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Undergraduate Patricia Pujols worked in the lab with mentor Ellen Guss, a doctoral student in Professor Troy Littleton's lab, as part of the MIT Summer Research Program in Biology.
Credits: Photo: Raleigh McElvery Caption: Michael Gould (right) and Sara Moss (center) touring the laboratory of Professor Bob Horvitz with former MSRP-Bio students (left to right) Kiera Sapp, Cristina Torres Cabán, and Sheena Vasquez. Credits: Photo: Mandana Sassanfar Credits: Photo: Raleigh McElvery
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Last month, the Department of Biology received a generous gift from Michael Gould and Sara Moss to support students participating in MIT’s Summer Research Program in Biology (MSRP-Bio). Gould is a philanthropist and the retired chair and CEO of Bloomingdales, and Moss is the vice chair of Estée Lauder Companies. Their gift will supplement the existing Bernard S. and Sophie G. Gould Fund, which the couple initiated in 2015 to honor Gould’s parents. Together, these donations will enable many undergraduate students from outside MI