MIT Professor Angela Belcher gave the 2023 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture hosted by MIT.nano on “Evolving organisms to grow new nanomaterials for energy, the environment, and medicine.”
Scientist David Sabatini is hoping for a comeback after he was ousted amid sexual harassment allegations. The case raises hard questions: Is there room for lesser penalties in such complex cases? Did Sabatini deserve a second chance?
MIT Professor Angelika Amon was recognized posthumously as Committed to Caring for her wide-reaching and personal care for her students, as well as the unique mentorship dynamic she developed with each of her students.
MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research hosts Alejandro Aguilera Castrejón and Melanie de Alameida, the inaugural winners of the Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award.
The disruption of gene transcription and cell function in Down syndrome is very similar to that seen in cellular aging, MIT scientists find. They used anti-senescence drugs to correct the errors in cell cultures, establishing senescence as a potentially targetable mechanism for future treatment.