Engineering at the limits of complexity with molecular-scale parts

Unexpected findings in chemokine receptors once believed to be non-functional open up new fields of scientific inquiry.

Computational modeling yields a protein fragment that could bind to coronavirus spike proteins and destroy them.

Applied computational biology discoveries vastly expand the range of CRISPR’s access to DNA sequences.

Pranam Chatterjee defends his PhD thesis, entitled "Robust Genome Editing with Broad-Targeting CRISPR Enzymes", on April 28th, 2020.

Team designs antibody-like receptor proteins that can bind to cytokines, as possible strategy for treating coronavirus and other infections.

The Media Lab community brings creativity, expertise, and research to the pandemic

The 2020 MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) runs from January 6–January 31.

Enzyme can target almost half of the genome’s “zipcodes” and could enable editing of many more disease-specific mutations

Lisa Nip's TED Talk

American geneticist, molecular engineer, and chemist George Church in conversation with Media Lab Director Joi Ito.

Researchers at MIT have found a way to grow submicroscopic wires in water with great precision, using a method that makes it possible to ...