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Groundbreaking work on infectious agents and diseases already under way before the pandemic began—by MIT researchers, including at IMES—could yield ways to respond quickly to the global need for rapid, convenient covid testing. The following story appeared in MIT Technology Review, MIT News. Early in the covid pandemic, testing for…

HST PhD grad receives nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers Lara A. Thompson, an associate professor in the mechanical engineering department in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of the District of Columbia (UDC), has been awarded the prestigious Alan T. Waterman Award by the National…

HST PhD grad receives nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers Lara A. Thompson, an associate professor in the mechanical engineering department in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of the District of Columbia (UDC), has been awarded the prestigious Alan T. Waterman Award by the National…

Study finds genome loops don’t last long in cells; theories of how loops control gene expression may need to be revised. In human chromosomes, DNA is coated by proteins to form an exceedingly long beaded string. This “string” is folded into numerous loops, which are believed to help cells control…

Machine learning is contributing to rapid advances in clinical translational imaging to enable early detection, prediction, and treatment of diseases that threaten brain health. Several faculty members, researchers and students affiliated with the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program, and with the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science…

Microbes that safely break down antibiotics could prevent opportunistic infections and reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance, according to MIT researchers, including at IMES. Antibiotics are life-saving drugs, but they can also harm the beneficial microbes that live in the human gut. Following antibiotic treatment, some patients are at risk…

Colleagues lauded the HST Academic Program Manager for her 41 years working on behalf of the program, students Patricia “Patty” Cunningham, who retired recently, was honored with a celebration of her 41 years with the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST). Joining while a junior in college, she…

At 50-year mark, HST embarks on broad curriculum reform Sanjat Kanjilal, an infectious disease physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and now a Harvard Medical School (HMS) faculty member, graduated from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program in 2010. While still a student in 2005, Kanjilal took the…

Pierre Galletti Award recognizes contributions to neural signal processing, anesthesiology advances The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering announced today that it is awarding its highest honor this year to Emery N. Brown, Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Health Sciences & Technology in The Picower Institute…

Koch Institute Image Award 2022 winners included an image from the Van Vliet Lab, including Mingyu Yang, an HST MEMP PhD student The Koch Institute Image Awards celebrate the extraordinary visuals that are produced through life sciences and biomedical research at MIT. This year, one of the awardees include an…