MIT affiliates named 2024 AAAS Fellows
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 light
The research may enable the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for wound healing or drug delivery.
At the core of problem-solving
Stuart Levine ’97, director of MIT’s BioMicro Center, keeps departmental researchers at the forefront of systems biology.
QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025
The Institute also ranks second in seven subject areas.
Breakfast of champions: MIT hosts top young scientists
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 prize
Spheric Bio’s implants are designed to grow in a channel of the heart to better fit the patient’s anatomy and prevent strokes.
Helping the immune system attack tumors
Stefani Spranger is working to discover why some cancers don’t respond to immunotherapy, in hopes of making them more vulnerable to it.
Four from MIT named 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholars
Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli, Christina Kim ’24, Abigail Schipper ’24, 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 target
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 84
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 splicing
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 go
Whitehead Institute and CSAIL researchers created a machine-learning model to predict and generate protein localization, with implications for understanding and remedying disease.
With generative AI, MIT chemists quickly calculate 3D genomic structures
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 beyond
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 connections
Studying the pathogen R. parkeri, researchers discovered the first evidence of extensive and stable interkingdom contacts between a pathogen and a eukaryotic organelle.