MIT News: Prof Timothy Lu
Lu Lab have devised a way to encapsulate bacterial sensors into a tough hydrogel sphere, which prevents them from interacting with other microbes in the environment. Learn More
MIT News: Undergraduate senior Alberto Naveira
“I always knew that MIT would be a great place for me to grow as a researcher. But I never expected to grow as a musician, a tutor, a friend, and a person in general,” says senior and biological engineering major Alberto Naveira. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Eric Alm
Eric Alm Lab and the Global Microbiome Conservancy reveal gut bacteria from people in industrialized societies swap genes at much higher rates. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Katharina Ribbeck
Ribbeck Lab and colleagues have created polymers that replicate the structure of mucins, the molecules that give mucus its unique antimicrobial properties. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Ed Boyden
Using an ordinary light microscope, Boyden Lab have devised a technique for imaging biological samples with accuracy at the scale of 10 nanometers — which should enable them to image viruses and potentially even single biomolecules, the researchers say. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Darrell Irvine
Irvine Lab showed that they could induce a strong memory T cell response in the lungs of mice by giving them a vaccine modified to bind to a protein naturally present in mucus. Learn More