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.
Choucri, Drennan, Fisher, Gershenfeld, Li, and Rus are recognized for their efforts to advance science.
On June 29, 2020, five Department of Chemistry faculty members discussed their work on COVID-19.
The paper, “Functional compensation precedes recovery of tissue mass following acute liver injury", was published on November 19, 2020.
The protein, which acts as an ion channel, could be a target for new drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Analysis of individual immune cells shows how Ebola manipulates the immune system.
MIT professors adapt advising to pandemic context.
Boosting the efficiency of single-cell RNA-sequencing helps reveal subtle differences between healthy and dysfunctional cells.
With computer models and lab experiments, researchers are working on a strategy for vaccines that could protect against any influenza virus.