Recording analog memories in human cells
Engineers program human cells to store complex histories in their DNA. MIT biological engineers have devised a way to record complex histories in the DNA …
Field Work on the Navajo Reservation
A group of us, students from the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST), were recently offered the opportunity to volunteer with a non-profit organization …
Avoiding stumbles, from spacewalks to sidewalks
Video of astronauts tripping over moon rocks can make for entertaining Internet viewing, but falls in space can jeopardize astronauts’ missions and even their lives. …
Cancer-fighting bacteria
Researchers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have recruited some new soldiers in the fight against cancer — bacteria. In …
Engineers design programmable RNA vaccines
MIT engineers have developed a new type of easily customizable vaccine that can be manufactured in one week, allowing it to be rapidly deployed in …
IMES is a hub that brings together the community of students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty who work at the convergence of engineering, science, and translational medicine.
Dr. David Cohen, co-Director of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program and the Robert H. Ebert Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, …
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Exploring the Genome in 3D Since 2008, Leonid Mirny, Professor of Medical Engineering and Science, and Physics, has worked to understand the human genome in …
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New technique offers precise manipulation of when and where genes are targeted. The genome-editing system known as CRISPR allows scientists to delete or replace any …
READ MOREJoin the HST community at its annual Faculty Poster Session featuring posters from PI’s across MIT, HMS, and area hospitals. Direct questions about this event …
The Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics is commemorating its first year with a symposium on Monday, September 12, 2016. Register to attend here. The event will …
MIT researchers have developed a new technique for imaging brain tissue at multiple scales, allowing them to peer at molecules within cells or take a wider view of the long-range connections between neurons.
READ MORETo work at the cutting edge of nanotechnology for the development of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to overcome drug resistance/drug delivery barriers in infectious disease. The position will also include an administrative component. . .
Responsible for the design and management of the current and future MIMIC databases, as well as other databases, and to conduct multidisciplinary research together with clinicians . . .
