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Arrays of quantum rods could enhance TVs or virtual reality devices

MIT engineers developed a new way to create these arrays, by scaffolding quantum rods onto patterned DNA.

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Fourteen MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2022 and 2023

Faculty members were recently granted tenure in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, EAPS, and Physics.

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Helping to fill in gaps in urology research for female patients

Biologist Nicole De Nisco ’07, PhD ’13 draws on her love of problem-solving and interdisciplinary skills honed as a student at MIT.

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Kiessling paper published in Science Advances

The paper, “Lectin-Seq: A method to profile lectin-microbe interactions in native communities", was published on July 28, 2023.

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Gilliard headlines 2023 IONiC VIPEr Workshop

The NSF workshop focused on the use of VIPEr as a resource for teaching and engagement with the Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemists community.

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Graduate Student Spotlight: Collette Gordon

Chemistry Graduate Student Collette Gordon describes her research and answers 20 random questions as part of the Graduate Student Spotlight series.

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Probe expands understanding of oral cavity homeostasis

A new approach opens the door to a greater understanding of protein-microbe interactions.

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How Tau tangles form in the brain

A new study shows that truncated versions of the Tau protein are more likely to form the sticky filaments seen in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease.

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Chemists discover why photosynthetic light-harvesting is so efficient

The disorganized arrangement of the proteins in light-harvesting complexes is the key to their extreme efficiency.

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Graduate Student Spotlight: Ryotaro Okabe

Chemistry Graduate Student Ryotaro Okabe describes his research and answers 20 random questions as part of the Graduate Student Spotlight series.

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Scientists pinpoint where thousands of individual proteins are made in intact tissue and single cells

A new technology called RIBOmap can give researchers valuable insight into how protein production in animal and human tissue is altered in disease.

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Jane Park places first in the NERM 2023 Postdoctoral Scholar Poster Competition

The Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM) of the American Chemical Society was held this month at Northeastern University.

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