Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek is developing microscopic chips that could be injected into the bloodstream before making their own way to the brain
MIT Media Lab researchers present at EmTech Future 2026, with talks on AI, biomechatronics, brain-computer interfaces, and human impact.
By Michaela JarvisMIT researchers show implanted nanoantennas can be activated wirelessly to kill brain cancer cells without damage to heal…
What if nano-electronic chips could reach the brain without brain surgery?At EmTech Future 2026, Professor Deblina Sarkar, head of the Nano…
MIT researchers can now precisely measure how heat moves through multilayered materials like computer chips.
Read more about where the Media Lab has been, and where it’s going, in MIT Technology Review.
Deblina Sarkar delivers a keynote on surgery-free nano-implants at the United Nations AI for Good Global Summit 2026.
WHx 2026 Enabling Grants spotlight five MIT Media Lab projects advancing women’s health research, clinical collaboration, and translation.
Join us at the nanobio seminar series Spring'26 for an exciting journey through next generation nanoelectronics devices and beyond.
Prof. Sarkar explains Circulatronics in BBC interview with Chris McCausland
Deblina Sarkar talks to CNN News18 about her recent research on "circulatronics."
Media Lab researchers share insights on innovation, technology, and health in recent interviews featured on Bloomberg Businessweek.
MIT researchers developed microscopic wireless devices that travel through the bloodstream to deliver targeted brain stimulation.
The technology would allow battery-free, minimally invasive, scalable bioelectronic implants.
MIT Media Lab's Deblina Sarkar develops nano implants to treat brain diseases, advancing women's health through the WHx program.
Join us at the nanobio seminar series Fall '25 for an exciting journey through next generation nanoelectronics devices and beyond.
The faculty members’ work comprises multifaceted research and scholarship across a wide range of disciplines.
Prof. Sarkar’s nanoelectronic devices are poised to provide potentially life-saving treatment for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)
The technology, which achieves single-cell resolution, could help in continuous, noninvasive patient assessment to guide medical treatments.
“I wanted to create knowledge, add to the production of knowledge rather than just implement what already exists."
The devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain and possibly treat disease.
Please join us on an exciting journey in recent advances in next generation nanoelectronic devices.
The award ceremony honored ten individuals shaping contemporary Bengali society.
As part of a biosensing device without wires, the antennas could help researchers decode intricate electrical signals sent by cells.
Nature Communications Chemistry has featured NCB's Wearables for Cells technology
These devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain, and might even help restore some brain function.
Please join us for an exciting journey in recent advances in nanotechnology and bioengineering.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of NCB’s research, which fuses AI with life sciences.
Prof. Deblina Sarkar's groundbreaking research is recognized by Forbes magazine
Hao-Tung's goal is to advance non-invasive treatments for brain diseases.
Baju is at the forefront of developing subcellular-sized magnetic devices designed to wirelessly modulate and monitor biological systems.
A PhD candidate in Prof. Deblina Sarkar's Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek research group, Kyuho is recognized for his exceptional work
With the ChadTough New Investigator Award, Prof. Deblina Sarkar and her NCB team will continue to push boundaries in cancer research
The new imaging method is based on expansion microscopy, which was developed in Professor Ed Boyden’s lab in 2015.
NSF's Career Awards support early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.
MIT scientists address issues to bringing 2D magnetic materials into practical use, setting the stage for more energy-efficient computers
Deblina Sarkar is one of three researchers worldwide to receive the Nanomaterials Young Investigator Award for 2023
The researchers precisely controlled an ultrathin magnet at room temperature, which could enable faster processors and computer memories.
Professor Deblina Sarkar receives a Nano Research Young Innovators Award in Bio-inspired Nanomaterials for 2023.
The MIT-Royalty Pharma Prize Competition aims to support female faculty entrepreneurs in biotechnology.
Professor Deblina Sarkar has been awarded The Sontag Foundation’s Distinguished Scientist Award—one of three winners nationwide this year.
Prof. Sarkar one of only two researchers worldwide to be named “MRS Early Career Distinguished Presenter” by the Materials Research Society.
Inventing disruptive technologies for nanoelectronic devices and creating new paradigms for life-machine symbiosis.
Prof. Deblina Sarkar and PhD student Shivam Kajale of the MIT Media Lab awarded Designing for Sustainability Funding with HPI collaborators.
Airaghi is one of the few people worldwide selected for this honor through a highly competitive process.
Sarah joined Prof. Sarkar’s research group in September 2022 through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Benoit Desbiolles, a postdoctoral associate at the Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek (NCB) research group, has won a 2023 MIT Excellence Award.
Deblina Sarkar is building tiny nanoelectronic devices that could constantly monitor our bodies, fixing any anomalies they find.
The seven scientists who recently received the inaugural 2023 MIND Prize appeared on the inside cover of the May edition of Nature&nbs…
Sarkar among the 2023 SN 10: Scientists to Watch, early and mid-career scientists who are making extraordinary contributions to their field.
In a new paper, the Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek group presents progress in the field of biohybrid robotics + steps to autonomous living machines
Congratulations to Professor Deblina Sarkar on being selected for a 2023 Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery (MIND) Prize.
Professor Deblina Sarkar is the lead organizer and host of a new webinar series titled “IEEE New Frontiers in Biotechnology."
The National Academy of Engineering's Frontiers of Engineering program has featured Cell Rover, a miniaturized, magnetostrictive anten…
Deblina Sarkar was selected for the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Spotlight. The following interview excerpt is posted on the AWIS
Professor Deblina Sarkar discusses a miniature antenna that can transmit data from inside cells without using damaging microwaves.
This grant supports new concepts and early-stage research for unique and innovative technologies for recording or modulation of the brain.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded the perfect and rarely achieved impact score to Prof. Deblina Sarkar for her NIH Directo…
She is being recognized by the NIH for unusually innovative work in the development of biomedical implants that defy the need for surgery.
MIT researchers describe an intracellular antenna that's compatible with 3D biological systems + can operate wirelessly inside a living cell
Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time.
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has recognized Deblina Sarkar, assistant professor at MIT and AT&T Career Development Chair Profe…
MIT AI Hardware program has featured Nano Cybernetic Biotrek’s (NCB’s) research on energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable hardwar…
This award recognizes individuals who have made contributions with major impact on the field of nanotechnology.
IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) highlighted the research journey of Deblina Sarkar, an assistant professor at MIT and AT&T Career De…