MIT.nano’s Immersion Lab opens for researchers and students
Facility within MIT.nano offers equipment and capabilities for visualizing data, creating immersive environments. The MIT.nano Immersion Lab, MIT’s first open-access facility for augmented and virtual …
Turning microbiome research into a force for health
A diverse group of researchers, including at IMES, is working to turn new discoveries about the trillions of microbes in the body into treatments for …
Dava Newman named director of MIT Media Lab
Visionary astronautics researcher, explorer, and expert on human adaptation to space will lead the Institute’s world-renowned research center. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office Dava …
RNA molecules are masters of their own destiny
At any given moment in the human body, in about 30 trillion cells, DNA is being “read” into molecules of messenger RNA, the intermediary step …
Explained: Why RNA vaccines for Covid-19 raced to the front of the pack
Many years of research have enabled scientists, including those affiliated with IMES, to quickly synthesize RNA vaccines and deliver them inside cells. Developing and testing …
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.
In honor of #BlackinDataWeek, the Sadie Collective has a list of nine Black women data scientists to know, including HST MEMP PhD student Jordan Harrod. …
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Ellen Roche, the W.M. Keck Career Development Professor in Biomedical Engineering, and assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, and a core faculty member at IMES, …
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Mindy Bishop, an HST PhD student, finds connections between artificial intelligence, sustainable energy, and patient care “In electrical engineering, I often find myself marveling at …
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This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient, emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab.
Image: NIAID-RML
A fund has been formed to support MIT’s response to help with the Covid-19 crisis, including providing equipment, space, expertise and other resources to local area hospitals and other health care providers. Contributions to this fund will supplement Institute resources that are already being applied to these immediate medical needs including through the Medical Outreach and Crisis Management Team led by Professor Elazer Edelman, such as donations of personal protective equipment. Gifts will also support the work of Project Manus under Professor Martin Culpepper for projects including the design and mass manufacture of disposable face shields.
Covid-19 Response gift form link:
giving.mit.edu/covid19
READ MOREThe Ragon Institute, together with IMES at MIT, in Cambridge, MA is seeking outstanding scientists for tenured faculty positions to start on July 1, 2021 or on a mutually agreed date thereafter.
IMES at MIT, in Cambridge, MA invites applicants to apply for a tenured or tenure track faculty position in the area of biomedical imaging to begin July 1, 2021 or thereafter.
