MIT Biology

It's MIT commencement week! Shout-out to students who've earned their PHDs in our labs this year including Audrey Effenberger, Max Heinrich, Talya Kramer, Madison Leet, Alex Lenail, Sebastian Pineda, Francis Reilly-Andjuar, Bee Sathitloetsakun! @MITBiology @mitbrainandcog

Certain genes are “selfish," cheating the rules of inheritance to increase their chances of being transmitted. Researchers in @yamashitaflylab have uncovered a unique "self-limiting" mechanism keeping the selfish gene Stellate in check: wi.mit.edu/news/selfish-g…

For undergrads who don't have enough opportunities at their home institutions to study #neuroscience, the MSRP-Bio program provides a summer opportunity to do research in our labs. Meet two current students: picower.mit.edu/news/when-life… @MITBiology @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT

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…

Are you an @MIT postdoc in the life sciences? Come join my new initiative, the KendallSqBio Postdoc Symposium on Sept. 10, 2025! ✅ Present your science ✅ Connect with other postdocs ✅ Build your community Abstract deadline July 11th! forms.gle/iXMTYfqgLKWR2E…

Congratulations to Whitney Henry on being named a 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! Her work on ferroptosis sheds light on novel mechanisms of cell death in cancer. We’re proud she’s part of the KI! hhmi.org/programs/freem…

Thanks for your interest in MIT Open Learning's free online resources! Here are some of our graduate level courses in biology and biomedicine on @MITOCW: bit.ly/3ZNIJih

Meet our alums! Six Whitehead Institute alumni reflect on how their time at the Institute informed their careers, and share updates on where they are now. wi.mit.edu/news/meet-whit… (@HuetLab, @IsaacAKlein, @ShawnLiu_Lab)

Whitehead Institute and Harvard researchers have developed Perturb-Multi, a powerful new approach that simultaneously measures how genetic changes, such as turning off individual genes, affect both gene expression and cell structure in intact tissue.

It's official - I am thrilled to share that I am joining @MITBiology, the @kochinstitute, and @MIT_IMES as an Assistant Professor this fall! We will be a hybrid lab combining new technologies and computation to study ecDNA and tumor evolution. thejoneslaboratory.com

Six teams have won funding in 1st year of #Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems, cosponsored with The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group @AllenInstitute, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation & @KavliFoundation. bit.ly/43wEokI

Congratulations to this new community of fellows including Brady Weissbourd of @MITBiology and the Picower Instititute. They'll work to understand how nervous systems respond and adapt to rapid and extensive environmental changes such as pollution. @ScienceMIT

This week, over 150 former students and colleagues celebrated the career of Whitehead Institute Founding Member and Former Director Gerry Fink. Speakers shared decades of history and memories — highlighting Gerry's impactful leadership and transformative scientific contributions.

So grateful to have been part of the 2025 Catalyst Symposium! Inspired by the work of the Catalyst fellows and the vibrant scientific community at @MITBiology. Thank you for the energizing discussions and a fantastic program, including a tour of the jellyfish facility! 😍

Absolutely enthralled by the diverse and intellectually stimulating science from this amazing group of postdocs

I had such an inspiring, enriching, and energizing time at this symposium! I’m really grateful to @MITBiology for hosting this wonderful event, to the faculty members for their tremendous support, and to all the other Catalyst fellows for coming together to make this so special!

A fantastic experience!

MIT Biology Catalyst Symposium is part of an ongoing effort to bring outstanding postdocs pursuing academic careers to MIT to engage with members of our community.

Congratulations to our amazing MIT undergraduate Diya Ramesh who won an award for her poster presentation at #AACR2025 @kochinstitute @MITBiology

The 2025 MIT Biology Catalyst Symposium is happening now! Eight outstanding postdocs from across the country will present their research, make new professional connections, and get to know the department during a three-day symposium in Cambridge