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MIT Biology

@MITBiology

The MIT Department of Biology is known globally for its cutting-edge research, pioneering collaborations, commitment to instruction, and mentoring.

 Cambridge, MA
biology.mit.edu
Joined January 2012
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Yunha Hwang (@Micro_Yunha) profile pictureYunha Hwang
@Micro_YunhaOct 14
Open faculty positions at @MITBiology! MIT Biology and Schwarzman College of Computing @MIT_SCC : One tenure-track position at the Assistant Prof level. Appointment will be in Biology and an SCC unit (EECS or IDSS). Deadline is December 1. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j… MIT Biology: Assistant Prof or Open rank. Deadline is October 20. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, @ChemistryMIT, @MITBiology, have launched two shared faculty searches in AI and scientific discovery. We seek candidates who develop and apply frontier computational approaches to advance biology and chemistry. ➡️ computing.mit.edu/faculty-op…
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Join us Nov. 4 for "Comparative Neuroscience: Lessons from Biodiversity," our Fall symposium! What can we learn from the differences and similarities across the diversity of nervous systems that have evolved? picower.mit.edu/events/picow… @MITBiology #neuroscience
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Yunha Hwang
@Micro_YunhaOct 14
Open faculty positions at @MITBiology! MIT Biology and Schwarzman College of Computing @MIT_SCC : One tenure-track position at the Assistant Prof level. Appointment will be in Biology and an SCC unit (EECS or IDSS). Deadline is December 1. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j… MIT Biology: Assistant Prof or Open rank. Deadline is October 20. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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MIT Students@MITstudentsSep 22
U.S. News names MIT the nation’s top university for 2026-2027. Congratulations, Engineers! tinyurl.com/3ha7yejm
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Replying to @PrismScienceOrg @jhdavislab @MITBiology
Prism’s work will help reveal how a mutation shifts binding, stability, or activity, uncovering how function and disease actually work. Read more: prismscience.org/science/
Our Science

Our Science

Static structures cannot tell us what makes a designed enzyme functional, what drives drug efficacy and resistance, or how to engineer motion itself.

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Our team, led by @jhdavislab @MITBiology is creating new, public models for interpreting motion, and these methods will only improve with time.
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Every year, undergrads from across the country visit labs in @MITBiology and @mitbrainandcog labs (and more) to gain research experience. Learn more about the MSRP-Bio program through the lens of two students' experiences in the lab of @JTroyLittleton. youtube.com/watch?v=tpiaFedw…
Summer research in MSRP-Bio

Summer research in MSRP-Bio

Every year, undergraduates from all over the country visit in MIT L...

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MIT neurobiologists discovered that cohesin, a protein that helps shape the structure of the genome, may also be critical for establishing the identity of some neurons. mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/08/03/… @MITBiology @ScienceMIT @mitbrainandcog
DNA shaper steers nervous system development - MIT McGovern Institute

DNA shaper steers nervous system development - MIT McGovern Institute

A functional nervous system depends on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. So as developing organisms build their nervous systems, their neurons must take on different forms and functions to...

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Matt Jones@MattG_JonesAug 10
New paper from my group at @kochinstitute @MIT_IMES @MITBiology! I am thrilled to share that our paper describing scAmp, a new method for analyzing extrachromosomal DNA amplifications at single-cell resolution, has been published in @NatureComms. Thread below 👇
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Bacteria are some of the best cell biologists in the world. In this episode of the Beyond Biology podcast, MIT's @lamasonlab explains how pathogens hijack our cells—and what that means for the future of infectious disease research. 🎧 Listen now on MIT Learn: bit.ly/4wjo0kv @MITBiology
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🧬 Not all mutations are harmful. So how do some mutations lead to cancer while others make us who we are? In the latest MIT Learn Beyond Biology Podcast, @MITBiology's Summer Morrill explains the biology behind cancer and why it isn't a single disease. Watch: bit.ly/4w0d8Iq
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Rickettsia is the bacterium behind Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever—the deadliest tick-borne bacterial disease in the world. At the Lamason Lab, part of @MITBiology, researchers are working to understand how intracellular bacterial pathogens, such as rickettsia, hijack host cell processes to promote infection. Explore more learning moments: bit.ly/4vsmOLp
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Gene-Wei Li Lab@GeneWeiLiLabJun 8
Excited to share our recent work expanding our understanding of transcription termination, from Jenny Cascino in the lab! Here we show that transcription termination in cyanobacteria proceeds largely outside of known, canonical mechanisms. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128… (1/2)
Canonical transcription termination mechanisms explain a minority of operons in cyanobacteria |...

Canonical transcription termination mechanisms explain a minority of operons in cyanobacteria |...

Our understanding of bacterial transcription regulation is largely based on model organisms like Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, yet many of these mechanisms appear absent or divergent in...

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Congratulations to three students who have earned MIT HEALS Graduate Fellowships! Jessie Xiao (studying alpha synuclein in Parkinson's disease), Evan Ruesch (developing tools for optical physiology), & Emma Ibanez (studying sensory neurons in reproductive system). #neuroscience
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Avik Roy
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When I was in college @MITBiology, I worked in the @WhiteheadInst lab of the scientist, Bob Weinberg, who discovered the very first oncogene, ras. Decades later, a drug targeting ras has finally made historic progress in pancreatic cancer. A great moment.
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@docrodwongMay 31
a standing ovation for daraxonrasib at asco. over 40k oncologists, entrepreneurs, investors, and patient advocates together celebrating revmed's breakthru in the fight against pancreatic cancer. u never forget these moments. it's what innovation is all about.
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One of the main goals for microbiologists in an experiment is to connect a cell genotype with a specific phenotype. To do this, they need to start with a single cell. @MITBiology researcher Yashna Thepetta explains how you get there, through a process called "streaking for singles." Wonder what else you can learn? Visit learn.mit.edu.
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🏈 What can a ball toss teach us about visual processing and autism? Tune in to the Beyond Biology podcast to hear @MITBiology Professor Pawan Sinha discuss the science of vision, his research into brain plasticity, and share the inspirational journey behind his nonprofit, Project Prakash. 🎧 Listen to the full episode on MIT Learn: bit.ly/4tRZmFX
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Andrew Savinov@bioSavinovMay 13
Interested in genetically encodable inhibitors of your favorite biomolecular condensate? Excited to announce our latest work, w/ @jibin_sadasivan, @GeneWeiLiLab, & @LindsayCase19, on protein fragments as generalizable regulators of phase separation. (1/n) biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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MIT.nano@mit_nanoMay 11
Ribosomes, the cellular machines that assemble proteins, are made from dozens of proteins and RNA molecules. Putting all of those pieces together is a complex puzzle — one that @MITBiology Associate Professor Joey Davis PhD ’10 revels in trying to solve. news.mit.edu/2026/biologist-…
Biologist Joey Davis explores how cells build complex structures

Biologist Joey Davis explores how cells build complex structures

MIT associate professor of biology Joey Davis is discovering how ribosomes, the cellular machines that assemble proteins, are built from dozens of proteins and RNA molecules.

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