MIT News: Prof Feng Zhang and alumni Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg
A CRISPR-based test developed at MIT and the Broad Institute can detect nearly as many cases as the standard Covid-19 diagnostic. Learn More
MIT Technology Review: Graduate student Corban Swain
“Making MIT welcoming to Black students begins with teaching our children to be antiracist— and learning how ourselves.” Learn More
BE Career Expo: Company registration now open
This BE Career Expo is an excellent opportunity to meet and recruit MIT students at all levels working at the intersection of the biological sciences and engineering. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Linda Griffith
Griffith Lab have designed a specialized device in which they can grow oxygen-intolerant bacteria in tissue that replicates the lining of the colon. Learn More
The Human Vaccines Project: Prof Michael Birnbaum
Prof Birnbaum received the Michelson Prize for Human Immunology and Vaccine Research 2020 for: “Repertoire-Scale Determination of T Cell Recognition and Cross-Reactivity to HIV via pMHC Lentiviral Display”. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Ram Sasisekharan
An international team of researchers, led by MIT Professor Ram Sasisekharan, has developed a potential treatment for yellow fever. Their drug, an engineered monoclonal antibody that targets the virus, has shown success in early-stage clinical trials. Learn More