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Catalyst Symposium helps lower "activation barriers" for rising biology researchers | MIT News

The second annual Catalyst Symposium, sponsored by the Department of Biology and Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, invited postdocs from across the country to meet with faculty, present their work to the MIT community, and build relationships.

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Someday, You Might Be Able to Eat Your Way Out of a Cold

Less construction ahead, quantum science and engineering, and more

Photograph by Peter Vanderwarker Town and Gown The section on capital projects in the 2020 edition of Harvard’s annual “Town Gown Report” to the City of Cambridge in recent years chock-full of construction work planned or in progress, thanks to The Harvard Campaign and continuing programs like House renewal suddenly reflects a far narrower pipeline. Beyond the second and third stages of the Adams House renewal, nothing is on the horizon. This reflects both Harvard’s rotation toward Allston and the severe reduction in capital spending in response to the pandemic’s financial impact. The Eliot and Kirkland House renewals now look unlikely before late in the decade. Similarly, the projection of faculty members based in Cambridge shown in the 2019 report as 2,100 to 2,200 for the year 2024 is now 2,000 to 2,200 for 2025. There is no change in full-time equivalents, but the lower midpoint overall may reflect both relocating engineering and applied sciences professors to Al

Gut immune system may play a role in nutrition

The gut’s immune system not only defends against pathogens but also regulates the intake of nutrients, research in mice finds. The small intestine is ground zero for survival of animals. It is responsible for absorbing the nutrients crucial to life, and it wards off toxic chemicals and life-threatening bacteria. In a new study in the journal Science, researchers report the critical role that the gut’s immune system plays in these key processes. The findings may provide insights into origins of metabolic disease and malnutrition that are common in some regions of the world. “We were surprised that the immune system was so involved in nutrition,” says first author Zuri Sullivan, a former graduate student in the immunology department at Yale University and now a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. “And the study lays the groundwork for understanding how this reciprocal interaction works.”