The Koch Institute grows out of and transcends the MIT Center for Cancer Research (CCR), which was founded in 1974 by Nobel Laureate and MIT Professor Salvador Luria. It is one of eight National Cancer Institute-designated basic (non-clinical) research centers in the U.S. Learn more
Nozomi, a self-described artist and comic book lover, describes how her training to become a scientist was akin to that of a ninja.
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The Life Science Forum of the MIT Club of Northern California hosted the first Bay Area With/In/Sight™ lecture series from the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT.The event showcased research from Prof. Michael Cima, the David Koch ...
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Robert Mathis explains the science behind his beautiful image, "Molecular Watercolor: Mixing Fluorescent Proteins to Label Families of Cells." Robert's image was selected as a winner of the 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards. See all the winners ...
2008 Koch Institute Symposium: Opening Remarks given by MIT President Susan Hockfield.
MIT scientists have used Archimedes' principle to solve a vexing puzzle — how to measure the density of a single cell.
As an undergraduate at MIT, Robert Horvitz did not take a biology course until his senior year.
On Feb. 19th, 2009, the Topping-Off Ceremony for the construction of the new Koch Institute building took place.
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Former Bhatia lab graduate student Geoff von Maltzahn discusses a new system that allows nanoparticles to communicate for more efficient cancer targeting.
How can doctors detect and stop the deadly process by which cancers spread throughout the body? This video traces the work of the KI's Gertler lab to better understand metastasis and identify new targets for detection and therapy of metastatic cancers. The video ...
How can doctors more quickly and effectively determine whether a new treatment is working for a cancer patient or not? This video traces the work of the Cima lab at the KI to overcome this problem with a tiny implantable sensor. The video currently appears in the ...
How can researchers overcome the "toughness" of cancerous tissue and deliver treatments deep inside tumors? This video tells the story of researchers from Sangeeta Bhatia's lab at the KI who have developed a new nanomaterials-based solution to this problem. The video ...
How can researchers better equip the body's immune system to fight off cancer? This video tells the story of researchers in the Irvine lab at the Koch Institute who have developed a new nanoparticle-based system for boosting the immune response to cancer. The video ...
How can cancer medicine take advantage of cancer's peculiar eating habits? This video traces the work of the KI's Vander Heiden lab to understand why cancer burns sugar differently from other human cells, and how this could lead to better cancer therapies. The video ...
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