At least 30 from MIT named to 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni honored in "the most definitive gathering of today’s leading young change-makers and innovators."
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Biology
Competency exam certificate now available for MITx Introduction to Biology course
New option for online learners tests subject mastery and provides meaningful certificates for one of the most popular MITx courses.
Biomarker could help guide cancer therapy, avoid drug resistance
Biologists link levels of Mena protein to breast cancer cells’ sensitivity to chemotherapy.
Four MIT faculty elected 2016 AAAS Fellows
Green, Ketterle, Nedivi, and Shrobe are among those recognized for their efforts toward advancing science.
A step toward biodegradable plastics
Chemists discover structure of bacterial enzyme that generates useful polymers.
Predicting cancer cells’ response to chemotherapy
Measuring DNA repair capability can reveal tumors’ sensitivity to drugs.
Susan Lindquist, pioneering biologist and former director of Whitehead Institute, dies at 67
Biology professor and mentor to many investigated protein folding and its role in disease.
From MIT to the national stage
MassJAS Symposium at MIT selects talented high school students to showcase their science research at the 2017 AAAS annual meeting.
Four MIT professors named inaugural Faculty Scholars
New program from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Simons Foundation, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports early-career scientists.
MIT researchers prove fast microbial evolutionary bursts exist
Study reveals closely related microbes can diversify rapidly via horizontal gene transfer.
Linking RNA structure and function
Biologists have discovered how an enigmatic type of RNA helps to control cell fate.
J-WAFS Solutions program awards $750,000 in commercialization grants
Four new projects and one renewal receive $150,000 in funding for 2016-2017.
Research by MIT undergrad helps crack chemical mystery
Study finds enzyme “cannibalizes” itself to perform an essential reaction.