Li Niu - Symposium in Memory of H. Gobind Khorana
Li Niu - 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: Li Niu, SUNY, Albany
Laurel Braitman and Dario Robleto: The Common Denominator ...
Laurel Braitman and Dario Robleto: The Common Denominator of Existence is ...
Exploring the intersection of the artistic and scientific processes in the contexts of climate change, landscape transformation and biological extinctions, Dario Robleto and Laurel Braitman will give a talk about their experiences as artist and biologist, working ...
Labeling Tumors with Quantum Dots
Labeling Tumors with Quantum Dots
Quantum dots are tiny semiconductor crystals with vivid colors that can be used as visual labels in biology and medicine. Quantum dots excited by UV radiation emit light with an energy and color that is determined by the size of the quantum dot. Darcy Wanger describes how the characteristics ...
Kristala Jones Prather
Kristala Jones Prather
"Rational Design of Microbial Chemical factories." Recorded 6/25/2009
Knight Seminar: Charles Marshall
Knight Seminar: Charles Marshall
Knight seminar with Charles Marshall, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley: "Gauging Ecosystem Response to Climate Change" September 22, 2011
Knight Seminar Preview: Charles Marshall
Knight Seminar Preview: Charles Marshall
Knight seminar with Charles Marshall, Director, Museum of Paleontology, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley"Gauging Ecosystem Response to Climate Change" September 22, 2011
Killian Lecture: Joanne Stubbe
Killian Lecture: Joanne Stubbe
Biology and chemistry professor presents the 40th Annual James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award Lecture, titled "Radicals: Your Life Is In Their Hands."
Killian Lecture 2010: Rudolph Jaenisch
Killian Lecture 2010: Rudolph Jaenisch
Making stem-cell therapy a reality In Killian Award lecture, Rudolf Jaenisch outlines progress and possibilities for treating human disease with stem cells. Read more on the MIT News Office website here.
Keynote Presentation: Academic Perspectives
Keynote Presentation: Academic Perspectives
01/09/2004 10:15 AM Wong AuditoriumLeroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems BiologyDescription: Very simply stated, systems biology attempts to "capture the dynamic nature of living systems." To accomplish this, says Hood, you "have to bring together the flavors ...
Judith Klein-Seetharaman - Symposium in Memory of H. Gobind ...
Judith Klein-Seetharaman - 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: Judith Klein-Seetharaman, University of Pittsburgh
John Hwa - Symposium in Memory of H. Gobind Khorana
John Hwa - 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: John Hwa, Yale University
Introduction/Overview of Brain Disorders
Introduction/Overview of Brain Disorders
05/04/2009 1:00 PM 46"3002Dr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Mriganka Sur, Newton Professor in Neuroscience; Head, Department of Brain and Cognitive SciencesDescription: In their symposium introduction, Susan Hockfield and Mriganka Sur place MIT at the forefront of a revolution in ...
Introduction to Cancer Genetics
Introduction to Cancer Genetics
06/07/2006 8:30 AM 46-3002Robert A. Weinberg, '64, PhD '69, Daniel K. Ludwig and American Cancer Society Professor for Cancer Research Department of BiologyDescription: During the human lifetime, there are 10 million billion cell divisions and each division represents, as Robert Weinberg puts ...
Introduction to Allopathy: The unique philosophy of ...
Introduction to Allopathy: The unique philosophy of non-alternative ...
Allopathic medicine is taught by the medical schools that award M.D. degrees. At its base, is the philosophy that medical therapy should be based on science. In this moderated discussion, we'll explore both the strengths and quirks of conventional medicine ...
Introduction and Overview
Introduction and Overview
06/07/2006 8:00 AM 46-3002Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; ; Tyler Jacks, Director, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and David H. Koch Professor, MITInvestigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Description: This inaugural address lays the groundwork for an 11-part ...
Making Uncommon Connections
Interdisciplinary Research at MIT: Making Uncommon Connections
Alice P. Gast, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost; Rosalind H. Williams, HM, Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology; Sallie Chisholm, Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Biology, MIT; ...
Inside the lab: Paul Chang, Ph.D.
Inside the lab: Paul Chang, Ph.D.
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.
Inside the lab: Jacqueline A. Lees, Ph.D.
Inside the lab: Jacqueline A. Lees, Ph.D.
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.
Imaging Viruses with Nanoscale MRI
Imaging Viruses with Nanoscale MRI
Ben Ofori-Okai discusses the concept of orbital degeneracy (two orbitals with the same energy) in relation to his research on nanoscale MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
How the Body Used Energy: Cellular Respiration
How the Body Used Energy: Cellular Respiration
Experimental Study Group's Anita Wamakima explains cellular respiration