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.
Materials could be useful for delivering drugs or imaging agents in the body; may offer alternative to some industrial plastics.
Chemistry Graduate Student Katherine Taylor describes her research and answers 20 random questions as part of the Graduate Student Spotlight series.
CD45 activates Lck by opposing the negative regulatory kinase Csk
This activation, which occurred in astrocytes but not in neurons, promoted the survival of proximal neurons that had oxidative injury
BigSMILES language represents more complex molecular structures through ASCII strings.
Andreas (PhD '14), a "NMR ace advancing methods for analyzing proteins", is an alumnus of Professor Robert Guy Griffin's research group.
“If we are not given support at a personal level, our educational and professional potential is going to be directly affected,” the PhD student says.
Support from Squire Booker PhD ’94 and the Bernard S. and Sophie G. Gould Fund helps MSRP-bio students excel.