Chomik-Morales | School of Science am 3. März 2025 um 22:10
At an MIT-led event at AJAS/AAAS, researchers connect with MIT faculty, Nobel laureates, and industry leaders to share their work, gain mentorship, and explore future careers in science.
- A personalized heart implant wins MIT Sloan health care prizevon Zach Winn | MIT News am 3. März 2025 um 17:00
Spheric Bio’s implants are designed to grow in a channel of the heart to better fit the patient’s anatomy and prevent strokes.
- An ancient RNA-guided system could simplify delivery of gene editing therapiesvon Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research am 27. Februar 2025 um 22:00
The programmable proteins are compact, modular, and can be directed to modify DNA in human cells.
- Helping the immune system attack tumorsvon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 26. Februar 2025 um 5:00
Stefani Spranger is working to discover why some cancers don’t respond to immunotherapy, in hopes of making them more vulnerable to it.
- Five from MIT named 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholarsvon Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships am 24. Februar 2025 um 14:00
Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli; Christina Kim ’24; Abigail Schipper ’24; Sera Tolgay MCP ’18, SM ’18; and Rachel Zhang ’21 will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University in the U.K.
- AI system predicts protein fragments that can bind to or inhibit a targetvon Lillian Eden | Department of Biology am 20. Februar 2025 um 19:35
FragFold, developed by MIT Biology researchers, is a computational method with potential for impact on biological research and therapeutic applications.
- Professor Anthony Sinskey, biologist, inventor, entrepreneur, and Center for Biomedical Innovation co-founder, dies at 84von Zach Winn | MIT News am 20. Februar 2025 um 18:00
Colleagues remember the longtime MIT professor as a supportive, energetic collaborator who seemed to know everyone at the Institute.
- MIT biologists discover a new type of control over RNA splicingvon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 20. Februar 2025 um 10:00
They identified proteins that influence splicing of about half of all human introns, allowing for more complex types of gene regulation.
- AI model deciphers the code in proteins that tells them where to govon Greta Friar | Whitehead Institute am 13. Februar 2025 um 22:10
Whitehead Institute and CSAIL researchers created a machine-learning model to predict and generate protein localization, with implications for understanding and remedying disease.
- Pivot Bio is using microbial nitrogen to make agriculture more sustainablevon Zach Winn | MIT News am 13. Februar 2025 um 5:00
The nitrogen product developed by the company, which was co-founded by Professor Chris Voigt, is being used across millions of acres of American farmland.
- Mapping mRNA through its life cycle within a cellvon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 11. Februar 2025 um 5:00
Xiao Wang’s studies of how and where RNA is translated could lead to the development of better RNA therapeutics and vaccines.
- With generative AI, MIT chemists quickly calculate 3D genomic structuresvon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 31. Januar 2025 um 19:00
A new approach, which takes minutes rather than days, predicts how a specific DNA sequence will arrange itself in the cell nucleus.
- From bench to bedside, and beyondvon Lillian Eden | Department of Biology am 30. Januar 2025 um 21:00
In the United States and abroad, Matthew Dolan ’81 has served as a leader in immunology and virology.
- Kingdoms collide as bacteria and cells form captivating connectionsvon Lillian Eden | Department of Biology am 24. Januar 2025 um 20:00
Studying the pathogen R. parkeri, researchers discovered the first evidence of extensive and stable interkingdom contacts between a pathogen and a eukaryotic organelle.
- Professor William Thilly, whose research illuminated the effects of mutagens on human cells, dies at 79von Anne Trafton | MIT News am 9. Januar 2025 um 19:00
A professor of genetics, toxicology, and biological engineering, Thilly pushed himself and his students to develop solutions to real-world problems.
- An abundant phytoplankton feeds a global network of marine microbesvon Jennifer Chu | MIT News am 3. Januar 2025 um 19:00
New findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon.
- Photos: 2024 Nobel winners with MIT ties honored in Stockholmvon Maia Weinstock | MIT News am 11. Dezember 2024 um 22:20
Laureates participated in various Nobel Week events, including lectures, a concert, a banquet, and the Nobel ceremony on Dec. 10.
- Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissuevon Adam Zewe | MIT News am 11. Dezember 2024 um 19:00
Using high-powered lasers, this new method could help biologists study the body’s immune responses and develop new medicines.