Blood cell family trees trace how production changes with aging

A new method from the Weissman Lab provides a detailed look at the family trees of human blood cells and the characteristics of individual cells, providing insights into hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).

January 19, 2024
Starting off the year with new skills, new connections

At MIT’s Quantitative Methods Workshop, more than 80 students and faculty from a dozen partner institutions became immersed at the intersection of computation and life sciences and forged new ties to MIT and each other

January 30, 2024
How cells accurately assemble complex machinery

New research from the Cheeseman Lab reveals how cells control the location of the machinery that splits apart chromosomes during cell division.

January 2, 2024
New research explores intertwined structures of protein Met18

Research from the Drennan Lab in the Department of Biology at MIT explores how a protein called Met18, which is part of a ubiquitous pathway to transfer clusters of iron and sulfur to client proteins in the cytosol and nucleus of cells, can interact with other Met18 units to form intertwined structures

Lillian Eden | Department of Biology
December 18, 2023
Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Sunny Das

Sunny Das is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Robert Weinberg’s lab studying how breast cancer metastasizes or spreads to other tissues.

December 12, 2023
Sex chromosomes responsible for much more than determining sex

Genes expressed from the X and Y chromosomes impact cells throughout the body—not just in the reproductive system—by dialing up or down the expression of thousands of genes found on other chromosomes.

December 13, 2023
Q&A: Phillip Sharp and Amy Brand on the future of open-access publishing

An MIT-based white paper identifies leading questions in the quest to make open-access publications sustainable.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News
November 30, 2023
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Joey Davis and Laurel Kinman: A Multidimensional Collaboration

Davis' support inspired PhD student and protein enthusiast Laurel Kinman to prioritize mentorship in her career

November 30, 2023