Biomedicine
Toying with biological systems
February 21, 2012
By swapping microbial genes, Chris Voigt designs cells with novel functions.
Also labeled: Biological engineering, Cancer, Energy, Environment, Faculty, Photography, Proteins, Synthetic biology
MIT to launch Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
February 2, 2012
Based in School of Engineering but spanning all of MIT, IMES will be led by Arup K. Chakraborty.
The quantifier
January 12, 2012
By helping biologists turn their hunches into rigorous mathematical models, Polina Golland builds software that interprets medical images.
Living cells say: Can you hear me now?
November 17, 2011
Researchers find that cells’ chemical signaling includes a way to tell whether signals are being received or not.




