MIT News: Prof Darrell Irvine and Prof Dane Wittrup
BE scientists are working on two complementary strategies to stimulating the body’s immune system to attack tumors: taking off the brakes that tumors put on the immune system; and “stepping on the gas,” or delivering molecules that jumpstart immune cells. Learn More
MIT Independent Activities Period 2022
Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of regularly scheduled classes for flexible teaching and learning and for independent study and research. Learn More
MIT News: Alum Christina Birch, PhD
NASA selects BE alum Christina Birch for astronaut training. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Darrell Irvine
Irvine Lab designed a new nanoparticle adjuvant that may be more potent than others now in use. Studies in mice showed it significantly improved antibody production following vaccination against HIV, diphtheria and influenza. Learn More
STAT: BE PhD program alum Novalia Pishesha
Novalia Pishesha named 2021 STAT Wunderkind, an unheralded hero of science and medicine for striving to develop treatments of autoimmune disorders. Learn More
MIT News: Prof Peter So
Peter So uses speckle-correlation reflection phase microscopy to isolate the light coming from different layers to map and reveal growth of butterfly wing scales. Learn More