The Evolution of Protein Structures
The Evolution of Protein Structures
To mark MIT's 150th anniversary, the MIT Biology Department presented a forum on "The Evolution of Protein Structures" on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, from 1 at 4 p.m. in Room 32-123 in the Ray and Maria Stata Center. The forum highlighted recent advances in understanding how proteins, ...
The Energy Problem and the Interplay Between Basic and ...
The Energy Problem and the Interplay Between Basic and Applied Research
05/12/2009 4:00 PM 10"250Steven Chu, Secretary of EnergyDescription: The situation facing our planet could hardly be more dire: There's increasingly dangerous competition among nations for ever scarce energy resources, and climate change is racing ahead of ...
Telling the Stories of Science: Panel 2
Telling the Stories of Science: Panel 2
Fifty Years Ahead: Imagining Nanotechnology, Quantum Computing, and Molecular Biology in 2062 Stata Center 32-141, March 24, 2012 Angela Belcher, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MITSeth Lloyd, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MITPhillip Sharp, Institute Professor, ...
Telling the Stories of Science Panel 1
Telling the Stories of Science Panel 1
Attention and Memory: How the Brain Does What It Does
Why science should be a story
TEDxBeaconStreet: Science Should Be a Story — Tyler DeWitt
PhD candidate Tyler DeWitt discusses how scientists could better focus on communicating their main ideas through appealing narratives.
Targeting Ulcer-Causing H. Pylori Bacteria
Targeting Ulcer-Causing H. Pylori Bacteria
Dr. Sarah Bowman studies a protein from a pathogenic bacterium that is found in the stomach and is known to cause ulcers. She explains how the bacterium survives in the low pH environment of the stomach by using a nickel-dependent protein to buffer the acidity of its ...
T cell migration on ICAM surface
T cell migration on ICAM surface
A T cell with a polymer "backpack" attached moves across a surface. The backpack does not impede its normal motion.
Susan Lindquist: Protein Folding/Misfolding
Susan Lindquist: Protein Folding/Misfolding
Susan Lindquist Professor of Biology Member, Whitehead Institute Read more: http://www.wi.mit.edu/research/faculty/lindquist.html
Susan Lindquist: Protein Folding Prions
Susan Lindquist: Protein Folding Prions
Susan LindquistProfessor of BiologyMember, Whitehead InstituteRead more: http://www.wi.mit.edu/research/faculty/lindquist.html
Susan Lindquist: Protein Folding and Nanotechnology
Susan Lindquist: Protein Folding and Nanotechnology
Susan LindquistProfessor of BiologyMember, Whitehead InstituteRead more: http://www.wi.mit.edu/research/faculty/lindquist.html
Susan Lindquist: Protein Folding Amyloids
Susan Lindquist: Protein Folding Amyloids
Susan LindquistProfessor of BiologyMember, Whitehead InstituteRead more: http://www.wi.mit.edu/research/faculty/lindquist.html
Susan Lindquist: Collaboration in Cambridge, MA
Susan Lindquist: Collaboration in Cambridge, MA
Susan LindquistProfessor of BiologyMember, Whitehead InstituteRead more: http://www.wi.mit.edu/research/faculty/lindquist.html
Student Presentation #2
Student Presentation #2
"De novo biosynthetic pathways: rational design of microbial chemical factories." Presented 6/25/2009
Student Presentation #1
Student Presentation #1
Students present a paper by Professor Barbara Imperiali.
Stephanie Dutkiewicz follows the motion of the ocean, its ...
Stephanie Dutkiewicz follows the motion of the ocean, its nutrients, and ...
A research scientist in MIT's Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science department, Stephanie Dutkiewicz focuses on biogeochemical cycling and phytoplankton distribution in the ocean. Her research follows the circulation of the ocean, from the surface waters to the ...
Stem cells, reprogramming and personalized medicine: ...
Stem cells, reprogramming and personalized medicine: promise, problems, ...
09/28/2010 2:30 PM 10"250Rudolf Jaenisch, Professor of Biology, MIT Founding Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchDescription: After years of relentless lab work, rising and falling expectations, and the challenge of a sometimes hostile public, Rudolf ...
Stem Cells and Entrepreneurs
Stem Cells and Entrepreneurs
How Cellular Dynamics International is commercializing the new technology of induced pluripotent stem cells.
Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells
Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells
Jeff Hrkach and Greg Troiano of BIND Biosciences explain how they make drug-delivering nanoparticles.
Sriram Subramaniam - Symposium in Memory of H. Gobind ...
Sriram Subramaniam - Symposium in Memory of H. Gobind Khorana
Memorial service and symposium in honor of H. Gobind Khorana, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Biology and Chemistry emeritus. Speaker: Sriram Subramaniam, NCI-NIH
Soap Box: Do-It-Yourself Biology
Soap Box: Do-It-Yourself Biology
Prof. Natalie Kuldell and Reshma Shetty PhD '08 are at the forefront of new tools in biological engineering that allow thousands of citizen scientists of all backgrounds to build custom bacteria and other simple organisms from off-the-shelf technologies and biological building blocks. In a ...