Media Lab

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (green). MIT researchers are using computational models of protein interactions to design a peptide that can bind to coronavirus proteins and shuttle them into a cellular pathway that breaks them down.

Experimental peptide targets Covid-19

Computational modeling yields a protein fragment that could bind to coronavirus spike proteins and destroy them.

June 22, 2020

Cynthia Breazeal has been promoted to full professor and named associate director of the Media Lab.

Cynthia Breazeal named Media Lab associate director

Expert in personal social robots will work with lab faculty and researchers to develop strategic research initiatives, and to explore new funding mechanisms.

June 19, 2020

“As a MechE student, I think about technical solutions to our world’s biggest problems," says Claudia Chen '20. "As a CMS student, I think about the effects and implications these technical solutions have on our society and our media ecosystems.”

Meet the MIT bilinguals: Claudia Chen '20 combines creative, humanistic, and technical fields

Recent MIT graduate will apply her dual comparative media studies and mechanical engineering degree to work in the technology industry.

June 18, 2020

The MIT Class of 2020 can look forward to an online celebration that Professor Eric Grimson, chair of the Commencement Committee, calls, "a joyful day that will honor our graduates."

Hacking Commencement

Marshalling forces from across the Institute, MIT will deliver an online celebration worthy of the Class of 2020.

May 26, 2020

Activation maps of neural network model for digital staining of tumors

Deep learning accurately stains digital biopsy slides

Pathologists who examined the computationally stained images could not tell them apart from traditionally stained slides.

May 22, 2020

Nature-inspired CRISPR enzymes for expansive genome editing

Applied computational biology discoveries vastly expand the range of CRISPR’s access to DNA sequences.

May 19, 2020

Canan Dagdeviren, an assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab, has implemented lean management principles in her cleanroom lab space, also called “YellowBox.”

“Lean lab” approach enables quick research ramp down

MIT lab offers a model for cost savings, productivity, and safety; principles may also facilitate efficient reopening in the future.

May 14, 2020

Design that makes a difference

Fusing art, science, and product design, senior Jierui Fang has followed — and sometimes created — her own path at MIT.

May 6, 2020

MIT seniors Siranush Babakhanova (left) and Michal Gala have been named 2020 Knight-Hennessy Scholars.

Siranush Babakhanova and Michal Gala named 2020 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Seniors will receive full funding for graduate studies at Stanford University.

May 5, 2020

Shriya Srinivasan of MIT is the $15,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize “Cure it!” Graduate Winner for her Cutaneous Mechanoneural Interface (CMI), a new type of surgical process for amputee patients that would allow a person to sense what their prosthesis feels.

Top collegiate inventors awarded 2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Students around the country recognized for innovative solutions to better single-use plastic, spacecraft and aircraft fuel gauges, surgery techniques, and more.

April 29, 2020