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Eleven MIT faculty receive Presidential Early Career Awards

Faculty members and additional MIT alumni are among 400 scientists and engineers recognized for outstanding leadership potential.

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With generative AI, MIT chemists quickly calculate 3D genomic structures

A new approach, which takes minutes rather than days, predicts how a specific DNA sequence will arrange itself in the cell nucleus.

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A new vaccine approach could help combat future coronavirus pandemics

The nanoparticle-based vaccine shows promise against many variants of SARS-CoV-2, as well as related sarbecoviruses that could jump to humans.

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Daisy Ludlow stands smiling beside a grimacing statue.

Graduate Student Spotlight: Daisy Ludlow

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

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Gerard Porter, wearing a lab coat and safety glasses, conducts research at a fume hood.

Student Program for Innovation in Science and Engineering is a launching pad toward possibility

Gifted Caribbean high schoolers become SPISE alumni at MIT, and many go on to advanced academic and professional careers.

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Robert Gilliard smiles in an outdoor setting.

Robert J. Gilliard, Jr. Wins 2024 Boron in the Americas Award

Boron in the Americas (BORAM) is an internationally recognized conference venue focused on boron research.

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Seven headshots of the seven winners of the Mentorship Spotlight award.

Seven Exemplary Mentors honored with Fall 2024 Mentorship Spotlight Awards

The winners were nominated by students, postdocs, faculty, and staff in recognition of their exceptional commitment to mentorship.

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Artifacts from a half-century of cancer research

Ten objects on display in the Koch Institute Public Galleries offer uncommon insights into the people and progress of MIT's cancer research community.

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Graduate Student Spotlight: Anna Davis

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

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Human breast cancer cells.

Startup gives surgeons a real-time view of breast cancer during surgery

The drug-device combination developed by MIT spinout Lumicell is poised to reduce repeat surgeries and ensure more complete tumor removal.

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High-resolution images of synapses and microtubules

A new method makes high-resolution imaging more accessible

Labs that can’t afford expensive super-resolution microscopes could use a new expansion technique to image nanoscale structures inside cells.

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Philip West sits outdoors at a restaurant beside a giant tap tower of beer.

Graduate Student Spotlight: Philip West

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

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MIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches postdoctoral program to advance AI across disciplines

The new Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support leading postdocs to bring cutting-edge AI to bear on research in scientific discovery or music.

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