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
Learn more about how the White lab is using mass spectrometry to better understand the key components of cell signaling that drive how cancer cells invade and proliferate in glioblastoma.
Learn more about how the White lab is using mass spectrometry to better understand the key components of cell signaling that drive how cancer cells invade and proliferate in glioblastoma.
Learn more about the collaborative research that Professor Emeritus Eisen and his colleagues are conducting to better understand how the immune system could be used to fight cancer.
Learn more about how the Love lab is using miniature micro titer plates and micro fluidics to evaluate populations of cells, maximize their productivity, and ultimately improve the process for developing cancer biologics.
Learn more about how the Love lab is using miniature micro titer plates and micro fluidics to evaluate populations of cells, maximize their productivity, and ultimately improve the process for developing cancer biologics.
Learn more about the work that Professor Lees and her lab are doing to understand how proteins and pathways are mutated in cancer--and how they hope to make advances in detecting and hopefully treating osteosarcoma.
Learn more about the work that Professor Lees and her lab are doing to understand how proteins and pathways are mutated in cancer--and how they hope to make advances in detecting and hopefully treating osteosarcoma.
Learn more about the Vander Heiden lab and their efforts to better understand cancer cell metabolism and how small molecules might be used to activate enzymes and restore the normal state of cells.
Learn more about the Hemann lab's work in system biology and how they use high throughput genetics in model systems to screen for mechanisms of drug resistance.
Learn more about the work that Professor Cima's lab is doing to create tiny nanosensors that are chemically sensitive to different molecules--and how they hope these sensors can be used to help determine proper dosage for chemotherapy.
Learn more about the work that Professor Cima's lab is doing to create tiny nanosensors that are chemically sensitive to different molecules--and how they hope these sensors can be used to help determine proper dosage for chemotherapy.
Learn more about the Chang lab's work to better understand a family of proteins called PARPs, and how blocking specific PARPs might be a promising target for cancer therapies.
Learn more about the Chang lab's work to better understand a family of proteins, called PARPs, and how blocking specific PARPs might be a promising target for cancer therapies.
Learn more about the work the Bhatia lab is doing to use micro and nanotechnologies to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy.
Learn more about the work the Bhatia lab is doing to use micro and nanotechnologies to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy.
This video follows artist Cork Marcheschi as he installs his new sculpture "Eureka!" in the Koch Institute Public Galleries. The piece marks the entrance to the Robert A. Swanson (1969) Biotechnology Center and recognizes Robert Swanson's formative role in the ...
2008 Koch Institute Symposium:Systems Biology-driven in vitro diagnostic technologies for cancer
John Niederhuber, Director, National Cancer Institute
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