Training in chemical biology at MIT enables graduate students to address problems that transcend the traditional boundaries of chemistry and biology. Chemical biologists interrogate molecular processes that occur in human, plant, and microbial cells, as well as in viruses and animals.
Study yields clues into how nitrogenase, an enzyme critical for life, converts nitrogen into ammonia.
This award recognizes MIT undergraduates who have made outstanding commitment, and significant contribution, to research in their field.
Individuals selected as Hugh Hampton Young Fellows exhibit a blend of broad focus, leadership, and initiative.
The winners were nominated by students, postdocs, faculty, and staff in recognition of their exceptional commitment to mentorship.
The two chemical engineers are awarded MIT’s highest faculty honor.
Professors Alex Radosevich and Alex Shalek have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure effective July 1, 2021.
Single-cell analysis of autopsy samples from COVID-19 patients shows how the lungs repeatedly tried, and failed, to repair themselves.
This award is given annually in recognition of the exceptional creativity of those who propose high-impact science that will open new areas of HIV research.