The long path to inclusivity
Ten years after the Hammond report recommended ways to increase faculty diversity at MIT, little has changed. This article about the history of diversity efforts at MIT first appeared in MIT Technology Review magazine. Ufuoma Ovienmhada, SM ’20, who began a PhD program at the Institute this fall, has a…
Read MoreStatistical model research by an IMES faculty member and an HST student improves analysis of skin conductance
By accounting for sweat physiology, method can make better use of electrodermal activity for tracking subconscious changes in physical or emotional state. Electrodermal activity (EDA) — the sweat-induced fluctuations of skin conductance made famous in TV dramatizations of lie-detector tests — can be a truly strong indicator of subconscious, or…
Read MoreTechnique recovers lost single-cell RNA-sequencing information
Boosting the efficiency of single-cell RNA-sequencing helps reveal subtle differences between healthy and dysfunctional cells. Sequencing RNA from individual cells can reveal a great deal of information about what those cells are doing in the body. MIT researchers have now greatly boosted the amount of information gleaned from each of…
Read MoreA step toward a universal flu vaccine
With computer models and lab experiments, researchers, including a member of the IMES faculty, are working on a strategy for vaccines that could protect against any influenza virus. Each year, the flu vaccine has to be redesigned to account for mutations that the virus accumulates, and even then, the vaccine…
Read MoreNanoparticles can turn off genes in bone marrow cells
Using these new particles, researchers, including a member of the IMES faculty, could develop treatments for heart disease and other conditions. Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to turn off specific genes in cells of the bone marrow, which play an important role in producing blood cells….
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