MIT Chemistry

Congratulations to MIT Chemistry Alum Reuben Saunders '16, who has won the 2024 Hertz Thesis Prize for Mapping Gene Function in Living Tissues!

👑: In this month's @ChemistryMIT Graduate Student Spotlight, Jennifer talks about the most amazing sunset she's ever seen, the activities she'd take on if she didn't have to sleep, the image that makes her laugh no matter how often she sees it, and more: chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…!

🏅: In the meantime, our now great alumni @michocheje also served as a judge for the poster competition and a speaker at the career panel for the event. What a wonderful chance to contribute for advancing science to everyone 🧪🍀

📢🏅: Our superstar graduate student @ColletteGordon9 recently won the first prize poster award in the 2025 NOBCChE Collaborative! Tim also serves as a faculty liaison for @ChemistryMIT and supported with co-hosting the event @MIT and @Northeastern. Bravo! (1/2)

Assignment-Free Determination of Ligand Binding Sites in Proteins by Solid-State NMR | Journal of the American Chemical Society @MIT @ChemistryMIT pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Meet the chemist who’s reimagining how we build molecules, one tiny tweak at a time. Alison Wendlandt is pioneering new ways to control chemical reactions, unlocking breakthroughs in medicine, materials, and more. news.mit.edu/2025/chemist-w…

With the vision of Rising Together: Amplifying our Ecosystem of STEM Excellence, the Department of Chemistry and @Northeastern were pleased to welcome over 80 participants from over 20 colleges to the 2025 NOBCChE Collaborative last month. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

Congratulations to Chemistry Postdoc Mariel Price, who was selected as a recipient of a 2025 Infinite Expansion award from @ScienceMIT in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the Johnson Group and the department at large. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

Researchers in the McGuire Lab have developed ChemXploreML, a new desktop app that provides an automated, user-friendly approach to predicting molecular properties using machine learning. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

"How do we take complex ideas like pandemics, vaccines, and cancer pathways and make them accessible and amenable to each audience? Looking back, I see it’s a lesson I learned at MIT." - Chemistry Alum Deborah Pan Dorner ’03 in a profile by @MIT_alumni chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

The July issue is live nature.com/nbt/volumes/43… On the cover, Chen et al. have developed a precise chemo-enzymatic method to synthesize and modify protein-coding mRNA to optimize functionality and pharmacokinetics go.nature.com/47EXbfq

Congratulations to Professor Moungi Bawendi, who was named one of the @CarnegieCorp's 2025 Class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

Researchers in the Shoulders Lab have shown that they can greatly boost the efficiency of a bacterial version of rubisco, a key enzyme in photosynthesis. They identified mutations that could boost its catalytic efficiency by up to 25 percent. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

CellLENS, a new AI system developed by members of the @shaleklab, reveals hidden patterns in cell behavior within tissues, offering deeper insights into cell heterogeneity—vital for advancing cancer immunotherapy. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

Congratulations to Barbara Imperiali, the Class of 1922 Professor of Chemistry and Biology, who has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

Congratulations to Professors Laura Kiessling and Bin Zhang, who are are among the recipients of competitive seed grants from MIT's Aging Brain Initiative (ABI) intended to fund neurodegenerative disease research. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

New AI system (CellLENS) reveals hidden patterns in cell behavior within tissues and builds a comprehensive digital profile of individual cells, offering deeper insights into cell heterogeneity—vital for advancing cancer immunotherapy. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

In this Graduate Student Spotlight, Camryn Carter shares the food she craves most often, the skill she'd like to master, her best and worst purchases, and more. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

Six Chemistry seniors from the Class of 2025 were inducted into the Xi Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Congratulations to these recent graduates for this notable achievement! chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

“Prof. Xiao Wang’s caring efforts have a profound impact on the lives of her students.” As part of the Committee to Caring that aims to develop extraordinary researchers and contribute to a collaborative culture, Wang excels in supporting student growth. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…